Surprising update to Michigan State football's College Football 25 ratings

EA Sports College Football 25 is inching closer, and if you’re anything like me then you can’t wait to start the next Michigan State football dynasty online.

But before we can do that, we have to learn what ratings Michigan State will have in the game.

Back on June 4, Michigan State’s initial team rankings were leased. The team overall was given an 85 with the offense also receiving an 85 and the defense a 78. Not the best rankings in the world, but it sounded pretty fair to me.

Fast forward to Tuesday, and these rankings were just updated. And they don’t make any sense.

Michigan State’s overall team rating fell two points to an 83. The team’s offensive rating also fell, but it feel slightly more to an 82. With so much unknown about the team this season, it’s hard to be confident in any rating given by EA Sports. But that’s part of the reason why a change in rating makes no sense. Nothing has changed with MSU in the past month from the initial release, so who knows why they felt the need to update them in general.

But the strangest update of all was to Michigan State’s defense. The defensive rating jumped all the way up from a 78 to an 84.

Now don't get me wrong, I love the increase and confidence they have in MSU’s defense, but anyone who knows the state of Michigan State’s program knows the defense is the weak point. So again, this increase in rating makes absolutely no sense, even if it’s in the Spartans' favor.

The important thing to note about these ratings is that they aren’t final. So we won’t know where MSU officially ends up until the game is released later this month.

So while it’s fun to see how the game developers are handling Michigan State, we still have to wait a few more weeks to see where the Spartans end up when it’s all said and done.