EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Forget about waiting until the stretch run in November. Michigan State will find out right now how it measures up against the Big Ten’s top teams. Ohio State, Wisconsin and Penn State — all in a row, the first two on the road. That’s the October schedule the 25th-ranked Spartans are facing. First up is No. 4 Ohio State, which has won its last four games by at least 41 points each, including a 48-7 rout of Nebraska last weekend. Some of Mark Dantonio’s greatest wins as Michigan State’s coach were against the Buckeyes, but the Spartans have managed only nine points total in their last two meetings with Ohio State. “I think it’s a measuring stick. I’m sure with the win comes more opportunities, and you get ready to play the next one as well. We’ve got two big ones,” Dantonio said. “We’ve known…
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