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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Oct 18, 2015Week 8 Rankings for Tom Murphy
1Baylor (12)
6-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 12 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Jon Wilner
1416
Points
2Ohio State (28)
7-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 28 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Brett McMurphy
1428
Points
3TCU (3)
7-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Jon Wilner
1338
Points
4LSU (1)
6-0Actual: 5
Highest: 1 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1306
Points
5Clemson (1)
6-0Actual: 6
Highest: 1 - Doug Lesmerises
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1252
Points
6Alabama
6-1Actual: 8
Highest: 3 - Ed Johnson
Lowest: 10 - Chris Murray
1133
Points
7Utah (16)
6-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 16 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1362
Points
8Michigan State
7-0Actual: 7
Highest: 2 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 10 - 2 Voters
1202
Points
9Florida State
6-0Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: 14 - 2 Voters
1041
Points
10Florida
6-1Actual: 13
Highest: 6 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 20 - Keith Sargeant
785
Points
11Notre Dame
6-1Actual: 11
Highest: 8 - Ed Johnson
Lowest: 16 - Chris Murray
898
Points
12Stanford
5-1Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - Brett McMurphy
Lowest: 16 - Ed Johnson
917
Points
13Iowa
7-0Actual: 12
Highest: 10 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 16 - 2 Voters
820
Points
14Oklahoma State
6-0Actual: 14
Highest: 11 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 18 - 4 Voters
735
Points
15Michigan
5-2Actual: 15
Highest: 7 - Josh Kendall
Lowest: 25 - Doug Doughty
614
Points
16Texas A&M
5-1Actual: 15
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 24 - Ed Johnson
614
Points
17Oklahoma
5-1Actual: 17
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 25 - Josh Kendall
565
Points
18California
5-1Actual: 20
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
337
Points
19Memphis
6-0Actual: 18
Highest: 7 - Chadd Cripe
Lowest: 23 - Rob Long
554
Points
20Ole Miss
5-2Actual: 24
Highest: 17 - Chadd Cripe
Lowest: NR - 16 Voters
158
Points
21Duke
5-1Actual: 23
Highest: 17 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 10 Voters
211
Points
22Pittsburgh
5-1Actual: 25
Highest: 18 - Rob Long
Lowest: NR - 37 Voters
73
Points

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23Georgia
5-2Actual: 31
Highest: 23 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 54 Voters
12
Points

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24Toledo
6-0Actual: 19
Highest: 14 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
346
Points
25Houston
6-0Actual: 21
Highest: 16 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Jon Wilner
318
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 22-Temple