Tom MurphyArkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, AR)
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.
 



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Sep 16, 2018Week 4 Rankings for Tom Murphy
1Alabama (58)
3-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 58 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Soren Petro
1521
Points
2Georgia
3-0Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 30 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Jon Wilner
1416
Points
3Clemson (3)
3-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 6 - Tony Parks
1405
Points
4Ohio State
3-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 2 Voters
1357
Points
5Oklahoma
3-0Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 13 Voters
1283
Points
6LSU
3-0Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 3 Voters
1241
Points

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7West Virginia
2-0Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Bill Landis
841
Points

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8Virginia Tech
2-0Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 19 - Lauren Brownlow
816
Points
9Auburn
2-1Actual: 9
Highest: 7 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Garry Smits
958
Points
10Notre Dame
3-0Actual: 8
Highest: 6 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Brandon Marcello
1034
Points
11Stanford
3-0Actual: 7
Highest: 6 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Ryan Aber
1055
Points
12Washington
2-1Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Jim Alexander
947
Points
13Mississippi State
3-0Actual: 14
Highest: 7 - Matt Baker
Lowest: 23 - Jon Wilner
790
Points
14Penn State
3-0Actual: 10
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Jon Wilner
947
Points
15TCU
2-1Actual: 17
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Keith Sargeant
502
Points
16UCF
2-0Actual: 16
Highest: 7 - Garry Smits
Lowest: 24 - Soren Petro
556
Points
17Wisconsin
2-1Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Brett McMurphy
486
Points
18Oklahoma State
3-0Actual: 15
Highest: 8 - Marc Weiszer
Lowest: NR - Michael Lev
587
Points
19Miami (FL)
2-1Actual: 21
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
362
Points
20Texas A&M
2-1Actual: 22
Highest: 15 - Rece Davis
Lowest: NR - 16 Voters
193
Points

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21Colorado
3-0Actual: 29
Highest: 20 - Mike Barber
Lowest: NR - 44 Voters
49
Points
22Michigan
2-1Actual: 19
Highest: 14 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
448
Points

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23Kentucky
3-0Actual: 31
Highest: 21 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 45 Voters
38
Points
24Boston College
3-0Actual: 23
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 26 Voters
130
Points

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25Oregon
3-0Actual: 20
Highest: 12 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
399
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 24-Michigan State25-BYU