It must be due to recruiting rankings. That's all I can figure. Mullen has done a ton to increase the expectations of MSU fans, but for whatever reason, the SEC media hasn't caught on to the fact that Croom is no longer our coach. It's odd, but we are almost more respected nationally than we are in the SEC foot print. Perhaps that's because nationally people look at things more objectively & are less likely to be biased by old, out dated perceptions.

http://www.cbssports.com/college-foo...football-2016/