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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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Sep 5, 2017Week 2 Rankings for Tom Murphy
1Alabama (60)
1-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 60 Voters
Lowest: 2 - Eric Hansen
1524
Points
2Ohio State (1)
1-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - Eric Hansen
Lowest: 5 - 2 Voters
1445
Points
3Clemson
1-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Pat Dooley
1317
Points
4Oklahoma
1-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Kellis Robinett
Lowest: 10 - 2 Voters
1253
Points
5USC
1-0Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Scott Wolf
1224
Points
6Penn State
1-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: 10 - 2 Voters
1303
Points

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7LSU
1-0Actual: 12
Highest: 4 - Dave Reardon
Lowest: 18 - Soren Petro
898
Points
8Washington
1-0Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Scott Wolf
1083
Points
9Florida State
0-1Actual: 10
Highest: 3 - Bill Landis
Lowest: 19 - Dave Reardon
976
Points
10Auburn
1-0Actual: 13
Highest: 3 - John Adams
Lowest: 18 - Keith Sargeant
873
Points
11Michigan
1-0Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 14 - 2 Voters
1051
Points
12Wisconsin
1-0Actual: 9
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Pat Caputo
979
Points
13Oklahoma State
1-0Actual: 11
Highest: 3 - Pat Dooley
Lowest: 15 - 6 Voters
950
Points
14Georgia
1-0Actual: 15
Highest: 7 - Pat Caputo
Lowest: NR - Kellis Robinett
685
Points
15Louisville
1-0Actual: 17
Highest: 11 - Kellis Robinett
Lowest: 24 - Rece Davis
529
Points
16Miami (FL)
1-0Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - Chris Murray
Lowest: NR - John Adams
537
Points
17Stanford
1-0Actual: 14
Highest: 6 - Pat Dooley
Lowest: 19 - Soren Petro
772
Points
18Virginia Tech
1-0Actual: 18
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Ed Daigneault
490
Points
19Kansas State
1-0Actual: 19
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
398
Points
20Washington State
1-0Actual: 20
Highest: 16 - Dave Reardon
Lowest: NR - 14 Voters
216
Points
21TCU
1-0Actual: 23
Highest: 16 - Soren Petro
Lowest: NR - 28 Voters
154
Points

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22UCLA
1-0Actual: 27
Highest: 18 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 40 Voters
82
Points

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23San Diego State
1-0Actual: 36
Highest: 22 - Chris Murray
Lowest: NR - 57 Voters
11
Points
24South Florida
2-0Actual: 21
Highest: 16 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 21 Voters
207
Points
25Tennessee
1-0Actual: 25
Highest: 17 - Keith Sargeant
Lowest: NR - 29 Voters
124
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 22-Florida24-Notre Dame