The previously unbeaten Michigan State Spartans suffered a tough upset at unranked Purdue this past Saturday and had already dropped in the AP and Coaches polls released Sunday as a result. Now the second College Football Playoff Committee top-25 ranking has been released and dropped the Spartans from the initial No. 3 ranking released last week as well.
In the second College Football Playoff Top-25 rankings of the 2021 season, Michigan State came in ranked at No. 7. The Spartans fell behind Oregon, Ohio State, Cincinnati, and confusingly behind Michigan despite a head-to-head win just a week prior and a loss to Purdue who is now ranked.