COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The most notable thing about my Week 6 ballot will be the absence of Penn State and Texas because it is the right thing to do.

College football top two teams in the preseason have provided no datapoints that suggest that either deserves to still be considered among the nation’s top 25. They both loss close games to teams who have shown they deserve spots at the top while often messing around with inferior opponents in other games.

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