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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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Oct 20, 2019Week 9 Rankings for Tom Murphy
1Alabama (24)
7-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 24 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Jon Wilner
1486
Points
2LSU (16)
7-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 16 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 4 Voters
1462
Points
3Ohio State (13)
7-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 13 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 9 Voters
1429
Points
4Clemson (9)
7-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 9 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 2 Voters
1408
Points
5Oklahoma
7-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Mark Whicker
Lowest: 5 - 32 Voters
1343
Points
6Penn State
7-0Actual: 6
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Chadd Cripe
1224
Points
7Notre Dame
5-1Actual: 8
Highest: 6 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 2 Voters
1058
Points
8Florida
7-1Actual: 7
Highest: 6 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 3 Voters
1138
Points
9Auburn
6-1Actual: 9
Highest: 6 - Mark Whicker
Lowest: 11 - 5 Voters
1054
Points
10Georgia
6-1Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 7 Voters
1031
Points
11Oregon
6-1Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Tom Bragg
979
Points
12Wisconsin
6-1Actual: 13
Highest: 10 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters
767
Points
13Utah
6-1Actual: 12
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 14 - 4 Voters
852
Points
14Minnesota
7-0Actual: 17
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 23 - Nathan Baird
577
Points
15Texas
5-2Actual: 15
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 22 - Jerry DiPaola
627
Points
16Baylor
7-0Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - Tom Bragg
Lowest: 20 - John Bednarowski
732
Points
17Cincinnati
6-1Actual: 18
Highest: 14 - Andy Greder
Lowest: 25 - Dylan Sinn
468
Points
18SMU
7-0Actual: 16
Highest: 12 - Michael Vega
Lowest: 22 - Soren Petro
587
Points

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19Wake Forest
6-1Actual: 25
Highest: 19 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 25 Voters
118
Points
20Michigan
5-2Actual: 19
Highest: 14 - Don Williams
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
440
Points
21Arizona State
5-2Actual: 24
Highest: 18 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 20 Voters
134
Points
22Memphis
6-1Actual: 26
Highest: 19 - Nate Mink
Lowest: NR - 31 Voters
87
Points
23Boise State
6-1Actual: 22
Highest: 18 - 7 Voters
Lowest: NR - 11 Voters
225
Points
24Appalachian State
6-0Actual: 21
Highest: 14 - Joe Dubin
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
286
Points

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This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
25Louisiana Tech
6-1Actual: 36
Highest: 25 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 60 Voters
2
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 20-Iowa23-Iowa State