A Spartan's helmet during the game against Utah State on Aug. 31 at Spartan Stadium. At halftime the Spartans were leading 20-14.
After a 16-13 loss to now-No. 23 Arizona State (2-0) Saturday night in Tempe, then-No. 15 Michigan State (1-1) dropped in the AP Top 25 writers poll Sunday afternoon to No. 25.
The Spartans also dropped from No. 13 to No. 24 in the USA Today Amway Coaches poll.
Other Big Ten teams that moved in this week's AP poll are Wisconsin from No. 5 to No. 6, Penn State from No. 13 to No. 11 and Michigan from No. 21 to No. 19. Ohio State remained at No. 4.
The complete AP rankings are as follows (first-place votes):
1. Alabama (54)
2. Clemson (6)
3. Georgia
4. Ohio State
5. Oklahoma
6. Wisconsin (1)
7. Auburn
8. Notre Dame
9. Stanford
10. Washington
11. Penn State
12. LSU
13. Virginia Tech
14. West Virginia
15. TCU
16. Mississippi State
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17. Boise State
18. UCF
19. Michigan
20. Oregon
21. Miami (FL)
22. USC
23. Arizona State
24. Oklahoma State
25. Michigan State
The Spartans will go on the road in two weeks, following a bye week, to take on the Indiana Hoosiers (2-0) on Sept. 22. Game time and television network are still yet to be determined.
