Florida Atlantic vs. Michigan State

Florida Atlantic and Michigan State have 4 meetings on file, the first in 2008; officially, Michigan State leads 3–⁠0; as played, 4–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Michigan State 4–⁠0, and Michigan State has won the last 4. The NCAA vacated Michigan State’s win (2024); it doesn’t count officially. This page counts every game as it was played.

Official series
Michigan State leads 3–⁠0
Florida Atlantic wins on file
0
Michigan State wins on file
4
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2008
Longest streak
4 Michigan State
Current streak
4 Michigan State
Last 10 meetings
Michigan State 4–⁠0
Most recent
2024

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2000s0–⁠1
2010s0–⁠2
2020s0–⁠1
Average margin
20 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Michigan State
3–⁠0 Michigan State’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 Florida Atlantic first
Shutouts
2

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Coach against coach

YearsFlorida AtlanticSeriesMichigan State
2008–⁠2011Howard Schnellenberger0–⁠3Mark Dantonio

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Florida Atlantic’s side (Schnellenberger 0–⁠3 against Dantonio). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Florida Atlantic and Michigan State, 2008 on1300150017002010201520202025

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

Biggest days

Javon Ringer Michigan State43 carries, 282 yards, 2 TD2008 Rushing

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game

Aug 30, 2024Michigan State 16, Florida Atlantic 10vacatedat Michigan State
Sep 10, 201117Michigan State 44, Florida Atlantic 0at Michigan State
Sep 11, 2010Michigan State 30, Florida Atlantic 17Neutral site
Sep 13, 2008Michigan State 17, Florida Atlantic 0at Michigan State

Every game is listed as played on the field; a win the NCAA later vacated is marked “vacated”; the official series above counts them the NCAA’s way.