2023-10-25: Play Index Update.

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Matchup Finder

Search historical schedules and rankings back to the 1949-50 season.
Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Note that the AP has ranked a variable number of teams since it began in 1948-49.

 1948-49 through 1960-61: top 20
 1961-62 through 1963-64: top 10
 1964-65: top 10, except for preseason which was top 20
 1965-66 through 1967-68: top 10
 1968-69 through 1988-89: top 20
 1989-90 through present: top 25

Current search:
From 1949-50 to 2021-22, for Michigan State, against Western Michigan, sorted by descending Date

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Try our NCAA Tournament Matchup Finder for even more Tournament-related search options

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22 Wins, 4 Losses, .846 W%

Query Results

Query Results Table
Year Date   Schl Rk.   Opp Rk.     PTS OPP MOV   OT
2021-222021-11-12Michigan StateWestern MichiganW904644
2020-212020-12-06Michigan State8Western MichiganW796118
2019-202019-12-29Michigan State14Western MichiganW956233
1998-991998-11-28Michigan State7Western MichiganW906624
1985-861985-11-30Michigan StateWestern MichiganW846420
1984-851984-11-30Michigan StateWestern MichiganW776116
1983-841983-11-26Michigan State12Western MichiganW815229
1982-831982-11-26Michigan StateWestern MichiganW72657
1981-821981-11-28Michigan StateWestern MichiganL7983-4
1980-811980-11-28Michigan StateWestern MichiganW897712
1978-791978-12-13Michigan State3@Western MichiganW1096940
1977-781977-12-10Michigan StateWestern MichiganW795722
1976-771976-12-04Michigan StateWestern MichiganL7374-1
1975-761975-12-13Michigan State@Western MichiganL6878-10
1974-751974-12-14Michigan StateWestern MichiganW62593
1973-741973-12-15Michigan StateWestern MichiganW85769
1972-731972-12-16Michigan State@Western MichiganW76733
1971-721971-12-11Michigan StateWestern MichiganW66651
1970-711970-12-12Michigan StateWestern MichiganW978512
1969-701969-12-13Michigan State@Western MichiganW867115
Year Date   Schl Rk.   Opp Rk.     PTS OPP MOV   OT
1968-691968-12-06Michigan StateWestern MichiganW867115
1967-681967-12-12Michigan State@Western MichiganW786711
1966-671966-12-01Michigan StateWestern MichiganW775522
1965-661965-12-04Michigan StateWestern MichiganL8285-3
1964-651964-12-05Michigan StateWestern MichiganW89809
1963-641963-12-04Michigan StateWestern MichiganW1011001
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