An action-packed and insightful Week 1 of the 2025 college football season is in the books. We had high-profile matchups and a few upsets. Now, we have a new set of rankings.

For the fifth consecutive year, I’m an AP Top 25 voter. Each week, I’ll be sharing my full ballot, explaining why I ranked everything the way I did.

The official Associated Press Top 25 poll will be published on Tuesday after a Labor Day weekend full of games. But before that drops, here’s my complete AP Top 25 ballot.

(Previous rankings on my ballot in parentheses.)

1. Penn State (Prev: 1): Nothing that happened this weekend made me move Penn State out of the top spot — not even Ohio State’s win over Texas. Penn State is still the best team in the country in my eyes, even though other voters will be swayed to

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