The marquee Big Ten game of Week 4 features two programs whose budding rivalry had been on the back burner because of division realignment. Fortunately for college football fans, Wisconsin and Michigan State will finally share the field again.
The stakes will be high when the teams meet for the first time since 2012. No. 11 Wisconsin (3-0) travels to face No. 8 Michigan State (3-0) at noon ET Saturday in East Lansing to open Big Ten play in a game that has early College Football Playoff implications.
So who has the edge as kickoff approaches? ESPN Big Ten writers Dan Murphy and Jesse Temple take a closer look:
How to beat Michigan State: The Spartans' once-vaunted "No Fly Zone" secondary isn't quite as suffocating as it used to be.