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My AP Top 25 ballot: Michigan No. 9, MSU 25th ... here's why

Note: MLive's Aaron McMann is one of 60 media members nationally, and one of two in the state of Michigan, to vote in the weekly AP college football rankings.

You can always count on Michigan State making things more interesting.

In what was arguably the biggest upset of the weekend, the down-and-out, injury-riddled Spartans went into State College, Pa., and handed No. 8 Penn State its second loss.

Not only its second loss, but second Big Ten loss, essentially eliminating the Nittany Lions from any hope of playing for a Big Ten title in December.