Below is the Michigan State Spartans production rank (total, offense, defense, and the average and worst teams) since 2008 using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com. More details about the program under Dantonio is provided below.
Mark Dantonio [2008 - 2019] - original contract & amendments; 2nd contract & amendments
2008
Michigan State finished the regular season at 9-3, while playing against a “tougher” strength of schedule (SOS) meaning that Michigan State's SOS was between one and two standard deviations lower than the "league" average SOS. The Spartans were bowl eligible where they were defeated by #22 ranked Georgia by a score of (12-24) to finish 9-4 overall. Michigan State's best regular season victory was against #9 ranked Iowa by a score of (16-13) and their worst loss was to #21 ranked Ohio State by a score of (7-45). Michigan State was the #62 ranked team overall, with the #55 ranked offense and the #66 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
2009
Michigan State finished the regular season at 6-6, while playing against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS), meaning the Spartan's SOS was plus or minus one standard deviation of the "league" SOS. The Spartans were bowl eligible where they were defeated by #19 ranked Texas Tech by a score of (31-41). Michigan State's best regular season victory was against #60 ranked Northwestern by a score of (24-14) and their worst loss was to #81 ranked Minnesota by a score of (34-42). Michigan State was the #58 ranked team overall, with the #35 ranked offense and the #86 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
2010
MichiganState finished the regular season at 11-1, while playing against an “average” strength of schedule and were bowl eligible where they were defeated by #5 ranked Alabama by a score of (7-49). Michigan State's best regular season victory was against #6 ranked Wisconsin by a score of (34-24) and their only loss was to #17 ranked Iowa by a score of (6-37). Michigan State was the #30 ranked team overall, with the #26 ranked offense and the #47 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
2011
Michigan State finished the regular season at 10-2, while playing against an “average” strength of schedule. The Spartans played #2 Wisconsin in the Big 10 Championship Game, but lost by a score of (39-42). The Spartans were bowl eligible where they defeated by #21 ranked Georgia by a score of (33-30). Michigan State's best regular season victory was against #2 ranked Wisconsin by a score of (37-31) and their worst loss was to #56 ranked Nebraska by a score of (3-24). Michigan State was the #65 ranked team overall, with the #51 ranked offense and the #87 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
2012
Michigan State finished the regular season at 6-6, while playing against a “tougher” strength of schedule and were bowl eligible where they defeated by #39 ranked TCU by a score of (17-16). Michigan State's best regular season victory was against #10 ranked Boise State by a score of (17-13) and their worst loss was to #82 ranked Iowa by a score of (16-19). Michigan State was the #47 ranked team overall, with the #88 ranked offense and the #9 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
2013 [Big 10 Champions]
Michigan State finished the regular season at 11-1, while playing against an “average” strength of schedule. The Spartans won the Big 10 Championship game defeating #5 Ohio State by a score of (34-24). The Spartans were bowl eligible where they defeated by #27 ranked Stanford by a score of (24-20) to finish overall at 13-1. Michigan State's best regular season victory was against #39 ranked Nebraska by a score of (41-28) and their only loss was to #60 ranked Notre Dame by a score of (13-17). Michigan State was the #6 ranked team overall, with the #35 ranked offense and the #2 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
2014
Michigan State finished the regular season at 10-2, while playing against an “average” strength of schedule and were bowl eligible where they defeated #6 ranked Baylor by a score of (42-41) to finish 11-2 overall. Michigan State's best regular season victory was against #40 ranked Nebraska by a score of (27-22) and their worst loss was to #4 ranked Ohio State by a score of (37-49). Michigan State was the #3 ranked team overall, with the #6 ranked offense and the #6 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
2015 [Big 10 Champions]
Michigan State finished the regular season at 11-1, while playing against an “average” strength of schedule. The Spartans won the Big 10 Championship, defeating #22 ranked Iowa by a score of (16-13), which vaulted the Spartan into the College Football Playoff, where they were defeated by #7 Alabama by a score of (0-38) to finish 12-2 overall. Michigan State's best regular season victory was against #24 ranked Michiga by a score of (27-23) and their only loss was to #79 ranked Nebraska by a score of (38-39). Michigan State was the #38 ranked team overall, with the #39 ranked offense and the #43 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
2016
Michigan State finished the regular season at 3-9, while playing against an “average” strength of schedule. Michigan State's best regular season victory was against #67 ranked Notre Dame by a score of (36-28) and their worst loss was to #99 ranked Illinois by a score of (27-31). Michigan State was the #72 ranked team overall, with the #107 ranked offense and the #27 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
2017
Michigan State finished the regular season at 9-3, while playing against an “average” strength of schedule and were bowl eligible where they defeated #46 ranked Washington State by a score of (42-17). Michigan State's best regular season victory was against #3 ranked Penn State by a score of (27-24) and their worst loss was to #32 ranked Northwestern by a score of (31-39). Michigan State was the #50 ranked team overall, with the #77 ranked offense and the #23 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
2018
Michigan State finished the regular season at 7-5, while playing against a “tougher” strength of schedule and were bowl eligible where they were defeated by #35 ranked Oregon by a score of (6-7). Michigan State's best regular season victory was against #3 ranked Utah State by a score of (38-31) and their worst loss was to #84 ranked Northwestern by a score of (19-29). Michigan State was the #60 ranked team overall, with the #109 ranked offense and the #16 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
2019
Michigan State finished the regular season at 6-6, while playing against a “tougher” strength of schedule and were bowl eligible where they defeated #65 ranked Wake Forest by a score of (27-21). Michigan State's best regular season victory was against #38 ranked Indiana by a score of (40-31) and their worst loss was to #74 ranked Illinois by a score of (34-37). Michigan State was the #70 ranked team overall, with the #106 ranked offense and the #28 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.
Previous FBS Head Coaching Changes in 2019
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Florida State and Willie Taggart
Arkansas and Chad Morris
UNLV and Tony Sanchez
New Mexico and Bob Davie
Missouri and Barry Odom
UTSA and Frank Wilson
South Florida and Charlie Strong
Boston College and Steve Addazio
Mississippi and Matt Luke
Washington and Chris Petersen
Old Dominion and Bobby Wilder
Colorado State and Mike Bobo
Fresno State and Jeff Tedford
Mississippi State and Joe Moorhead