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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.
 



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Oct 22, 2017Week 9 Rankings for Tom Murphy
1Alabama (61)
8-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 61 Voters
Lowest: 1 - 61 Voters
1525
Points
2Penn State
7-0Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 46 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 5 Voters
1444
Points
3Georgia
7-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 14 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 2 Voters
1409
Points
4TCU
7-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 8 - Rick Wright
1327
Points
5Clemson
6-1Actual: 7
Highest: 5 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Steve Batterson
1113
Points
6Wisconsin
7-0Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1241
Points
7Miami (FL)
6-0Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Ed Daigneault
1101
Points
8Ohio State
6-1Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Ed Daigneault
Lowest: 11 - Garland Gillen
1165
Points
9Washington
6-1Actual: 12
Highest: 9 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 18 - Dave Reardon
836
Points
10Virginia Tech
6-1Actual: 13
Highest: 8 - Parrish Alford
Lowest: 19 - Pat Caputo
791
Points
11Notre Dame
6-1Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 4 Voters
1066
Points
12Oklahoma
6-1Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Parrish Alford
1040
Points
13Oklahoma State
6-1Actual: 11
Highest: 8 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 16 - 2 Voters
894
Points

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14Auburn
6-2Actual: 19
Highest: 13 - Soren Petro
Lowest: 24 - 2 Voters
397
Points
15NC State
6-1Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - Sammy Batten
Lowest: 19 - Rick Wright
666
Points
16South Florida
7-0Actual: 17
Highest: 8 - Bob Asmussen
Lowest: 23 - Jon Wilner
604
Points
17Michigan State
6-1Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 19 - 4 Voters
615
Points
18UCF
6-0Actual: 18
Highest: 12 - Dave Reardon
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
500
Points
19Washington State
7-1Actual: 15
Highest: 12 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 21 - 3 Voters
648
Points

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20Iowa State
5-2Actual: 25
Highest: 18 - Bill Landis
Lowest: NR - 27 Voters
98
Points
21Stanford
5-2Actual: 20
Highest: 15 - Andy Bitter
Lowest: NR - Chris Murray
344
Points
22Texas A&M
5-2Actual: 26
Highest: 20 - Adam Zucker
Lowest: NR - 35 Voters
74
Points
23USC
6-2Actual: 21
Highest: 17 - 6 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
319
Points
24LSU
6-2Actual: 23
Highest: 16 - Jerry DiPaola
Lowest: NR - 16 Voters
182
Points
25Memphis
6-1Actual: 24
Highest: 19 - Dave Foster
Lowest: NR - 19 Voters
111
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 22-West Virginia