EAST LANSING — Michigan State figures to enter the 2015 season among the national title favorites on the strength of quarterback Connor Cook returning for his senior season and the team’s back-to-back elite bowl victories.

MSU is the only team in the nation that won a New Year’s Six bowl this season after winning a BCS bowl last year, and the Spartans have recorded 11 wins or more in four of the past five seasons. - Read more at MLive.com