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Tom MurphyArkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, AR)
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.
 



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Sep 7, 2021Week 2 Rankings for Tom Murphy
1Alabama (59)
1-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 59 Voters
Lowest: 2 - 4 Voters
1571
Points
2Georgia (4)
1-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 2 Voters
1507
Points
3Ohio State
1-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 5 - John Clay
1437
Points
4Cincinnati
1-0Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 16 - Jon Wilner
1136
Points
5Oklahoma
1-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Jack Ebling
1374
Points
6Texas A&M
1-0Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Kellis Robinett
1288
Points
7Notre Dame
1-0Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Neill Ostrout
Lowest: 16 - Don Williams
1070
Points

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8Florida
1-0Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Glenn Guilbeau
Lowest: 25 - Kirk Bohls
842
Points
9Iowa
1-0Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Adam Zucker
Lowest: 17 - Kirk Bohls
942
Points
10Clemson
0-1Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Nate Mink
Lowest: 12 - Glenn Guilbeau
1231
Points
11Oregon
1-0Actual: 12
Highest: 8 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 23 - Kirk Bohls
883
Points
12Iowa State
1-0Actual: 9
Highest: 6 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 19 - Adam Zucker
1045
Points
13Penn State
1-0Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters
908
Points
14USC
1-0Actual: 14
Highest: 6 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: NR - Cecil Hurt
789
Points
15Texas
1-0Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Bennett Conlin
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
683
Points
16UCLA
2-0Actual: 16
Highest: 5 - Kellis Robinett
Lowest: 24 - Ron Counts
668
Points

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17Auburn
1-0Actual: 25
Highest: 15 - Nathan Baird
Lowest: NR - 46 Voters
83
Points
18Coastal Carolina
1-0Actual: 17
Highest: 9 - James Kratch
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
384
Points

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19BYU
1-0Actual: 38
Highest: 19 - Tom Murphy
Lowest: NR - 61 Voters
10
Points
20Ole Miss
1-0Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - Robert Cessna
Lowest: NR - 11 Voters
335
Points
21Arizona State
1-0Actual: 23
Highest: 11 - Don Williams
Lowest: NR - 17 Voters
227
Points
22Wisconsin
0-1Actual: 18
Highest: 10 - Ben Portnoy
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
376
Points
23Utah
1-0Actual: 21
Highest: 9 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: NR - 11 Voters
334
Points
24NC State
1-0Actual: 27
Highest: 17 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 47 Voters
69
Points
25North Carolina
0-1Actual: 24
Highest: 14 - Darren Haynes
Lowest: NR - 19 Voters
198
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 19-Virginia Tech22-Miami (FL)