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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Oct 25, 2020Week 8 Rankings for Tom Murphy
1Clemson (52)
6-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 52 Voters
Lowest: 3 - James Kratch
1539
Points
2Alabama (10)
5-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 10 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 4 Voters
1494
Points
3Ohio State
1-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 16 - Tom Green
1402
Points
4Georgia
3-1Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 9 - 3 Voters
1292
Points
5Notre Dame
5-0Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - 12 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Rece Davis
1353
Points
6Oklahoma State
4-0Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 2 Voters
1201
Points

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7Oregon
12-2Actual: 14
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 10 Voters
784
Points
8Cincinnati
4-0Actual: 7
Highest: 5 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 16 - Don Williams
1100
Points
9Texas A&M
3-1Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 15 - Matt Baker
1094
Points
10Florida
2-1Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - Nate Mink
Lowest: 15 - Dylan Sinn
933
Points
11BYU
6-0Actual: 11
Highest: 4 - Tom Green
Lowest: 18 - Soren Petro
906
Points
12Wisconsin
1-0Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Tom Green
950
Points
13North Carolina
4-1Actual: 15
Highest: 8 - Michael Lev
Lowest: 20 - David Briggs
758
Points
14Penn State
0-1Actual: 18
Highest: 12 - Lauren Brownlow
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
443
Points
15Miami (FL)
5-1Actual: 12
Highest: 5 - Rece Davis
Lowest: 17 - 2 Voters
888
Points
16Indiana
1-0Actual: 17
Highest: 10 - Brett McMurphy
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
466
Points
17Michigan
1-0Actual: 13
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 19 - Tom Green
839
Points
18Coastal Carolina
5-0Actual: 20
Highest: 12 - Tom Green
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
282
Points
19Marshall
5-0Actual: 19
Highest: 14 - Conor O'Neill
Lowest: NR - Don Williams
379
Points
20Kansas State
4-1Actual: 16
Highest: 7 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: 23 - Theo Lawson
562
Points
21Oklahoma
3-2Actual: 24
Highest: 15 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: NR - 24 Voters
155
Points

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22Northwestern
1-0Actual: 34
Highest: 18 - Bryce Miller
Lowest: NR - 57 Voters
20
Points
23Liberty
6-0Actual: 27
Highest: 14 - Tom Green
Lowest: NR - 40 Voters
85
Points
24Boise State
1-0Actual: 25
Highest: 17 - Adam Zucker
Lowest: NR - 28 Voters
113
Points

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25Arkansas
2-2Actual: 35
Highest: 20 - Adam Grosbard
Lowest: NR - 58 Voters
15
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 21-USC22-SMU23-Iowa State