If the College Football Playoff field were to be decided today, Michigan State, not Ohio State, would be the top seed, according to the Football Four Playoff Projection panel.
The 13-member panel made up of coaches, athletic directors, USA TODAY Sports experts and other dignitaries that is based on the Playoff selection committee's model put the Spartans on the top seed line in this week's initial projection for the 2015 season, with Ohio State the 2 seed, Mississippi the 3 seed and TCU the 4 seed.
"Where's their weak link?" panelist Jim Ross said of the Spartans.