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.
 


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Oct 18, 2020Week 7 Rankings for Tom Murphy
1Clemson (54)
5-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 54 Voters
Lowest: 2 - 8 Voters
1542
Points
2Alabama (8)
4-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 2 Voters
1494
Points
3Ohio State
13-1Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
1223
Points
4Georgia
3-1Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Ron Counts
1300
Points
5Penn State
11-2Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - 4 Voters
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
1033
Points

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6Oregon
12-2Actual: 13
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 10 Voters
841
Points
7Notre Dame
4-0Actual: 3
Highest: 3 - 15 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Dylan Sinn
1337
Points
8Florida
2-1Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 15 - 3 Voters
942
Points
9Cincinnati
3-0Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - Brooks Kubena
Lowest: 19 - Soren Petro
1028
Points
10Oklahoma State
3-0Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 14 - 2 Voters
1137
Points
11Texas A&M
3-1Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 16 - Matt Baker
1054
Points
12BYU
5-0Actual: 12
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Soren Petro
875
Points
13North Carolina
3-1Actual: 14
Highest: 11 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 23 - David Jablonski
677
Points
14Wisconsin
10-4Actual: 14
Highest: 6 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
677
Points
15Miami (FL)
4-1Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 18 - Bryce Miller
887
Points
16SMU
5-0Actual: 16
Highest: 7 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 25 - David Briggs
638
Points
17Michigan
9-4Actual: 18
Highest: 8 - Don Williams
Lowest: NR - 11 Voters
489
Points

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18Coastal Carolina
4-0Actual: 25
Highest: 17 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 16 Voters
185
Points
19Marshall
4-0Actual: 22
Highest: 13 - Brett McMurphy
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
227
Points
20Virginia Tech
3-1Actual: 19
Highest: 11 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
411
Points
21Iowa State
3-1Actual: 17
Highest: 10 - Brett McMurphy
Lowest: NR - Nathan Baird
511
Points
22NC State
4-1Actual: 23
Highest: 15 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 19 Voters
199
Points
23Kansas State
3-1Actual: 20
Highest: 6 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
399
Points

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24Auburn
2-2Actual: 30
Highest: 17 - Theo Lawson
Lowest: NR - 49 Voters
48
Points
25Oklahoma
2-2Actual: 27
Highest: 16 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: NR - 44 Voters
74
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 21-Minnesota24-USC