Michigan State football: Why Spartans will be better than Michigan in 2018

Michigan State Football: 5 reasons MSU will be better than Michigan in 2018

ANN ARBOR, MI - OCTOBER 07: Khari Willis #27 of the Michigan State Spartans celebrates a first quarter turn over by the Michigan Wolverines at Michigan Stadium on October 7, 2017 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan State defeated Michigan 14-10.(Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images) /

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EAST LANSING, MI – SEPTEMBER 23: A general view of Spartan Stadium during the game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Michigan State Spartans on September 23, 2017 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images) /

4. Toughest games at home

While this isn’t necessarily a reason to dub one team “better” than the other, this will surely affect the two sides’ records. This is more so a reason Michigan State will have the “better” season on top of having the better team.

The Spartans have their toughest games in 2018 in East Lansing and that’s going to aid that overall record.

First, there’s Northwestern at the beginning of October. This was one of the Spartans’ losses a season ago and the Wildcats bring back plenty of key players to a team that finished the year ranked.

Two weeks after that, these Wolverines come to town and then three weeks later, it’ll be Ohio State making the trip to East Lansing.

Having these two rivalry games along with Northwestern at home will give Michigan State an advantage, especially in the head-to-head battle against Michigan.

As for Michigan, the Wolverines have a multitude of tough games away from Ann Arbor, including Notre Dame, Michigan State Ohio State and Northwestern. That’s four losable games right there and you add in Penn State and Wisconsin at home and the Wolverines will be fortunate to win 4/6 of those.

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