Does Michigan State football play a tough schedule in 2025? Phil Steele believes its one of the more favorable among the Big Ten.
Steele has recently released a number of preseason rankings and notes ahead of the 2025 season kicking off next month. The latest to draw some attention was his ranking of schedules from toughest to easiest, which has Michigan State landing in the middle of the Big Ten.
Steele ranks the Spartans’ schedule as No. 10 among Big Ten teams. The toughest schedule belongs to Wisconsin and the easiest to Nebraska according to Steele.
Here’s a quick reminder of the Spartans schedule for this year:
August 29 – Western MichiganSeptember 6 – Boston CollegeSeptember 13 – Youngstown StateSeptember 20 – at USCOctober 4 – at NebraskaOctober 11 – UCLAOctober 18 – at IndianaOctober 25 – MichiganNovember 1 – at MinnesotaNovember 15 – Penn StateNovember 22 – at IowaNovember 29 – Maryland (at Ford Field in Detroit)
To me, this slate includes a number of challenges but also isn’t anywhere as top heavy as last season. There aren’t many “easy wins”, though, with essentially nine of the games being considered toss-ups that could go either way. So the ranking of No. 10 among Big Ten teams seems about right to me.
Check out the complete Big Ten rankings of toughest schedules from Steele in the post below:
Toughest to Easiest Big Ten Schedules, per Phil Steele pic.twitter.com/rmGBThvGpi
— The Big Ten Huddle 🎙️ (@TheBigTenHuddle) July 13, 2025
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