Week 2 of the 2025 college football brought plenty of movement in my top 25 rankings.

For the fifth consecutive season, I’m an Associated Press Top 25 voter. And each week, I’ll be sharing my full ballot, explaining why I ranked everything the way I did.

The official AP Top 25 poll will be published on Sunday afternoon. But before that drops, here’s my complete AP ballot after Week 2.

(Previous ballot rankings in parentheses.)

1. Ohio State (2): I caught some heat for not ranking Ohio State No. 1 last week. Make no mistake, I was impressed with Ohio State’s win vs. Texas. But I ranked Penn State No. 1 in the preseason, and the Lions didn’t give me a reason in Week 1 to move them off that spot. They did on Saturday.

2. Penn State (1): The offense struggled for much of the gam

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