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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 8, 2015Week 2 Rankings for Tom Murphy
1Ohio State (61)
1-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 61 Voters
Lowest: 1 - 61 Voters
1525
Points
2Alabama
1-0Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 36 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 2 Voters
1420
Points
3Baylor
1-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - Sam Werner
Lowest: 13 - Eric Hansen
1252
Points
4Auburn
1-0Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 16 - Sam McKewon
1166
Points

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5Georgia
1-0Actual: 10
Highest: 3 - Adam Zucker
Lowest: 18 - Doug Lesmerises
981
Points
6TCU
1-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 20 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Mitch Vingle
1365
Points
7Florida State
1-0Actual: 11
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 18 - Eric Hansen
942
Points
8Notre Dame
1-0Actual: 9
Highest: 3 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters
1061
Points
9USC
1-0Actual: 8
Highest: 2 - Garland Gillen
Lowest: 17 - Ed Johnson
1074
Points
10Oregon
1-0Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 19 - Sam McKewon
1081
Points

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11Oklahoma
1-0Actual: 19
Highest: 9 - Mitch Vingle
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
469
Points

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12Michigan State
1-0Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 3 Voters
1198
Points
13UCLA
1-0Actual: 13
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 19 - Matt McCoy
833
Points
14Ole Miss
1-0Actual: 17
Highest: 4 - Eric Hansen
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
600
Points
15Arkansas
1-0Actual: 18
Highest: 7 - Sam McKewon
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
480
Points
16Clemson
1-0Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 21 - 2 Voters
862
Points
17LSU
0-0Actual: 14
Highest: 4 - Mitch Vingle
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
653
Points
18Georgia Tech
1-0Actual: 15
Highest: 8 - Nathan Deen
Lowest: 22 - Doug Lesmerises
636
Points
19Texas A&M
1-0Actual: 16
Highest: 2 - Josh Kendall
Lowest: 24 - John Clay
629
Points
20Missouri
1-0Actual: 21
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
274
Points

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21West Virginia
1-0Actual: 31
Highest: 19 - Nathan Deen
Lowest: NR - 53 Voters
23
Points

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22Kansas State
1-0Actual: 34
Highest: 22 - Tom Murphy
Lowest: NR - 58 Voters
7
Points
23Tennessee
1-0Actual: 23
Highest: 12 - John Adams
Lowest: NR - 21 Voters
169
Points
24Utah
1-0Actual: 24
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 29 Voters
137
Points
25Wisconsin
0-1Actual: 26
Highest: 16 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: NR - 32 Voters
79
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 20-Boise State22-Arizona25-Mississippi State