Tom MurphyArkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, AR)
E-mail: tmurphy@arkansasonline.com
Twitter: @TomMurphyADG
About: Louisiana Tech graduate (1988) with MA in English; Covered nine head coaches in last 16 seasons at Alabama (1998-2007) and Arkansas (2007-13). Married with 3 children. Native of Atlanta, Ga.
 


Ballot Score

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Sep 4, 2018Week 2 Rankings for Tom Murphy
1Alabama (48)
1-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 48 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Soren Petro
1511
Points
2Clemson (12)
1-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 12 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 2 Voters
1467
Points
3Oklahoma
1-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 3 Voters
1251
Points
4Georgia
1-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Jon Wilner
1350
Points
5Wisconsin (1)
1-0Actual: 5
Highest: 1 - Bob Asmussen
Lowest: 10 - Bill Landis
1258
Points
6Ohio State
1-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 25 - Jonny Miller
1262
Points
7Auburn
1-0Actual: 7
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 3 Voters
1236
Points
8Notre Dame
1-0Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 16 - Ryan Aber
1080
Points

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9West Virginia
1-0Actual: 14
Highest: 7 - Kellis Robinett
Lowest: 22 - Bill Landis
762
Points
10Virginia Tech
1-0Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: 22 - Lauren Brownlow
777
Points

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11TCU
1-0Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - John Clay
632
Points
12Washington
0-1Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - John Clay
Lowest: 19 - 2 Voters
870
Points
13Stanford
1-0Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - Steve Batterson
Lowest: 21 - Garland Gillen
865
Points
14Mississippi State
1-0Actual: 18
Highest: 10 - Eric Hansen
Lowest: 24 - 2 Voters
538
Points
15LSU
1-0Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 19 - Ben Jones
801
Points
16USC
1-0Actual: 17
Highest: 9 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 24 - Lauren Brownlow
628
Points
17UCF
1-0Actual: 19
Highest: 6 - Garry Smits
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
407
Points

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18Florida
1-0Actual: 25
Highest: 18 - 4 Voters
Lowest: NR - 35 Voters
89
Points

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19Penn State
1-0Actual: 13
Highest: 8 - Ben Jones
Lowest: NR - Kirk Bohls
768
Points

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20Texas A&M
1-0Actual: 29
Highest: 18 - Pat Dooley
Lowest: NR - 53 Voters
29
Points
21Miami (FL)
0-1Actual: 22
Highest: 17 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
241
Points

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22Oklahoma State
1-0Actual: 27
Highest: 21 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 41 Voters
62
Points

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23Michigan State
1-0Actual: 15
Highest: 8 - Jim Alexander
Lowest: 24 - 2 Voters
684
Points
24Michigan
0-1Actual: 21
Highest: 14 - Ben Jones
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
318
Points

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25Arkansas State
1-0Actual: 43
Highest: 25 - Tom Murphy
Lowest: NR - 60 Voters
1
Point
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 20-Boise State23-Oregon24-South Carolina