Michigan State has been voted No. 5 in the preseason Associated Press college football poll.
Ohio State is the first unanimous preseason No. 1 in the history of the AP poll.
The defending national champion Buckeyes received all 61 first-place votes from the media panel in the rankings released Sunday.
TCU is No. 2, followed by Alabama, Baylor and the Spartans.
No. 5 is the highest preseason ranking Michigan State has received since 1967, when it began the season No. 3.
The Buckeyes won the first College Football Playoff championship last season and are trying to become the 12th team to win consecutive AP titles since the poll began in 1936.