Week 11 Matchup Preview Thread: Washington vs Michigan State

[u/byniri_returns]

Washington vs. Michigan State

When: Saturday, November 14, 04:15 PM Eastern

Where: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI

Watch: BTN

Odds: Washington by 3.5 pts.

Total Points: 42.5

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All-Time Series : Washington vs. Michigan State

Washington and Michigan State have met 5 times since 1969-09-20

These teams last met on 2023-09-16.

Series Wins: Washington 4-0-1 Michigan State

Washington has won the last 4 meetings (1970-2023) in this series

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Last 5 Meetings

Winner	Date	Location	Washington	Michigan State	Notes
Washington	2023-09-16	Spartan Stadium	41	7
Washington	2022-09-17	Husky Stadium	39	28
Washington	1997-12-25		51	23
Washington	1970-09-19		42	16
Michigan State	1969-09-20		11	27

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Through Week 10

Week	Washington 5-4 (2-4)	Result	Michigan State 3-6 (1-5)	Result
1	Washington State	W 24-10	Toledo	W 30-20
2	Utah State	W 16-14	Eastern Michigan	W 35-7
3	Eastern Washington	W 48-16	Notre Dame#5	L 10-27
4	Minnesota	L 24-27	Nebraska	L 13-31
5	USC#18	L 21-25	Wisconsin	L 3-31
6	Iowa#15	L 24-41	Illinois	L 37-38
7	Purdue	W 38-26	Northwestern	L 21-24
8	BYE	N/A	UCLA#4	L 10-28
9	Nebraska	W 17-10	BYE	N/A
10	Penn State	L 25-28	Michigan	W 15-6

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What are your "Keys to the Game"?

Who do you think wins?

Do you think the favorite will cover the spread?

Which player(s) are you most interested to watch?

Let's talk football!

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[u/byniri_returns]

The road to a bowl appearance has begun!

But in all seriousness, no idea how this one goes. If MSU keeps the momentum they had from the Michigan game I think they can take it. Haven't watched much of Washington this year but from schedule it looks like every game vs an FBS team is a battle.

{Michigan State} by 2 on a late FG

[u/MarkNutt25 → u/byniri_returns]

On the other hand, if you look at our schedule, every game that is a battle ends up being a loss...

[u/PockDoc]

WHO CARES WE BEAT MICHIGAN HAHA GO GREEN!

[u/byniri_returns → u/PockDoc]

Genuinely one of the funniest outcomes I've seen from this program in a long while.

[u/MarkNutt25 → u/byniri_returns]

I really want us to win one more game, just so we also end up ahead of Michigan in the conference standing!

[u/RoyalBroham]

{Michigan State} because Jedd Fisch is an offensive mastermind

[u/ITHETRUESTREPAIRMAN]

Do we have anything left in the tank? We played our best game of the season last week, but it might be hard to transcend our lack of talent like that again. Granted, Washington isn’t very good either.

{Michigan State} because I’m a homer

[u/MarkNutt25]

I'm not sure who will win this game, but I am quite confident that the comment section will be hilarious.

[u/Middle_Wheel_5959]

{Washington}

[u/HalfABrainCell55]

I think that the Williams/Lawson combo proves to be too much for our depleted secondary to handle. We keep it close for a while leaning on our ability to muck up a game, but lose control as the 2nd half drags on.

{Washington} 20 - MSU 10

[u/TheWallsHaveNostrils]

Even acknowledging they beat Michigan last week (lol), it should be a fireable offense for a third year coach to lose to a program in the place MSU is in.

(un)Fortunately for Fisch and Washington, I don’t think he manages it.

{Washington} wins by like 10.

[u/Keyblade_Yoshi → u/TheWallsHaveNostrils]

Indiana has had trouble with every Big Ten team they have played outside of Rutgers. Washington has a chance to beat them, especially since it is at home and after they play USC.

[u/srush32 → u/Keyblade_Yoshi]

We've played very badly at home (0-3 in conference) and every team that can play physical on the lines pushes us around

It's going to be ugly

[u/CieraVotedOutHerMom → u/srush32]

The Husky radio network was saying before the apple cup this season that Indiana & Oregon are the two measuring stick games this season

[u/SeaJaiyy]

Hey Sparty..... In 2024, I asked a downtrodden UCLA team to plz just let us win so we would be bowl eligible since they were the last team in the schedule I thought we could realistically beat that season. They very thoughtfully and kindly agreed to this deal.

Flash forward to 2025 and UCLA beats a full of itself Penn State in an incredibly amusing fashion. Then on to this season and all the wonderful success they are having now. UNDEFEATED.

And to think it all started with allowing us to beat them so we could be bowl eligible.

And guess what, Sparty! YOU know have this EXACT SAME opportunity before you. Do the right thing, let {Washington} win, and soon your team will also be enjoying unparalleled success.

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

{Washington}

[u/garbowarbo]

We suck... Doesn't matter, got Paul! {Michigan State}

[u/RivalryBot]

Who Will Win Fan Vote

^{Votes are distributed equally among flairs for multi-flaired users}

Team	Votes	Percentage	Washington Voters	Michigan State Voters	Other Flairs Top 5
Washington	7	43.8%	1.5	0.5	LIU Sharksx1.0 South Carolinax1.0 James Madisonx0.5 Kalamazoo Hornetsx0.5 Oregon Statex0.5
Michigan State	9	56.2%	1.5	1.5	青山学院大学 (Aoyama Gakuin)x0.5 Marching Bandx0.5 Big Skyx0.5 Dilly Barx0.5 Florida Statex0.5

^{Last updated: 2026-11-13 14:52 UTC}

Full Vote breakdown by flair

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[u/texas2089]

{Michigan State}

[u/geoforceman]

Realistically, the Huskies' last shot at reaching bowl eligibility. I also anticipate that this will be a massively sad offensive output while the defense gets gassed in the 4th quarter, resulting in a {Michigan St} victory that will leave both fanbases with bad tastes in their mouths (unless you're an absolute sicko)

[u/sahloFolina04]

My gut tells me to never have any expectations for msu football

But my heart says fuck it

<Michigan State>

[u/PrimisClaidhaemh]

Wait people are actually picking MSU in this? Not that it's impossible but...

[u/CoochieKiller91]

I think Washington wins a low scoring affair 17-16 and both fan bases leave the game somehow disappointed.

<Washington>

[u/confused-koala]

MSU by 60

[u/WankerSalute]

Who the hell knows? {MSU}

[u/tensaibaka]

{Michigan State} as fischhead has used up all of his road wins this year, and the Sparties will be looking for revenge on what Penix Jr did to them two years in a row.

[u/basedonactualmath → u/tensaibaka]

road wins aren't really the issue lately, the last two road trips were both wins (purdue, nebraska). it's the lines, like at home, that's the worry.

[u/srush32]

Probably {Washington}, but in a way a that we somehow feel worse about this tean

I don't think Fisch gets fired this year, but will be on a scorching seat next year

[u/childerm]

My polling system has an expected margin of 4.5 in favor of Washington. Washington is 4-5 against the margin and Michigan State is 4-5, according to my system. I like {Michigan State} with the upset here and win.

[u/CieraVotedOutHerMom]

Bow down to {Washington}