Michigan State will find out over the next month whether it's truly worthy of being ranked among the nation's Top 25 teams.
Head coach Mark Dantonio is just as curious as anyone else where this season is headed. The No. 20 Spartans dig into the meat of their Big Ten schedule this month with games against Northwestern, No. 11 Penn State, No. 15 Michigan and Purdue. First up is a home game against the Wildcats on Saturday.
"I think you try and find your identity of every football team and you don't know when that's going to come," Dantonio said.