Michigan State football: 5 reasons Spartans can win 2018 Big Ten title

Michigan State football opens the 2018 season as one of the favorites to win the Big Ten. Here’s why the Spartans might do just that.

Two years ago, following a 3-9 season, if someone told you Michigan State would be just a couple of seasons away from competing for another Big Ten title, you would have thought they were insane.

Michigan State was in the Big Ten’s gutter for a season and it looked like the trend might continue after suffering through some off-field problems which saw some of the top up-and-coming players get booted from the team. The locker room was a mess, but it didn’t take long for guys to step up and become leaders on and off the field.

In just one season, everything was back to normal. Michigan State won 10 games with an extremely young team and beat a few ranked teams in the process.

Mark Dantonio brings back one of the best teams in college football for the 2018 season, which makes the conference title chase even more interesting. Ohio State is the clear favorite to win the Big Ten, but you can’t sleep on the Spartans who will also be fighting with Penn State and Michigan in the East and Wisconsin in the West.

The Spartans can capture their second Big Ten title in the past four years, and here’s why.