The offensive and defensive squads huddle up before their practice on Aug. 2, 2018 at Duffy Daugherty Football Building.
While the current Michigan State football team is looking towards its first game at 7 p.m. this Friday, August 31, against Utah State at Spartan Stadium, fans and future players can look ahead.
The Big Ten announced Wednesday afternoon conference schedules for every Big Ten team from 2022-25.
The Spartans will start Big Ten play in 2022 home against Ohio State, then will partake in a home-and-home series with Maryland from 2023-24, with the first game in Spartan Stadium and second at Maryland Stadium in College Park, and will open in 2025 at Minnesota.
MSU will also keep playing OSU and the University of Michigan at home and Penn State away in even years, while playing at Columbus and Ann Arbor and hosting the Nittany Lions in odd years. They'll also go back to playing PSU during the last week of the season from 2024-25.
The Spartans' projected Big Ten West division opponent will also switch from Northwestern, which lasts from 2016-21, to Minnesota.
For non-conference play, only two home-and-home series have been confirmed during that time span: Boise State from 2022-23 and Boston College from 2024-25.
Here's how the future schedules from 2019-25 play out as of right now:
2019
Aug. 31: Tulsa
Sept 7: Western Michigan
Sept. 14: Arizona State
Sept. 21: at Northwestern
Sept. 28: Indiana (HC)
Oct. 5: at Ohio State
Oct. 12: at Wisconsin
Oct. 19: Bye week
Oct. 26: Penn State
Nov. 9: Illinois
Nov. 16: at Michigan
Nov. 23: at Rutgers
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Nov. 30: Maryland
2020
Sept. 5: Northwestern
Sept. 12: at BYU
Sept. 19: Toledo
Sept. 26: Miami (FL)
Oct. 3: at Iowa
Oct. 10: Michigan
Oct. 17: Ohio State
Oct. 24: at Indiana
Oct. 31: Minnesota
Nov. 7: Bye week
Nov. 14: at Penn State
Nov. 21: Rutgers
Nov. 28: at Maryland
2021
Sept. 4: at Northwestern
Sept. 11: Youngstown State
Sept. 18: at Miami (FL)
Sept. 25: Nebraska
Oct. 2: Western Kentucky
Oct. 9: Bye week
Oct. 16: at Michigan
Oct. 23: Penn State
Oct. 30: at Ohio State
Nov. 6: at Purdue
Nov. 13: Indiana
Nov. 20: at Rutgers
Nov. 27: Maryland
2022
Sept. 3: Open
Sept. 10: Open
Sept. 17: at Boise State
Sept. 24: Ohio State
Oct. 1: at Illinois
Oct. 8: Wisconsin
Oct. 15: Open
Oct. 22: Michigan
Oct. 29: at Penn State
Nov. 5: Minnesota
Nov. 12: Rutgers
Nov. 19: at Indiana
Nov. 26: at Maryland
2023
Sept. 2: Open
Sept. 9: Open
Sept. 16: Boise State
Sept. 23: Maryland
Sept. 30: Open
Oct. 7: at Michigan
Oct. 14: Penn State
Oct. 21: at Iowa
Oct. 28: at Minnesota
Nov. 4: Indiana
Nov. 11: at Ohio State
Nov. 18: Nebraska
Nov. 25: at Rutgers
2024
Aug. 31: Open
Sept. 7: Open
Sept. 14: Open
Sept. 21: at Boston College
Sept. 28: at Maryland
Oct. 5: Minnesota
Oct. 12: Northwestern
Oct. 19: at Indiana
Oct. 26: at Purdue
Nov. 2: Michigan
Nov. 9: Open
Nov. 16: Rutgers
Nov. 23: Ohio State
Nov. 30: at Penn State
2025
Aug. 30: Open
Sept. 6: Open
Sept. 13: Open
Sept. 20: Boston College
Sept. 27: at Minnesota
Oct. 4: Open
Oct. 11: at Michigan
Oct. 18: Indiana
Oct. 25: at Wisconsin
Nov. 1: Maryland
Nov. 8: Illinois
Nov. 15: at Rutgers
Nov. 22: at Ohio State
Nov. 29: Penn State
