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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 1, 2023Week 6 Rankings for Tom Murphy
1Michigan (12)
5-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 12 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1436
Points
2Texas (10)
5-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 10 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Mike Niziolek
1426
Points
3Georgia (35)
5-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 35 Voters
Lowest: 6 - Michael Lev
1501
Points
4Ohio State (1)
4-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - Matt Baker
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1357
Points
5Penn State
5-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1227
Points
6Florida State (4)
4-0Actual: 5
Highest: 1 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Scott Springer
1336
Points
7USC
5-0Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - Mike Niziolek
Lowest: 12 - 2 Voters
1077
Points
8Washington
5-0Actual: 7
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Mike Berardino
1213
Points
9Oregon
5-0Actual: 8
Highest: 6 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Don Williams
1113
Points
10Alabama
4-1Actual: 11
Highest: 8 - Brian Howell
Lowest: 15 - Ryan Thorburn
921
Points
11North Carolina
4-0Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - Mike Niziolek
Lowest: 21 - 2 Voters
726
Points
12Notre Dame
5-1Actual: 10
Highest: 6 - Kirk Kenney
Lowest: 14 - Matt Brown
975
Points
13Oklahoma
5-0Actual: 12
Highest: 9 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 19 - David Briggs
840
Points
14Ole Miss
4-1Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - Jordan Guskey
Lowest: 23 - Brian Howell
616
Points
15Washington State
4-0Actual: 13
Highest: 10 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 22 - Mike Barber
765
Points
16Oregon State
4-1Actual: 15
Highest: 11 - Mike Barber
Lowest: 22 - Kirk Bohls
633
Points
17Utah
4-1Actual: 18
Highest: 14 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 25 - 2 Voters
454
Points
18Miami (FL)
4-0Actual: 17
Highest: 11 - Matt Brown
Lowest: 22 - Don Williams
589
Points
19Tennessee
4-1Actual: 22
Highest: 13 - Brian Howell
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
306
Points
20Missouri
5-0Actual: 21
Highest: 14 - Chris Murray
Lowest: NR - Don Williams
329
Points
21Kentucky
5-0Actual: 20
Highest: 14 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
344
Points
22LSU
3-2Actual: 23
Highest: 14 - Don Williams
Lowest: NR - 26 Voters
149
Points
23Maryland
5-0Actual: 26
Highest: 19 - Dave Preston
Lowest: NR - 31 Voters
81
Points

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24Air Force
5-0Actual: 31
Highest: 23 - Rece Davis
Lowest: NR - 57 Voters
7
Points

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25Duke
4-1Actual: 19
Highest: 15 - Rece Davis
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
384
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 24-Fresno State25-Louisville