Expectations for Michigan State football heading into the 2025 season are already elevated from where they were ahead of Jonathan Smith's first campaign.
Heck, the expectations are already elevated from where they were the second the 2024 season ended with a blowout loss to Rutgers. The mood back in November was dark and it felt like Michigan State was stuck in mediocre purgatory, but things have swung back in the right direction, it seems.
And the preseason projections from some respected ratings systems agree.
Kelley Ford has some of the best preseason ratings every year, and they were just released on Sunday.