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Where MSU and every other Big Ten team lands in Sports Illustrated’s ‘1-363 college basketball rankings’

See where Michigan State lands in Sports Illustrated’s preseason “1-363 college basketball rankings”

The college basketball season is nearly here so it’s time to see where the experts see Michigan State stacking up this year.

Sports Illustrated released its preseason rankings for every school in the country, with Michigan State landing outside of the top 25. But how far outside the top 25 were the Spartans and how do they compare to their Big Ten peers?

See where Michigan State and every other Big Ten team lands in Sports Illustrated’s 1-363 college basketball rankings released this week:

Michigan State basketball just inside updated CBS Sports preseason ‘Top 25 And 1’ rankings

In the eyes of CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish, Michigan State basketball is still considered a top 25 team heading into next season

In the eyes of CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish, Michigan State basketball is still considered a top 25 team heading into next season.

Parrish has Michigan State listed at No. 25 in his updated rankings released earlier this week. The Spartans come in as the fifth highest Big Ten team in these rankings, behind Indiana (No. 16), Michigan (No. 18), Purdue (No. 22) and Ohio State (No. 24).

Here’s what Parrish had to say about Michigan State:

“The Spartans’ ranking is based on Michigan State returning five of the top nine scorers from a team that advanced to the Round of 32 of the NCAA Tournament. Max Christie’s decision to remain in the NBA Draft is a blow – but Tom Izzo should still coach in his 25th straight NCAA Tournament next March.”

Things haven’t gone as many Spartans’ fans would have liked this offseason — which has resulted in Michigan State sliding in a number of preseason rankings. That has happened with Parrish’s rankings as well but it’s still promising to see Michigan State listed here.

Check out the complete rankings by clicking on the tweet below:

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Michigan State basketball just outside top 10 in Andy Katz’ updated 2022-23 power rankings

Michigan State basketball will enter the 2022-23 season as a fringe top 10 team, according to college basketball analyst Andy Katz

Michigan State basketball will enter the 2022-23 season as a fringe top 10 team, according to college basketball analyst Andy Katz.

Katz released an updated batch of his “Power 36” rankings for the 2022-23 college basketball season where he has the Spartans just outside the top 10. Katz ranks Michigan State at No. 10 and has this to say about the Spartans:

“Joey Hauser is returning. Max Christie is on the fence. But the Spartans should be a Big Ten contender.”

The Spartans are listed as the second-highest Big Ten team in these rankings behind only Michigan at No. 5. Other Big Ten teams ranked include Purdue (No. 13), Indiana (No. 19), Illinois (No. 29), Ohio State (No. 30), Wisconsin (No. 34) and Rutgers (No. 36).

Check out his complete rankings by clicking on the tweet below:

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MSU basketball listed in top 20 of Jon Rothstein’s 2022-23 preseason rankings

College basketball analyst Jon Rothstein currently has Michigan State as one of the top Big Ten teams entering the 2022-23 season

Michigan State basketball will currently enter the 2022-23 season as one of the top 20 teams in the country, according to college basketball analyst Jon Rothstein.

Rothstein released an updated batch of his “Rothstein 45” rankings, which lists the Spartans in the top 20. He has Michigan State at No. 18.

At the moment, Rothstein has the Spartans’ getting back Max Christie who has entered his name into the NBA Draft but can still return if he’d like. If he were to leave for the NBA, Michigan State would surely drop in these rankings.

Other Big Ten teams ranked includes Michigan (No. 13), Indiana (No. 17), Ohio State (No. 20), Purdue (No. 24), Illinois (No. 37) and Iowa (No. 44).

Click on the tweet below to see the complete rankings from Rothstein:

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Sporting News lists MSU basketball lists in top 15 of ‘way-too-early’ 2022-23 rankings

Mike DeCourcy of Sporting News has Michigan State basketball listed near the top of his way-too-early rankings for the 2022-23 season

Mike DeCourcy of Sporting News has Michigan State basketball listed near the top of his way-too-early rankings for the 2022-23 season.

DeCourcy released his way-too-early rankings on Monday, which have Michigan State coming in at No. 15. The Spartans are the second-highest ranked Big Ten team behind only Michigan — who is ranked at No. 4.

Other Big Ten teams in DeCourcy’s rankings include Illinois (No. 16), Purdue (No. 21) and Ohio State (No. 23).

Click on the tweet below to see the complete rankings from DeCourcy:

Michigan State basketball listed in top 20 of CBS Sports’ 2022-23 preseason rankings

Michigan State basketball will contend for the Big Ten title next season in the eyes of CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish

Michigan State basketball will contend for the Big Ten title next season in the eyes of CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish.

Parrish was one of many to release a batch of way-too-early preseason rankings for next season on Tuesday, and he has the Spartans as one of the top teams in the Big Ten next year. Parrish puts Michigan State at No. 18 in his rankings, and wrote the following about the Spartans:

The Spartans’ ranking is based on Michigan State returning seven of the top nine scorers from a team that advanced to the Round of 32 of the NCAA Tournament… If (Max) Christie is back, the hope would be that he takes a sophomore-year leap similar to the one Purdue’s Jaden Ivey and Wisconsin’s Johnny Davis made this season.

Michigan State comes in as the second-highest ranked team from the Big Ten in Parrish’s rankings behind only rival Michigan at No. 12. The other Big Ten teams ranked include Indiana (No. 19) and Purdue (No. 24).

Click on the tweet below to see Parrish’s complete rankings:

Michigan State basketball drops in latest AP Top 25 poll

See where Michigan State lands in this week’s AP Top 25 poll

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For a second straight week the Spartans have dropped a few spots in the Associated Press (AP) Top 25 poll.

Michigan State slid four spots down the rankings to come in at No. 17 this week. The Spartans were in the top 10 just a few weeks ago but losses in back-to-back weeks has them dropping.

Other Big Ten teams ranked this week includes Purdue (No. 3), Illinois (No. 13), Wisconsin (No. 14) and Ohio State (No. 16).

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