The Spartans open the season with a Friday night game Aug. 29 at home against Western Michigan. The toughest stretch is playing rival and 14th-ranked Michigan at home Oct. 25, a week after traveling to play No. 20 Indiana.

Michigan State University's campus will be buzzing for their first game of the season tonight, Aug. 29, and forecasts show sunny, clear skies — but cooler temperatures by kickoff, so a jacket and maybe even a blanket will be worth grabbing on the way out the door.

Michigan State will host Western Michigan at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing on Friday, August 29th. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast on FSN1 and is streamable on Fubo. This Friday, the Michigan State Spartans open up their ...

We already knew that Western Michigan planned to give two quarterbacks reps in Friday night's game against Michigan State football, but now we know which of those two passers will start the game for the Broncos. On Friday afternoon, Pete Thamel of ESPN reported that the Broncos will be starting with Brady Jones, a JUCO transfer, at quarterback.

Follow along here for live updates as Michigan State plays host to Western Michigan in the 2025 college football season opener for both teams.

Football is finally back in East Lansing, and everyone is starting again with a clean slate. Michigan State, 272 days removed from the fi