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Michigan State Football Bowl Projections: Odds For Spartans’ 2024-25 Bowl Game
The debut season of the Jonathan Smith era in East Lansing has gotten off to a fast start. The Michigan State Spartans football team has raced to a 2-0 start with victories over Florida Atlantic and Maryland under their new coach.
The Spartans’ most recent conquest was a 27-24 road victory over their Big Ten rivals from College Park, with MSU outscoring Maryland 10-3 in the fourth quarter to seal the three-point win. Michigan State outgained Maryland 493-339 and overcame three interceptions by Oregon State transfer QB Aidan Chiles to secure the win on the road.
Now, Smith and the Spartans have another non-conference clash on the schedule, with HBCU stalwart Prairie View A&M coming to East Lansing on Saturday. After that, Sparty heads back on the road against the Boston College Eagles in Week 4.
At BetMichigan.com, your source for the top Michigan sports betting promos, we developed exclusive odds which bowl game the Spartans will play in, based on the team’s performance through two weeks.
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Michigan State Football Bowl Projections: Odds For Spartans’ 2024-25 Bowl Game
Bowl | Location | Conference Opponent | Odds | Percentage Chance |
Quick Lane Bowl | Detroit, MI | vs. MAC | +750 | 11.8% |
Guaranteed Rate Bowl | Phoenix, AZ | Vs. Big 12 | +1750 | 5.4% |
Pinstripe Bowl | Bronx, NY | vs. ACC | +1850 | 5.1% |
Duke’s Mayo Bowl | Charlotte, NC | Vs. ACC | +4000 | 2.4% |
Music City Bowl | Nashville, TN | vs. SEC | +35000 | 0.3% |
The Field/No Bowl |
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| -300 | 75.0% |
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Where Will Michigan State Play This Bowl Season?
It has been three long years since Michigan State last qualified for a bowl. Sparty’s last postseason clash was the 2021 Peach Bowl, which they won, 31-21, over Pitt. Between the tumultuous end of the Mel Tucker era, with a 7-7 record and a midseason firing after sexual misconduct allegations, and the 2-8 finish to the 2023 season under interim coach Harlon Barnett, it has been a rough stretch of late.
The win over Maryland was a step in the right direction for fans and Michigan sports betting backers. But for now, we still have MSU either making a bowl not on our list (“the field”) or missing out completely as the most likely scenario, at -300 odds.
If MSU qualifies for postseason play, Detroit’s Quick Lane Bowl (+750) is the frontrunner, assuming the Spartans earn bowl eligibility, ahead of the Guaranteed Rate Bowl in Phoenix (+1750) and the Pinstripe Bowl in The Bronx (+1850).
Throw in Charlotte’s Duke’s Mayo Bowl at +4000 and the Music City Bowl in Nashville at +35000 and you have the full rundown of bowl game possibilities for Smith’s team in 2024.
For now, Smith and the Spartans are looking at +20000 odds of winning the Big Ten in 2024 on DraftKings Sportsbook Michigan, with MSU ranking in a tie with UCLA, Maryland and Indiana for 11th out of 18 teams in the expanded conference race.
Michigan State Bowl Game History Since 2019
Year | Bowl | Result |
2023 | No Bowl Game |
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2022 | No Bowl Game |
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2021 | Peach Bowl | Win, 31-21 against Pittsburgh |
2020 | No Bowl Game |
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2019 | Pinstripe Bowl | Win, 27-21 against Wake Forest |
The Spartans played in the 2019 Pinstripe Bowl under Mark Dantonio’s watch, beating Wake Forest 27-21 to cap a second straight 7-6 season in East Lansing.
Since 2019, Michigan State has appeared in two postseason games, winning the 2021 Peach Bowl over Pittsburgh out of the ACC, 31-21, in addition to knocking off another member of that conference in that ’19 Pinstripe Bowl. Michigan State missed out on bowl season in 2020, 2022 and 2023.
From 2007 to 2019, Dantonio made a bowl game 12 times in 13 seasons, only missing out in 2016 when Sparty went 3-9 overall and 1-8 in Big Ten play. The team made trips to the Champs Sports Bowl (2007), Capital One Bowl (2008 and 2010), Alamo Bowl (2009), Outback Bowl (2011), Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl (2012), Rose Bowl (2013), Cotton Bowl (2014 and 2015), Holiday Bowl (2017), Redbox Bowl (2018) and Pinstripe Bowl (2019).
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Michigan State Bowl FAQs
For the 2024-25 college football season, Michigan State is currently projected to not play in a bowl game. We give that scenario -300 odds (a 75% chance).
After two games, Michigan State is not eligible for a bowl yet. Michigan State’s most recent bowl game was in 2021 Peach Bowl, a win against Pittsburgh.
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