No. 7 Michigan State looking to rebound against Maryland
Michigan State dropped four spots to No. 7 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings Tuesday, a consequence of the Spartans' first loss of the season last week.
The 40-29 loss to Purdue likely was fresh in selection committee members' minds when they decided to rank Michigan State one spotbehind rival Michigan, despite the Spartans' head-to-head win over the Wolverines just one week earlier.
The Spartans (8-1, 5-1