The look ahead to the 2022 schedule for ranking Michigan State’s football opponents this coming season wraps up today. The No. 1 team on the list, unsurprisingly, is the Ohio State Buckeyes.
2021 Record: 11-2 (8-1 Big Ten)
Ohio State suffered an early season upset loss at home to Oregon and had close calls against Penn State and at Nebraska. A shaky defense was the team’s Achilles’ heel and it came to the forefront as rival Michigan pummeled Ohio State in Ann Arbor by a final score of 42-27. Then a shootout in the Rose Bowl ended with a narrow 48-45 victory over Utah to end the season.