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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 8, 2017Week 7 Rankings for Tom Murphy
1Alabama (43)
6-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 43 Voters
Lowest: 2 - 18 Voters
1507
Points
2Clemson (18)
6-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 18 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Steve Batterson
1481
Points
3Penn State
6-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - Steve Batterson
Lowest: 6 - 2 Voters
1370
Points
4Washington
6-0Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 8 Voters
1284
Points
5Georgia
6-0Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - 20 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 3 Voters
1327
Points
6TCU
5-0Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Jonny Miller
1192
Points
7Ohio State
5-1Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - Sammy Batten
Lowest: 16 - Ryan Aber
1051
Points
8Wisconsin
5-0Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - Rick Wright
Lowest: 14 - Jon Wilner
1127
Points
9Auburn
5-1Actual: 10
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 16 - 2 Voters
914
Points
10Miami (FL)
4-0Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - Rick Wright
Lowest: 16 - 2 Voters
908
Points
11Washington State
6-0Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Aaron Suttles
1094
Points
12USC
5-1Actual: 13
Highest: 8 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 21 - Dave Reardon
795
Points
13Oklahoma
4-1Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters
851
Points
14Notre Dame
5-1Actual: 16
Highest: 10 - Jason Galloway
Lowest: 21 - 2 Voters
583
Points
15Virginia Tech
5-1Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - Parrish Alford
Lowest: NR - Pat Caputo
617
Points
16Oklahoma State
4-1Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - Andy Greder
Lowest: 20 - Brent Axe
712
Points
17Michigan State
4-1Actual: 21
Highest: 12 - Pat Caputo
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
416
Points
18Michigan
4-1Actual: 17
Highest: 12 - Lauren Brownlow
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
524
Points
19South Florida
5-0Actual: 18
Highest: 10 - Bob Asmussen
Lowest: 25 - Jon Wilner
482
Points
20UCF
4-0Actual: 22
Highest: 16 - Dave Reardon
Lowest: 25 - 3 Voters
274
Points
21San Diego State
6-0Actual: 19
Highest: 11 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: 22 - Adam Jude
465
Points
22NC State
5-1Actual: 20
Highest: 14 - Dave Reardon
Lowest: 24 - Rick Wright
421
Points
23Texas Tech
4-1Actual: 24
Highest: 18 - Sam McKewon
Lowest: NR - 22 Voters
105
Points

EXTREME PICK

This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
24Texas A&M
4-2Actual: 34
Highest: 24 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 59 Voters
4
Points
25Navy
5-0Actual: 25
Highest: 22 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 23 Voters
74
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 23-Stanford