{"id":4871,"date":"2025-07-12T18:35:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T18:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/4871\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T18:35:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T18:35:04","slug":"michigan-state-football-left-off-sporting-news-preseason-bowl-projections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/4871\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan State football left off Sporting News&#8217; preseason bowl projections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Will Michigan State snap its three-year bowl-less streak this upcoming season? Bill Bender at Sporting News doesn&#8217;t think so.<\/p>\n<p>Bender released updated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/ncaa-football\/news\/college-football-predictions-2025-bowl-games-12-team-playoff\/da1c5e03e22ecc44e6184958\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:bowl projections;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">bowl projections<\/a> late last month, which failed to include the Spartans. Bender elected to have Wisconsin land in the GameAbove Sports Bowl and Rutgers in the Rate Bowl over Michigan State finding its way into those two lower tier Big Ten bowl games.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Michigan State is looking to bounce back from a rough finish to the opening season under new head coach Jonathan Smith. The Spartans opened 2024 with a 3-0 record before struggling to reach bowl eligibility and finishing 5-7 overall.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan State comes into this season with a win total over-under of 5.5 so the betting experts think the Spartans will once again be right around bowl eligibility this year. However, most of the preseason bowl projections I&#8217;ve came across are like Bender and don&#8217;t have the Spartans bowling this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Spartans will kick off the 2025 season on August 29 against in-state foe Western Michigan. Kickoff from Spartan Stadium is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET and will be televised on FS1.<\/p>\n<p>Contact\/Follow us @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thespartanswire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The SpartansWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The SpartansWire<\/a> on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SpartansWire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a> to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan State news, notes and opinion. You can also follow Robert Bondy on X @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertBondy5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:RobertBondy5;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">RobertBondy5<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Spartans Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/spartanswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/spartans\/football\/2025\/07\/12\/msu-football-sporting-news-preseason-bowl-projections\/84817240007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Spartans left off Sporting News&#039; preseason bowl projections;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Spartans left off Sporting News&#8217; preseason bowl projections<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Will Michigan State snap its three-year bowl-less streak this upcoming season? 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