The media has spoken, and they believe Michigan State will finish near the bottom of the Big Ten again this fall.
The annual Cleveland.com (formerly Cleveland Plain Dealer) preseason Big Ten media poll was released on Monday, with the Spartans landing in the back half of the league. Michigan State was pegged as the No. 13 team in the league, tied with Rutgers.
This year’s poll included 24 voters, with beat reporters from each team covered.
Michigan State received 135 points and averaged out a ranking of 13.60 in the poll. UCLA was right behind the Spartans with only one point separating them from Michigan State and Rutgers.
For perspective, our internal Spartans Wire preseason poll had Michigan State coming in at No. 8 in the league. So as we predicted, the Spartans Wire crew has higher expectations for the Spartans this fall than others covering the league.
Check out the complete preseason poll organized by Cleveland.com below:
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