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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Dec 7, 2025Week 16 Rankings for Tom Murphy
1Indiana (66)
13-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 66 Voters
Lowest: 1 - 66 Voters
1650
Points
2Georgia
12-1Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 35 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 3 Voters
1550
Points
3Ohio State
12-1Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 29 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 9 Voters
1538
Points
4Texas Tech
12-1Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 3 Voters
1452
Points
5Ole Miss
11-1Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Pete Yanity
Lowest: 9 - Jon Wilner
1323
Points
6Oregon
11-1Actual: 5
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Koki Riley
1358
Points
7Texas A&M
11-1Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Jon Wilner
1278
Points
8Oklahoma
10-2Actual: 8
Highest: 6 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 13 - Damien Sordelett
1154
Points
9Notre Dame
10-2Actual: 9
Highest: 7 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 6 Voters
1094
Points
10Alabama
10-3Actual: 11
Highest: 8 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - Sean Reider
973
Points
11Vanderbilt
10-2Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - Mason Young
Lowest: 16 - 2 Voters
880
Points
12Miami (FL)
10-2Actual: 10
Highest: 8 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 16 - 2 Voters
1017
Points
13BYU
11-2Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - Shaun Goodwin
Lowest: 18 - Ian Kress
899
Points
14Texas
9-3Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - David Jablonski
Lowest: 15 - 11 Voters
872
Points
15Utah
10-2Actual: 15
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 17 - 2 Voters
748
Points
16USC
9-3Actual: 16
Highest: 14 - Greg Madia
Lowest: NR - Brett McMurphy
609
Points
17Tulane
11-2Actual: 17
Highest: 14 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 25 - Koki Riley
521
Points
18Michigan
9-3Actual: 18
Highest: 16 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 23 - Jordan McPherson
503
Points
19Virginia
10-3Actual: 20
Highest: 15 - Sean Reider
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
323
Points
20Georgia Tech
9-3Actual: 24
Highest: 18 - Robert Cessna
Lowest: NR - 21 Voters
147
Points
21James Madison
12-1Actual: 19
Highest: 9 - Alex Taylor
Lowest: NR - Koki Riley
490
Points
22Arizona
9-3Actual: 21
Highest: 17 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
322
Points
23Houston
9-3Actual: 26
Highest: 17 - Michael Lev
Lowest: NR - 39 Voters
82
Points
24Missouri
8-4Actual: 25
Highest: 18 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 34 Voters
92
Points
25Navy
9-2Actual: 22
Highest: 19 - Eric Hansen
Lowest: NR - 17 Voters
173
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 23-North Texas