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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.
 


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Sep 26, 2021Week 5 Rankings for Tom Murphy
1Georgia (4)
4-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 2 - 58 Voters
1492
Points
2Alabama (58)
4-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 58 Voters
Lowest: 2 - 4 Voters
1546
Points
3Oregon
4-0Actual: 3
Highest: 3 - 53 Voters
Lowest: 6 - Michael Lev
1411
Points
4Penn State
4-0Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Aaron McMann
1283
Points
5Iowa
4-0Actual: 5
Highest: 4 - 21 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Nate Mink
1277
Points
6Cincinnati
3-0Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Jon Wilner
1154
Points
7Florida
3-1Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Bryce Miller
Lowest: 14 - 2 Voters
1019
Points
8Oklahoma
4-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Brett McMurphy
1212
Points
9Ohio State
3-1Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Ryan Pritt
1005
Points
10Ole Miss
3-0Actual: 12
Highest: 8 - Bennett Conlin
Lowest: 19 - David Jablonski
852
Points
11Arkansas
4-0Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Pete Martini
1094
Points
12Notre Dame
4-0Actual: 9
Highest: 6 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 13 - 3 Voters
1076
Points
13BYU
4-0Actual: 13
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Colten Bartholomew
748
Points
14Texas A&M
3-1Actual: 15
Highest: 8 - Ben Portnoy
Lowest: NR - Cecil Hurt
651
Points
15Michigan
4-0Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Dylan Sinn
677
Points
16Coastal Carolina
4-0Actual: 16
Highest: 12 - 6 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
613
Points

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17Maryland
4-0Actual: 27
Highest: 17 - Tom Murphy
Lowest: NR - 36 Voters
91
Points

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18Texas
3-1Actual: 26
Highest: 17 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 34 Voters
131
Points
19Baylor
4-0Actual: 21
Highest: 16 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 16 Voters
233
Points
20UCLA
3-1Actual: 20
Highest: 16 - Robert Cessna
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
316
Points
21Wake Forest
4-0Actual: 24
Highest: 15 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 37 Voters
142
Points

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22Michigan State
4-0Actual: 17
Highest: 10 - David Jablonski
Lowest: NR - Ben Portnoy
581
Points
23Oklahoma State
4-0Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
341
Points

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24Boston College
4-0Actual: 29
Highest: 18 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 46 Voters
55
Points
25Clemson
2-2Actual: 25
Highest: 14 - Ben Portnoy
Lowest: NR - 34 Voters
138
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 18-Fresno State22-Auburn23-NC State