The Big Ten does not do a preseason media poll for college football, so we did our own. Eight Detroit News staffers – reporters Angelique S. Chengelis, Connor Earegood and James Hawkins; columnists John Niyo and Bob Wojnowski;

Cleveland.com (formerly Cleveland Plain Dealer) preseason Big Ten media poll was released on Monday, with the Spartans landing in the back half of the league. Michigan State was pegged as the No. 13 team in the league,

With the conference’s three-day football media event set for later this week in Las Vegas, the annual preseason media poll was released Monday by Cleveland.com. And neither of Michigan’s two Big Ten programs were picked to win the league.

Porter Martone is taking his talents to East Lansing. Martone, selected sixth overall by the Flyers in the 2025 NHL draft, has committed to play hockey this season at Michigan State, multiple sources confirmed.