Michigan State's last Big Ten title and lone trip to the College Football Playoff was followed by a disappointing season.

Now coming off a resurgent 2017 campaign, the Spartans are back in the national picture.

Michigan State's odds of reaching the College Football Playoff are 7-to-1, according to the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook.

Odds to reach @CFBPlayoff via @LVSuperBook:



Bama 5/11

Clemson, OhioSt 5/4

Georgia 3/2

Michigan, Washington 3/1

Auburn 4/1

Wisconsin 5/1

OU, PennSt 6/1

FSU, Miami, MichSt, Notre Dame, Texas 7/1

West Virginia 8/1

Stanford, USC 10/1

LSU, Virginia Tech 12/1

MissSt, Texas A&M 15/1 — Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) June 19, 2018

The Spartans' are tied with Florida State, Miami, Notre Dame and Texas for the 11th-best odds in the nation to reach the four-team playoff. They have the fifth-best odds to reach the playoff among Big Ten teams, following Ohio State (5-4), Michigan (3-1), Wisconsin (5-1) and Penn State (6-1).

Defending national champion Alabama, which has won five of the last nine titles, has the best odds of returning to the playoff at 5-11.

In January, Westgate gave Michigan State 25-1 odds of winning the national title.

Michigan State was the No. 3 seed in the 2015 College Football Playoff - the second year of its existence - and was routed 38-0 by Alabama in a semifinal. The Spartans tumbled to 3-9 the following year before rebounding to a 10-3 finish last season. They return 19 of 22 starters on both sides of the ball heading into coach Mark Dantonio's 12th season leading the program.

Ohio State and Michigan State are the only Big Ten programs that have been selected for the College Football Playoff. The Buckeyes have two appearances as they beat Oregon to win a 2014 national title before being blanked by Clemson in a 2016 semifinal. Last year's playoff was the first time the Big Ten wasn't represented.