Looking Ahead: Michigan State Football’s Non-Conference Schedules Through 2032

Michigan State soccer has a powerful historical past of difficult itself with no less than one powerful nonconference opponent per season, and that custom will proceed for the forseeable future.

The Spartans’ non-conference slates are set by way of the 2026 season, and MSU has additionally arrange a handful of home-and-home sequence that run by way of 2032.

This coming season, Michigan State will open with back-to-back residence video games in opposition to Mid-American Convention opponents in Western Michigan (Sept. 2) and Akron (Sept. 10). The Spartans then hit the street for a visit out west to Washington (Sept. 17).

That will probably be Michigan State’s first assembly with the Huskies since 1997, when Washington defeated MSU, 51-23, within the Aloha Bowl. Michigan State is 1-2 all-time in opposition to the Huskies.

The Spartans will profit from an all-home non-conference slate in 2023, once they host Central Michigan (Sept. 2) and Richmond (Sept. 9) forward of the back-half of the home-and-home in opposition to Washington (Sept. 16).

In 2024, Michigan State will host Florida Atlantic (Aug. 31) and Louisiana (Sept. 14), earlier than travelling to Boston School on Sept. 21. That would be the first matchup between the Spartans and the Eagles since 2007, when Boston School defeated MSU, 24-21, within the Champs Sports activities Bowl. The Eagles maintain a 4-1-1 report all-time over the Spartans.

Michigan State will open its 2025 season at residence in opposition to Western Michigan (Aug. 30) and Youngstown State (Sept. 6), earlier than Boston School involves East Lansing on Sept. 20 to conclude the home-and-home.

In 2026, the Spartans will renew a traditional rivalry for the primary time since 2017. After opening the season with residence video games in opposition to Toledo (Sept. 5) and Jap Michigan (Sept. 12), Michigan State will journey to Notre Dame on a date to be introduced later.

The Spartans and Combating Irish have gone to battle on 77 earlier events, relationship again to 1897. Notre Dame holds a 47-1-29 benefit within the sequence all-time, and the Combating Irish gained the newest battle between the 2 colleges in 2017, 38-18.

Michigan State’s non-conference slates from that time ahead are but to be accomplished, however Notre Dame will full the home-and-home with the Spartans by coming to East Lansing in 2027. MSU may even host Central Michigan on Sept. 11, 2027.

Michigan State has not but scheduled any non-conference video games in 2028, however will being a home-and-home in opposition to Oregon on Sept. 8, 2029 once they host the Geese.

Michigan State and Oregon final clashed within the 2018 RedBox Bowl — a recreation Spartan followers, and faculty soccer followers generally, would like to overlook — with the Geese prevailing in a 7-6 snooze-fest. MSU is 3-4 all-time in opposition to Oregon.

The Spartans will host Central Michigan (Aug. 31) to open the 2030 season, earlier than travelling to Eugene on Sept. 7 to conclude the home-and-home with Oregon.

Lastly, with no non-conference video games but scheduled for 2031, Michigan State is scheduled to journey to BYU in 2032. That would be the Spartans’ first-ever journey to Provo. Michigan State and BYU have met on the gridiron solely as soon as of their histories, a 31-14 victory for the Cougars in East Lansing in 2016.

So, there it’s: Each future scheduled non-conference opponent for Michigan State by way of 2032. Which matchup are you most intrigued by?

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