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Tom Murphy Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, AR) 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. Â
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Sep 23, 2018 Week 5 Rankings for Tom Murphy1 Alabama (60) 4-0 Actual: 1Highest: 1 - 60 Voters Lowest: 3 - Soren Petro 1523 Points
2 Georgia 4-0 Actual: 2Highest: 2 - 29 Voters Lowest: 5 - 2 Voters 1422 Points
3 Clemson (1) 4-0 Actual: 3Highest: 1 - Soren Petro Lowest: 6 - Brett McMurphy 1409 Points
4 Ohio State 4-0 Actual: 4Highest: 2 - 6 Voters Lowest: 6 - Kellis Robinett 1363 Points
5 LSU 4-0 Actual: 5Highest: 2 - 2 Voters Lowest: 8 - 5 Voters 1238 Points
6 West Virginia 3-0 Actual: 12Highest: 5 - Kirk Bohls Lowest: 16 - Bill Landis 923 Points
7 Oklahoma 4-0 Actual: 6Highest: 4 - Kellis Robinett Lowest: 10 - Gary Horowitz 1201 Points
8 Auburn 3-1 Actual: 10Highest: 6 - Jason Galloway Lowest: 14 - 2 Voters 987 Points
9 Notre Dame 4-0 Actual: 8Highest: 6 - 4 Voters Lowest: 13 - Sam McKewon 1067 Points
10 Stanford 4-0 Actual: 7Highest: 4 - Brett McMurphy Lowest: 12 - 2 Voters 1143 Points
11 Washington 3-1 Actual: 11Highest: 5 - Chris Solari Lowest: 17 - Jim Alexander 946 Points
12 Penn State 4-0 Actual: 9Highest: 5 - 2 Voters Lowest: 14 - 2 Voters 1001 Points
13 Kentucky 4-0 Actual: 17Highest: 13 - 3 Voters Lowest: NR - 2 Voters 541 Points
14 UCF 3-0 Actual: 13Highest: 7 - Garry Smits Lowest: 21 - Soren Petro 727 Points
15 Miami (FL) 3-1 Actual: 16Highest: 13 - 3 Voters Lowest: NR - 2 Voters 571 Points
16 Michigan 3-1 Actual: 14Highest: 12 - 5 Voters Lowest: 24 - Pat Dooley 698 Points
17 Wisconsin 3-1 Actual: 15Highest: 11 - 2 Voters Lowest: 22 - Brett McMurphy 662 Points
18 Duke 4-0 Actual: 22Highest: 15 - Brent Axe Lowest: NR - 14 Voters 244 Points
19 Virginia Tech 2-1 Actual: 28Highest: 12 - Neill Ostrout Lowest: NR - 49 Voters 55 Points
20 Mississippi State 3-1 Actual: 23Highest: 16 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 13 Voters 241 Points
21 Colorado 3-0 Actual: 26Highest: 16 - Pat Dooley Lowest: NR - 44 Voters 83 Points
22 NC State 3-0 Actual: 35Highest: 19 - Andy Greder Lowest: NR - 54 Voters 28 Points
23 Texas A&M 2-2 Actual: 31Highest: 18 - Andy Greder Lowest: NR - 46 Voters 41 Points
24 Oregon 3-1 Actual: 19Highest: 12 - Jon Wilner Lowest: NR - 12 Voters 297 Points
25 California 3-0 Actual: 24Highest: 15 - Michael Lev Lowest: NR - 40 Voters 118 Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 18-Texas 20-BYU 21-Michigan State 25-Texas Tech