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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.
 


Ballot Score

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Sep 20, 2015Week 4 Rankings for Tom Murphy
1Ohio State (42)
3-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 42 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 2 Voters
1490
Points

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2Georgia
3-0Actual: 7
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 14 - John Adams
1162
Points
3TCU
3-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 22 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1345
Points
4Baylor
2-0Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters
1213
Points
5Michigan State (7)
3-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Garry Smits
1415
Points
6Ole Miss (11)
3-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 11 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Joey Knight
1345
Points
7Notre Dame
3-0Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Scott Wolf
1183
Points
8LSU (1)
2-0Actual: 8
Highest: 1 - Mitch Vingle
Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters
1088
Points

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9Oklahoma
3-0Actual: 15
Highest: 7 - Mitch Vingle
Lowest: 19 - Kirk Bohls
782
Points
10Alabama
2-1Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - Ed Johnson
Lowest: 17 - Sam Werner
882
Points
11Clemson
3-0Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Jon Wilner
903
Points
12Florida State
3-0Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: 17 - Chadd Cripe
953
Points
13Texas A&M
3-0Actual: 14
Highest: 3 - John Adams
Lowest: 18 -
798
Points

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14UCLA
3-0Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Kirk Bohls
981
Points
15Northwestern
3-0Actual: 17
Highest: 11 - Sam McKewon
Lowest: NR - Ed Daigneault
469
Points
16Oregon
2-1Actual: 13
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 19 - 2 Voters
855
Points
17Arizona
3-0Actual: 16
Highest: 14 -
Lowest: NR - Eric Hansen
488
Points
18Stanford
2-1Actual: 21
Highest: 14 - Doug Lesmerises
Lowest: NR - 15 Voters
288
Points

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19West Virginia
2-0Actual: 27
Highest: 13 - Nathan Deen
Lowest: NR - 50 Voters
48
Points
20Utah
3-0Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - Josh Kendall
439
Points
21USC
2-1Actual: 19
Highest: 11 - Brian Howell
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
367
Points
22Georgia Tech
2-1Actual: 20
Highest: 14 - Mike Sands
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
352
Points

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23California
3-0Actual: 29
Highest: 19 -
Lowest: NR - 46 Voters
38
Points
24Mississippi State
2-1Actual: 26
Highest: 18 - John Clay
Lowest: NR - 43 Voters
52
Points

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25Texas Tech
3-0Actual: 33
Highest: 21 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: NR - 52 Voters
20
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 22-BYU22-Wisconsin24-Oklahoma State25-Missouri