FIRST-AND-10 –
• Michigan State opens the 2017 Big Ten schedule against Iowa on Saturday, Sept. 30 at 4 p.m. in Spartan Stadium. The game will be televised nationally on FOX. The Spartans (2-1) fell to Notre Dame at home last Saturday night, 38-18, while the Hawkeyes (3-1, 0-1) lost their Big Ten opener against No. 4 Penn State, 21-19, on the last play of the game.
• This marks the first meeting between the two teams since the 2015 Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis, when No. 5 Michigan State edged the previously undefeated and fourth-ranked Hawkeyes, 16-13, to win the Big Ten title and earn a berth in the College Football Playoff.