The Michigan State Spartans return to College Park for the first time since 2018 to take on the Maryland Terrapins. The matchup marks the earliest meeting in a season ever between the two teams in a series dating back to Oct. 21, 1944. The previous earliest meeting was Oct. 7, 1950. That game ended in a 34-7 victory in East Lansing for the Terps.
Despite being in the same division in the Big Ten, Michigan State has not traveled to Maryland since 2018 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 canceling two scheduled games there.