Boston College vs. Michigan State
Boston College and Michigan State have 8 meetings on file, the first in 1935; Boston College leads the series 5–2–1 in the games on file. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Boston College 5–2. Share
- Boston College wins
- 5
- Michigan State wins
- 2
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1935
- Longest streak
- 2 Boston College
- Current streak
- 1 Michigan State
- Last 10 meetings
- Boston College 5–2
- Most recent
- 2025
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 1–0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 1–1 |
- Average margin
- 6.6 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Boston College
- 3–0–1 Boston College’s record at home
- At Michigan State
- 2–1 Michigan State’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–0 Boston College first
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Boston College’s biggest win1992: Boston College 14, Michigan State 0by 14 points
- Michigan State’s biggest win1995: Michigan State 25, Boston College 21by 4 points
- Upset1946: Boston College 34, Michigan State 20Boston College had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1935: Boston College 18, Michigan State 6Boston College had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
Stars of the series
Named most valuable
| Jamie Silva Boston College | 2007 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers
1935 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 24, 1935
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
On television
| 2025 | NBC | 1.6 million viewers |
Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.
Every game
| Sep 6, 2025 | Michigan State 42, Boston College 40 | at Michigan State | ||
| Sep 21, 2024 | Boston College 23, Michigan State 19 | at Boston College | ||
| Dec 28, 2007 | 12Boston College 24, Michigan State 21 | Neutral site | Champs Sports Bowl | |
| Sep 30, 1995 | Michigan State 25, Boston College 21 | at Michigan State | ||
| Sep 26, 1992 | 25Boston College 14, Michigan State 0 | at Boston College | ||
| Oct 5, 1946 | Boston College 34, Michigan State 20 | at Michigan State | ||
| Oct 31, 1936 | Boston College 13, Michigan State 13 | at Boston College | ||
| Oct 19, 1935 | Boston College 18, Michigan State 6 | at Boston College |
Every game is listed as played on the field.