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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Nov 1, 2020Week 9 Rankings for Tom Murphy
1Alabama (29)
6-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 29 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 4 Voters
1513
Points
2Clemson (33)
7-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 33 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 6 Voters
1515
Points
3Ohio State
2-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 10 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Tom Green
1430
Points
4Notre Dame
6-0Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 2 Voters
1351
Points
5Texas A&M
4-1Actual: 7
Highest: 5 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 10 - 6 Voters
1156
Points
6Georgia
4-1Actual: 5
Highest: 4 - 14 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1289
Points
7Cincinnati
5-0Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 11 - 4 Voters
1199
Points
8Oregon
12-2Actual: 12
Highest: 5 - Gentry Estes
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
831
Points
9Florida
3-1Actual: 8
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 3 Voters
1066
Points
10BYU
7-0Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - Tom Green
Lowest: 14 - Soren Petro
1014
Points
11Wisconsin
1-0Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - Bryce Miller
Lowest: 19 - 2 Voters
985
Points
12Miami (FL)
5-1Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - Rece Davis
Lowest: 13 - 8 Voters
946
Points
13Indiana
2-0Actual: 13
Highest: 10 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 25 - Theo Lawson
765
Points
14Oklahoma State
4-1Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 21 - 3 Voters
760
Points
15Coastal Carolina
6-0Actual: 15
Highest: 12 - Tom Green
Lowest: NR - Nathan Baird
527
Points
16Iowa State
4-2Actual: 17
Highest: 12 - Ryan Aber
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
427
Points
17Marshall
5-0Actual: 16
Highest: 12 - Rob Long
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
523
Points
18Oklahoma
4-2Actual: 19
Highest: 14 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 25 - Eric Hansen
405
Points

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19Northwestern
2-0Actual: 26
Highest: 14 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 39 Voters
106
Points
20Boise State
2-0Actual: 21
Highest: 15 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
336
Points
21USC
8-5Actual: 20
Highest: 12 - Nathan Baird
Lowest: NR - 19 Voters
354
Points
22Liberty
6-0Actual: 25
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 33 Voters
118
Points
23Auburn
4-2Actual: 24
Highest: 15 - Theo Lawson
Lowest: NR - 31 Voters
144
Points

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24SMU
6-1Actual: 18
Highest: 13 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
420
Points
25Michigan
1-1Actual: 23
Highest: 15 - Andy Greder
Lowest: NR - 31 Voters
151
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 22-Texas