Anxiety Rankings, Week 6: Brent Venables under pressure, USC and Penn State both need to get back on track

Plus, Virginia looks to rebound after an embarrassing loss at Florida State, and Nebraska has a big showdown with Curt Cignetti There are very few things in life that can stir emotions within you like college football. For four months a year, millions of Americans decide to put their mental well-being in the hands of a collection of 18- to 24-year-old men they do not know personally. All they know is that they've chosen to wear their preferred uniform. Sometimes this decision brings joy. Other times it brings pain. But what it always brings as kickoff draws near every week is anxiety. There's always the nervous energy of the unknown heading into a game.

You can never be sure how things will go, and where the rollercoaster will take you. However, while we all feel it, some of us feel it more than others, and each week, The Anxiety Rankings aim to find the five most anxious places in the country. Welcome to Week 6. Try to stay calm. You'll fail, but try all the same. I don't know whether he did it intentionally or not, but there was a moment when Brent Venables was asked during a press conference this week what a win over Texas would mean. He took a breath and then said under his breath, but