Michigan State is changing things up.

The Spartans shifted the first three weeks of their 2017 season. Instead of playing Bowling Green on Sept. 9 and Western Michigan on Sept. 16, both of those dates are now moved up.

MSU will host Bowling Green on Saturday, Sept. 2 and host Western Michigan on Saturday, Sept. 9. That move shifts the bye week to Sept. 16.

Here’s what the updated 2017 schedule looks like:

Sept. 2: BOWLING GREEN
Sept. 9: WESTERN MICHIGAN
Sept. 16: Bye
Sept. 23: NOTRE DAME
Sept. 30: IOWA
Oct. 7: at Michigan
Oct. 14: at Minnesota
Oct. 21: INDIANA (Homecoming)
Oct. 27: at Northwestern
Nov. 4: PENN STATE
Nov. 11: at Ohio State
Nov. 18: MARYLAND
Nov. 25: at Rutgers

MSU previously didn’t have a game scheduled opening weekend of the 2017 season. Bowling Green accommodated the Spartans by moving back a game against South Dakota.

It’ll end MSU’s streak of six straight years of opening on a Friday night. The Spartans will play in a Friday night game on Oct. 27 when they travel to Northwestern.