Week 9 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 9.

( Previous ballot rankings in parentheses.)

1. Ohio State (1): The Buckeyes were idle this week. No need to move them off their top spot.

2. Indiana (2): Curt Cignetti and the Hoosiers did what they do to bad teams, blowing out UCLA, 56-6.

3. Texas A&M (3): I thought a night game at LSU might trip up the Aggies. Instead, they survived a weird first half and smoked the Tigers in the second, wi

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