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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 19, 2014Week 9 Rankings for Tom Murphy
1Mississippi State (43)
6-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 43 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Garry Smits
1480
Points
2Florida State (14)
7-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 14 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 21 Voters
1433
Points
3Ole Miss (3)
7-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Jon Wilner
1404
Points
4Alabama
6-1Actual: 4
Highest: 4 - 24 Voters
Lowest: 10 - 2 Voters
1235
Points
5Auburn
5-1Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 11 - Garry Smits
1231
Points
6Oregon
6-1Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Logan Lowery
1142
Points
7Georgia
6-1Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Doug Lesmerises
1055
Points
8Michigan State
6-1Actual: 8
Highest: 3 - Garry Smits
Lowest: 13 - Daniel Berk
1066
Points
9TCU
5-1Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 16 - 3 Voters
962
Points
10Kansas State
5-1Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters
905
Points
11Notre Dame
6-1Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Grant Ramey
1133
Points
12Baylor
6-1Actual: 12
Highest: 8 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 16 - Iliana Limon Romero
858
Points
13Arizona
5-1Actual: 15
Highest: 5 - Doug Lesmerises
Lowest: NR - Scott Wolf
639
Points

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14Utah
5-1Actual: 19
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
437
Points
15East Carolina
5-1Actual: 18
Highest: 13 - Jim Polzin
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
445
Points
16Ohio State
5-1Actual: 13
Highest: 8 - Garry Smits
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
753
Points
17Clemson
5-2Actual: 21
Highest: 12 - Keith Sargeant
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
283
Points
18Nebraska
6-1Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - Doug Doughty
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
537
Points
19Oklahoma
5-2Actual: 17
Highest: 12 - Logan Lowery
Lowest: 25 - 2 Voters
461
Points

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20Arizona State
5-1Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 21 - 2 Voters
643
Points
21LSU
6-2Actual: 24
Highest: 12 - Joey Knight
Lowest: NR - 19 Voters
177
Points
22Marshall
7-0Actual: 23
Highest: 15 - Michael Lev
Lowest: NR - 16 Voters
184
Points
23West Virginia
5-2Actual: 22
Highest: 13 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
272
Points
24Duke
6-1Actual: 26
Highest: 18 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 27 Voters
108
Points

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25USC
5-2Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - Garry Smits
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
356
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 25-UCLA