michigan state football bowl projections

Spartans included in CFN’s preseason bowl projections

Michigan State football is looking to get back to a bowl game in 2024, and that’s what College Football News is projecting

Michigan State football is looking to get back to a bowl game in 2024, and that’s what College Football News is projecting.

Preseason bowl projections for numerous media outlets have been getting released over the past few weeks, and that includes College Football News, which has Michigan State bowling this year. College Football News currently projects Michigan State to end up in the Detroit Bowl with a 6-6 record. The Spartans are slated to face Toledo of the MAC in the bowl projection.

Michigan State officially opens the 2024 season on Friday with a home matchup against Florida Atlantic. The game is scheduled to kickoff at 7 p.m. ET and will be televised on the Big Ten Network.

Click here to see the complete bowl projections from College Football News.

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The Athletic leaves Spartans off preseason bowl projections

The Athletic does not have Michigan State bowling in 2024

The Athletic does not have Michigan State bowling in 2024.

Scott Dochterman and Stewart Mandel of The Athletic released their preseason bowl projections this week, and they don’t have the Spartans in a bowl game this year. This has become a common prediction as The Action Network and ESPN also left the Spartans out of their preseason bowl projections.

Michigan State is coming off a 4-8 season and has missed out on reaching a bowl game in each of the last two seasons. New head coach Jonathan Smith is looking to right the ship, though, and get the Spartans back in the postseason this year.

Click here to view the bowl projections from The Athletic.

Spartans not included in ESPN’s preseason bowl projections

Michigan State will not go bowling in the eyes of two college football analysts from ESPN

Michigan State will not go bowling in the eyes of two college football analysts from ESPN.

Kyle Bonagura and Mark Schlabach of ESPN released their preseason bowl projections last week, and neither have the Spartans in a bowl game this year. This has become a common prediction as The Action Network and The Athletic also left the Spartans out of their preseason bowl projections.

Click here to view the bowl projections from Bonagura and Schlabach.

247Sports’ has Spartans bowling in updated latest updated projections

Brad Crawford of 247Sports has the Spartans returning to the postseason this year

Brad Crawford of 247Sports has the Spartans returning to the postseason this year.

Crawford released an updated batch of bowl projections this week, and he has Michigan State slated to reach a bowl game. Crawford has the Spartans facing Kansas in the Armed Forces Bowl in his updated projection.

Michigan State is off to a good start this year with a 2-0 record, meaning they’ll need to win four of their final 10 games to reach bowl eligibility.

Check out the complete bowl projections from Crawford by clicking on the tweet below:

New Year's Six projections after week 2, via @BCrawford247 🏈

FULL BOWL PREDICTIONS: https://t.co/NsMJAli6cO pic.twitter.com/BnFaiDsr63

— 247Sports (@247Sports) September 12, 2023

Spartans return to Action Network’s updated bowl projections

Brett McMurphy of the Action Network has the Spartans bowling in his updated projections following week two action

Brett McMurphy of the Action Network has the Spartans bowling in his updated projections following Week 2 action.

The future is uncertain for the Michigan State football program with head coach Mel Tucker suspended indefinitely after sexual harassment allegations came to light this weekend. However, on the field, Michigan State has a good start this fall with a 2-0 record.

That good start has bumped the Spartans back into McMurphy’s updated bowl projections. McMurphy put Michigan State in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl. He has Michigan State squaring off with Kansas in that projected matchup.

Click on the tweet below to see McMurphy’s complete bowl projections:

These are some wild, wacky times. Just look at my new @ActionNetworkHQ bowl projections. Texas in @CFBPlayoff w/UGA, FSU & Michigan; Bama not in a New Year's 6 bowl & Rutgers is bowl bound. Also, Cotton: USC-OU; Sun: Colorado-Duke; ReliaQuest: ND-Tennesseehttps://t.co/ddm8qa98Ke

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) September 11, 2023

Popular CFB social media account lists MSU in updated bowl projections

See where Michigan State football lands in updated bowl projections from Big Game Boomer

There’s a chance Michigan State football could be playing back-to-back games at Ford Field this year.

The Spartans will end the 2023 regular season in a neutral site matchup against Penn State on Black Friday at Ford Field in Detroit, Mich. That matchup is already set, and according to Big Game Boomer the Spartans could be heading back to Ford Field for the Quick Lane Bowl this holiday season.

Big Game Boomer released updated bowl projections that listed Michigan State playing against Ball State in the Quick Lane Bowl. This wouldn’t be the flashiest bowl slot for the Spartans but any postseason game would be a step in the right direction after missing a bowl game last fall.

Check out the complete bowl projections from Big Game Boomer below:

Current Bowl Projections pic.twitter.com/cBhuuq0Ar5

— Big Game Boomer (@BigGameBoomer) August 9, 2023

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Where every Big Ten team lands in Big Game Boomer’s way-too-early bowl projections

See where Michigan State and every other Big Ten team lands in Big Game Boomer’s way-too-early bowl projections

Could Michigan State be heading back to a New Year’s Six bowl game this year? That’s how John Whitaker (a.k.a. Big Game Boomer) see’s it going down.

Whitaker — known by many as Big Game Boomer on Twitter — released a batch of bowl projections for the upcoming 2022 season and he is apparently very high on the Spartans. Or at least higher on Michigan State than College Football News, who also recently released bowl projections.

Whitaker has the Spartans as one of three Big Ten teams making a New Year’s Six game this upcoming season. But which bowl game in particular does he have Michigan State playing in?

Check out where Big Game Boomer has Michigan State and each Big Ten team landing this bowl season:

Where every Big Ten team lands in College Football News’ updated bowl projections

See where Michigan State and every other Big Ten team lands in College Football News’ updated post-spring bowl projections

It’s never too early to start lightly planning your holiday bowl game vacation, right?

College Football News released an updated batch of bowl projections for the upcoming 2022 season, which includes Michigan State going to another high-level bowl game this season. Along with the Spartans, College Football News has 10 Big Ten teams projected to go bowling with only Northwestern, Indiana, Illinois and Rutgers missing out on the postseason fun.

Check out where College Football News has each Big Ten team landing this bowl season:

Michigan State moves up to New Year’s Day bowl game in latest projections from Brett McMurphy

Michigan State could be celebrating New Year’s in a big-time bowl game

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Michigan State could be celebrating New Year’s in a big-time bowl game.

The Spartans are continuing to win and continuing to climb up the Big Ten bowl game pecking order in many projections. That includes Brett McMurphy’s latest batch of bowl projections released on Monday.

McMurphy has moved the Spartans up to the Outback Bowl against the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Michigan State would be a 0.5-point underdog in this matchup.

Entering the season I would have been thrilled with any bowl game for the Spartans so the fact that they could make a New Year’s Day bowl game is pretty incredible. With a win this week against Rutgers, the Spartans will officially be bowl eligible so a bowl berth could be wrapped up as soon as this week.

Check out the full bowl projections below:

My updated bowl projections for @ActionNetworkHQ. Cincinnati & BYU getting closer to @CFBPlayoff contention but still need (a lot of) help. All 41 bowls including @_Collin1 projected spreads for each game https://t.co/RZy7ltI488

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) October 4, 2021

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USA TODAY: No bowl game for Spartans in 2021

Another preseason bowl predictions list has Michigan State missing out on the bowl season this year

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Add Erick Smith of USA TODAY to the list of national media that is not high on the 2021 Michigan State Spartans.

Smith released his first batch of bowl predictions for the upcoming season, and like many he evidently isn’t buying much stock in Michigan State. Smith left the Spartans off his bowl predictions last week list — joining Brett McMurphy who also put out bowl predictions that didn’t have the Spartans bowling.

Here’s Smith’s breakdown of the Big Ten teams in bowl games this year:

Orange Bowl (CFP Semifinal): Ohio State vs. Alabama
Rose Bowl: Wisconsin vs. Oregon
Outback Bowl: Iowa vs. Florida
Citrus Bowl: Penn State vs. LSU
Music City Bowl: Michigan vs. Ole Miss
Las Vegas Bowl: Indiana vs. Arizona State
Pinstripe Bowl: Northwestern vs. Virginia
Guaranteed Rate Bowl: Nebraska vs. West Virginia
Quick Lane Bowl: Purdue vs. Toledo
Redbox Bowl: Minnesota vs. Cal

Click here to read the complete bowl predictions from Smith of USA TODAY.

I don’t blame Smith for aligning with so many others in the national media, but I personally believe Michigan State will reach a bowl game this year. So it’ll be interesting to monitor Smith’s weekly updates on his bowl predictions throughout the season should the Spartans live up to my expectations of reaching a bowl game this holiday season.

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