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Daily Brews: MSU ranked one spot ahead of Michigan in two way-too-early rankings

The Michigan Wolverines are coming off a Big Ten Championship and an appearance in the College Football Playoff. However, they did have one blemish on their regular season schedule that came from one of their most hated foes, the Michigan State Spartans.

Since taking over in East Lansing, Mel Tucker has turned the program into a contender rather quickly, and the national media is starting to take notice. Both ESPN and The Athletic believe the Spartans have done enough this offseason to be ranked higher than the Wolverines in their admittedly way-too-early assessments.

Mark Schlabach, a senior writer from ESPN has both major programs from Michigan in his top 10.