MSU the most overrated college football team?
Spartans fans are used to MSU having Jekyll and Hyde seasons where a New Year’s Day bowl seems realistic only to see the Spartans have a late season slide and end up with a 6-5 record or worse. Apparently the rest of the nation has noticed. Collegefootballnews.com chose Michigan State as the most consistently overrated team in preseason polls. Their list is based on teams that have been ranked in at least ten preseason AP polls since 1971.
1. Michigan State – No matter how good they look or how many starters are back, do not do it. Do not champion the Spartans, America’s most overrated college football program. Resist that temptation and you’ll prove wiser than your peers in the end. Ten times since 1971, Michigan State has been ranked in the preseason. In nine of those years, they ended the season unranked. And there are some real clunkers in the school vault, including Bobby Williams’ last team, which opened 2002 at No. 17, yet could only manage four victories and a host of off-field missteps.
*Composite Score: -19.80