Michigan State Football Odds: Spartans B1G Longshots At MI Sportsbooks

The 2022 college football season is coming up. Michigan State is a long shot. Mel Tucker won 11 games in 2021.

Michigan State is considered a longshot to win the National Championship, the Big Ten Conference and the Big Tion East in 2022. Alabama is favored for the national title, while Ohio State and Georgia are not far behind.

DraftKings Sportsbook MI lists Michigan State with an over/under of 7.5 regular season wins in 2022. Oddsmakers find it more likely that the Spartans will get to 8 wins. MSU's schedule in the 2022 includes games against Western Michigan, Akron, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Maryland, Ohio State, Michigan and a trip to Washington.

Spartans may need to rely on passing in 2022. Kenneth Walker III is now in the NFL with the Seattle Seahawks. Junior quarterback Payton Thorne returns under center and Jayden Reed is back for his senior year. Both players are listed at +20000 by DraftKings to win the Heisman Trophy in 2021.

Michigan State's defense ranked last in the Big Ten last year. The secondary should improve this year with the return of Ronald Williams, Marqui Lowery, Chuck Brantley, Angelo Grose, Xavier Henderson and Ameer Speed. Jeff Pietrowski is the only player returning with at least five sacks from 2021.

Michigan State is ranked No. 14 in the preseason Coaches Poll.

Can the Michigan State offensive line step up? Will the Spartan passing game be explosive? How much can the Spartans defense improve?

Mel Tucker has been successful on the recruiting trail and building a brand at Michigan State. The key for MSU is avoiding defeat in the six challenging games of Washington, Minnesota, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Michigan and Penn State and finding a way to take two of them.