RJ Young
FOX Sports National College Football Analyst
This isn’t your average college football ranking.
My Ultimate 136 is a set of rankings that is fluid, but it’s my job to look ahead and make a claim for all FBS teams based on what I know and why I know it. Here are the three pressing questions I started by asking when putting together this list:
- Who do I think is good?
- Why do I think they’re good?
- What are the chances they will finish above or below my expectations?
Here’s a take a look at the place Michigan State lands in my Final 136.
Michigan State rating: 97
Final yr’s rating: 82
High participant: WR Nick Marsh: Set MSU true freshman data final season in receiving yards (649) and receptions (41).
[Michigan State’s 2025 schedule]
RJ’s take: If QB Aidan Chiles and WR Nick Marsh can play the two-man recreation the place Chiles throws for a median of 250 a recreation – however 150 are to Marsh – 4-0 is there for Jonathan Smith’s Spartans. The hardest video games on its schedule this season are when Penn State and Michigan come to East Lansing — no Ohio State, no Oregon.
The Spartans obtain an early alternative to throw down a marker at USC on Sept. 20, a program it beat the final time the Greeks clashed in 1990 – a 17-16 Solar Bowl victory for the lads of Leonidas over Hector’s males of Troy. Positive, there’s Boston School within the non-conference earlier than USC, however that is it.
The margins are skinny and the Michigan State race automotive is not that quick. However there’s lap time left to search out, and who is aware of simply who they might make flinch in wheel-to-wheel fight? Ship it, Spartans.
Michigan State Win Whole Odds: Over 5.5 (-138) Underneath 5.5 (+112)
Have a problem with my rankings? Suppose your alma mater is simply too low, or your faculty’s rival is simply too excessive? Get at me on X, @RJ_Young, and I will choose my favourite tweets and reply to them in a future article.
RJ Younger is a nationwide faculty soccer author and analyst for FOX Sports activities. Comply with him at @RJ_Young.
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