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.
 


Ballot Score

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Sep 13, 2015Week 3 Rankings for Tom Murphy
1Ohio State (59)
2-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 61 Voters
Lowest: 2 - 2 Voters
1523
Points
2Alabama
2-0Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 33 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 3 Voters
1423
Points
3Baylor
2-0Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Nathan Deen
1240
Points
4TCU
2-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 20 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1366
Points
5Georgia
2-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Adam Zucker
Lowest: 18 - John Adams
1031
Points
6Michigan State (2)
2-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 7 Voters
1354
Points
7USC
2-0Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - Garland Gillen
Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters
1146
Points

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8Oklahoma
2-0Actual: 16
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 19 - Kirk Bohls
705
Points
9Notre Dame
2-0Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Sam McKewon
Lowest: 16 - John Clay
1012
Points
10Florida State
2-0Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 17 - 2 Voters
973
Points

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11Ole Miss
2-0Actual: 15
Highest: 4 - Eric Hansen
Lowest: 25 - Jon Wilner
713
Points
12UCLA
2-0Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Chadd Cripe
Lowest: 17 - Kirk Bohls
928
Points
13Clemson
2-0Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - Keith Sargeant
Lowest: 19 - Jon Wilner
926
Points
14LSU
1-0Actual: 13
Highest: 5 - Mitch Vingle
Lowest: 22 - Kirk Bohls
787
Points
15Georgia Tech
2-0Actual: 14
Highest: 7 - Nathan Deen
Lowest: 19 - 2 Voters
716
Points
16Texas A&M
2-0Actual: 17
Highest: 2 - Josh Kendall
Lowest: 20 - Rob Long
703
Points
17Auburn
2-0Actual: 18
Highest: 6 - Robert Gagliardi
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
519
Points

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18Oregon
1-1Actual: 12
Highest: 4 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 20 - Doug Lesmerises
833
Points

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19West Virginia
2-0Actual: 27
Highest: 18 - Nathan Deen
Lowest: NR - 51 Voters
37
Points

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20Kansas State
2-0Actual: 31
Highest: 20 - Tom Murphy
Lowest: NR - 52 Voters
26
Points
21Missouri
2-0Actual: 22
Highest: 17 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
264
Points
22Wisconsin
1-1Actual: 24
Highest: 17 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: NR - 22 Voters
158
Points
23Utah
2-0Actual: 21
Highest: 12 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
290
Points
24Arizona
2-0Actual: 20
Highest: 14 - Mike Sands
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
342
Points

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25BYU
2-0Actual: 19
Highest: 13 - Sam McKewon
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
349
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 23-Northwestern25-Oklahoma State