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MSU football considered to have one of hardest schedules in 2023

Football 247Sports Michigan State Spartans

Things will not come easy for the Spartans in 2023.

We are beginning to creep closer to the 2023 college football season, with the Spartans looking to bounce back from a disappointing campaign last year. However, if Michigan State is going to experience success on the gridiron in 2023, it’s going to come against one of the hardest schedules in all of college football.

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247Sports released a list of the 10 hardest schedules in 2023, and Michigan State cracked the list. The ranking of hardest schedules is based on opponent’s win percentage from last year.

See where Michigan State ranks in all of college football for hardest schedule in 2023:

10
Kansas State

Opponent Win Percentage: 60.8%

9
Ohio State

Opponent Win Percentage: 61%

8
Iowa State

Opponent Win Percentage: 61.4%

7
Florida

Opponent Win Percentage: 61.5%

6
Houston

Opponent Win Percentage: 61.5%

5
Missouri

Opponent Win Percentage: 61.8%

4
Ole Miss

Opponent Win Percentage: 62.1%

3
West Virginia

Opponent Win Percentage: 62.4%

2
Michigan State

Opponent Win Percentage: 62.7%

1
South Carolina

Opponent Win Percentage: 66%

Contact/Follow us @The SpartansWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan state news, notes, and opinion. You can also follow Robert Bondy on Twitter @RobertBondy5.

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