So as I mentioned in my preview of the Indiana game, a big game against Indiana would likely allow the Spartans to make significant moves up the national offensive and defensive rankings. The Spartans came into the game ranked 8th on defense, allowing 16.5 points per game. Well, after holding Indiana to just 3 points, the Spartans are now ranked 5th in the nation, allowing only 15.3 points per game. That's elite territory folks.
On offense, the Spartans came into the game ranked 61st in the nation, scoring 27.6 points a game. Well, MSU's performance against Indiana was good enough to move them up 17 slots all the way up to 44th in the country. They scored 55 against Indiana and that took their season scoring average up to 30.1 points a game. Not bad for an offense that was breaking in
three offensive linemen and a new offensive coordinator, this year.
Unfortunately, I think the Spartans are probably going to slide out of the top 5 on defense and they probably won't move up much further on offensive rankings. For the next 2 weeks they will be facing two teams with decent offenses and defenses. Northwestern and Wisconsin will both put up points against the Spartans. The Spartans will also not be putting up 55 points on either of those teams. However, I do believe the Spartan offense has turned a corner and will be able to score over 30 against Northwestern and Wisconsin. More on that later.
In any case, the Spartans should probably still end the season in the top 10 on total defense, and perhaps get as high as top 40 on total offense. Not bad at all.
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