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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 27, 2015Week 5 Rankings for Tom Murphy
1Ohio State (45)
4-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 45 Voters
Lowest: 9 - John Adams
1482
Points

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2Georgia
4-0Actual: 8
Highest: 2 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 13 - 3 Voters
1147
Points
3Baylor
3-0Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Doug Lesmerises
1196
Points
4Michigan State (5)
4-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 10 - 2 Voters
1397
Points
5Ole Miss (10)
4-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 10 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1349
Points
6TCU
4-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 9 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 2 Voters
1254
Points
7Notre Dame
4-0Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - Garry Smits
Lowest: 14 - Kirk Bohls
1163
Points
8LSU
3-0Actual: 9
Highest: 3 - Mitch Vingle
Lowest: 14 - Garry Smits
1075
Points

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9Oklahoma
3-0Actual: 15
Highest: 8 - Mitch Vingle
Lowest: 18 - 3 Voters
747
Points
10Alabama
3-1Actual: 13
Highest: 5 - Mitch Vingle
Lowest: 17 - Chris Murray
850
Points
11Clemson
3-0Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - Scott Hamilton
Lowest: 23 - Sam McKewon
853
Points
12Florida State
3-0Actual: 11
Highest: 4 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: 22 - Sam McKewon
888
Points
13Utah (1)
4-0Actual: 10
Highest: 1 - John Adams
Lowest: 16 - 2 Voters
1034
Points

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14UCLA
4-0Actual: 7
Highest: 2 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Tom Murphy
1156
Points
15Texas A&M
4-0Actual: 14
Highest: 4 - Josh Kendall
Lowest: 19 - Duane Rankin
776
Points
16Northwestern
4-0Actual: 16
Highest: 6 - Doug Lesmerises
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
566
Points
17Stanford
3-1Actual: 18
Highest: 10 - Doug Lesmerises
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
486
Points

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18West Virginia
3-0Actual: 23
Highest: 14 - Nathan Deen
Lowest: NR - 24 Voters
179
Points
19USC
3-1Actual: 17
Highest: 13 - Brian Howell
Lowest: 25 - Scott Wolf
509
Points
20Mississippi State
3-1Actual: 21
Highest: 17 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 18 Voters
211
Points
21California
4-0Actual: 24
Highest: 16 - Ryan Finley
Lowest: NR - 22 Voters
149
Points
22Florida
4-0Actual: 25
Highest: 16 - Ed Johnson
Lowest: NR - 21 Voters
140
Points
23Oklahoma State
4-0Actual: 20
Highest: 15 - Garry Smits
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
281
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24NC State
4-0Actual: 38
Highest: 19 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: NR - 58 Voters
10
Points

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25Iowa
4-0Actual: 30
Highest: 20 - Rob Long
Lowest: NR - 50 Voters
37
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 19-Wisconsin22-Michigan