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.
 



Ballot Score

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Oct 6, 2019Week 7 Rankings for Tom Murphy
1Alabama (32)
5-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 32 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Dave Reardon
1503
Points
2LSU (2)
5-0Actual: 5
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Michael Vega
1352
Points
3Ohio State (10)
6-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 10 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 7 Voters
1393
Points
4Clemson (15)
5-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 15 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1433
Points
5Georgia (3)
5-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Mark Whicker
1393
Points
6Oklahoma
5-0Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - Mark Whicker
Lowest: 8 - 4 Voters
1268
Points
7Florida
6-0Actual: 7
Highest: 2 - Dave Reardon
Lowest: 10 - 3 Voters
1163
Points
8Wisconsin
5-0Actual: 8
Highest: 6 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 11 - 6 Voters
1105
Points
9Penn State
5-0Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: 13 - 8 Voters
958
Points
10Notre Dame
4-1Actual: 9
Highest: 7 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Neill Ostrout
1046
Points
11Auburn
5-1Actual: 12
Highest: 8 - James Kratch
Lowest: 13 - 5 Voters
920
Points
12Texas
4-1Actual: 11
Highest: 8 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 13 - 7 Voters
947
Points
13Oregon
4-1Actual: 13
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Theo Lawson
828
Points
14Boise State
5-0Actual: 14
Highest: 13 - Michael Lev
Lowest: NR - Don Williams
654
Points
15Utah
4-1Actual: 15
Highest: 14 - 13 Voters
Lowest: 24 - 2 Voters
624
Points
16Arizona State
4-1Actual: 18
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
388
Points
17Michigan
4-1Actual: 16
Highest: 13 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 25 - Mark Whicker
618
Points
18Baylor
5-0Actual: 22
Highest: 14 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
260
Points
19Wake Forest
5-0Actual: 19
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
380
Points

EXTREME PICK

This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
20Minnesota
5-0Actual: 26
Highest: 15 - Mark Whicker
Lowest: NR - 38 Voters
80
Points
21Iowa
4-1Actual: 17
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 25 - 2 Voters
454
Points
22Virginia
4-1Actual: 20
Highest: 14 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
353
Points
23Memphis
5-0Actual: 23
Highest: 14 - Brett McMurphy
Lowest: NR - 18 Voters
189
Points
24Texas A&M
3-2Actual: 24
Highest: 16 - Brett McMurphy
Lowest: NR - 31 Voters
165
Points
25SMU
6-0Actual: 21
Highest: 16 - Michael Vega
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
285
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 25-Cincinnati