Opp. MSU Year Rank Date Opponent Site Result Score Rank 2002
#12 #17 #15 #15
Sept. 21 Oct. 12 Nov. 2 Nov. 23
NOTRE DAME Iowa Michigan Penn State
H A A A
L L L L
17-21 16-44 3-49 7-61
– – – –
2003
#13 #25 #11 #7 #22
Sept. 27 Oct. 18 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Dec. 29
IOWA Minnesota MICHIGAN Ohio State Nebraska
H A H A N
W W L L L
20-10 44-38 20-27 23-33 3-17
– #15 #9 #14 –
2004
#19 #12 #4
Oct. 16 Oct. 30 Nov. 13
Minnesota H W 51-17 – Michigan A L (3OT) 37-45 – Wisconsin H W 49-14 –
2005
#10 #15 #5
Sept. 17 Oct. 15 Nov. 19
Notre Dame A W (OT) 44-41 – Ohio State A L 24-35 #16 Penn State H L 22-31 –
2006
#12 #6 #1
Sept. 23 Oct. 7 Oct. 14
Notre Dame H L 37-40 Michigan A L 13-31 Ohio State H L 7-38
– – –
2007
#9 #15 #14
Sept. 29 Nov. 3 Dec. 28
Wisconsin Michigan Boston College
– – –
2008
#12 #7 #16
Oct. 18 Nov. 22 Jan. 1 ’09
Ohio State H L 7-45 – Penn State A L 18-49 #17 Georgia N L 12-24 #19
2009
#22 #7 #13
Oct. 3 Oct. 24 Nov. 21
Michigan H W (OT) 26-20 – Iowa H L 13-15 – Penn State H L 14-42 –
2010
#11 #18 #18 #15
Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 30 Jan. 1 ’11
WISCONSIN Michigan Iowa Alabama
A H N
H A A N
L L L
W W L L
34-37 24-28 21-24
34-24 34-17 6-37 7-49
MSU Record Breakdown vs. Ranked Opponents: 76-139-4 (.356) Home: 43-62-2 (.411) Away: 28-70-2 (.290) Neutral: 5-7 (.417) vs. Opp. Ranked No. 1: 3-13-1 (.206) vs. Opp. in Top 10: 39-78-2 (.336) vs. Ranked Opponents By MONTH August: 0-1 (.000) September: 13-29-1 (.314) October: 32-66-2 (.330) November: 26-36-1 (.421) December: 3-4 (.429) January: 2-3 (.400)
vs. Ranked Opponents By Decade 1930s: 1-3 (.250) 1940s: 1-6-1 (.188) 1950s: 18-9-1 (.661) 1960s: 12-13-2 (.481) 1970s: 7-27 (.206) 1980s: 11-26 (.297) 1990s: 13-29 (.310) 2000s: 11-24 (.314) 2010s: 2-2 (.500)
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