Rivalry leaderboard
Indiana-Michigan State Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 55/100
- Overtime
- 2
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 72
- Series record
- Indiana 19-51-2 Michigan State
- Tracked years
- 1922-2025
- Trophy
- Old Brass Spittoon
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
16 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1951Week 10
Michigan State at Indiana
Michigan State 30, Indiana 26
Winner: Michigan State
No. 2 Michigan State vs. Unranked Indiana · 4-point margin
Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
55
Game score
- 1967Week 10
Indiana at Michigan State
Indiana 14, Michigan State 13
Winner: Indiana
No. 5 Indiana vs. Unranked Michigan State · 1-point margin
Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
55
Game score
- 1965Week 10
Indiana at Michigan State
Indiana 13, Michigan State 27
Winner: Michigan State
Unranked Indiana vs. No. 1 Michigan State · 14-point margin
Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
46
Game score
- 1968Week 9
Indiana at Michigan State
Indiana 24, Michigan State 22
Winner: Indiana
Unranked Indiana vs. No. 17 Michigan State · 2-point margin
Ranking 9/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
42
Game score
- 1966Week 10
Michigan State at Indiana
Michigan State 37, Indiana 19
Winner: Michigan State
No. 2 Michigan State vs. Unranked Indiana · 18-point margin
Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 17/35 · Overtime 0/15
41
Game score
- 1974Week 11
Michigan State at Indiana
Michigan State 19, Indiana 10
Winner: Michigan State
No. 15 Michigan State vs. Unranked Indiana · 9-point margin
Ranking 11/50 · Closeness 26/35 · Overtime 0/15
37
Game score
- 1962Week 7
Michigan State at Indiana
Michigan State 26, Indiana 8
Winner: Michigan State
No. 7 Michigan State vs. Unranked Indiana · 18-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 17/35 · Overtime 0/15
36
Game score
- 1977Week 7
Indiana at Michigan State
Indiana 13, Michigan State 13
Result: Tie
Unranked Indiana vs. Unranked Michigan State · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1939Week 10
Michigan State at Indiana
Michigan State 7, Indiana 7
Result: Tie
Unranked Michigan State vs. Unranked Indiana · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1973Week 12
Indiana at Michigan State
Indiana 9, Michigan State 10
Winner: Michigan State
Unranked Indiana vs. Unranked Michigan State · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1952Week 9
Michigan State at Indiana
Michigan State 41, Indiana 14
Winner: Michigan State
No. 1 Michigan State vs. Unranked Indiana · 27-point margin
Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 8/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1987Week 12
Indiana at Michigan State
Indiana 3, Michigan State 27
Winner: Michigan State
No. 20 Indiana vs. No. 11 Michigan State · 24-point margin
Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 11/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1993Week 10
Michigan State at Indiana
Michigan State 0, Indiana 10
Winner: Indiana
No. 22 Michigan State vs. No. 23 Indiana · 10-point margin
Ranking 7/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1986Week 11
Indiana at Michigan State
Indiana 17, Michigan State 14
Winner: Indiana
Unranked Indiana vs. Unranked Michigan State · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1953Week 5
Indiana at Michigan State
Indiana 18, Michigan State 47
Winner: Michigan State
Unranked Indiana vs. No. 2 Michigan State · 29-point margin
Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 6/35 · Overtime 0/15
30
Game score
- 2001Week 12
Indiana at Michigan State
Indiana 37, Michigan State 28
Winner: Indiana
Unranked Indiana vs. No. 22 Michigan State · 9-point margin
Ranking 4/50 · Closeness 26/35 · Overtime 0/15
30
Game score
- 1994Week 10
Indiana at Michigan State
Indiana 21, Michigan State 27
Winner: Michigan State
Unranked Indiana vs. Unranked Michigan State · 6-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
29
Game score
- 1958Week 9
Michigan State at Indiana
Michigan State 0, Indiana 6
Winner: Indiana
Unranked Michigan State vs. Unranked Indiana · 6-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
29
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.