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 11, 2015Week 7 Rankings for Tom Murphy
1Baylor (13)
5-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 14 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Chadd Cripe
1390
Points
2Ohio State (27)
6-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 28 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Laura Keeley
1411
Points
3TCU (3)
6-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Nathan Deen
1354
Points
4LSU
5-0Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 10 - 2 Voters
1231
Points
5Clemson (1)
5-0Actual: 5
Highest: 1 - Doug Lesmerises
Lowest: 11 - Scott Wolf
1260
Points
6Alabama
5-1Actual: 10
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Chris Murray
1034
Points
7Utah (16)
5-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 16 Voters
Lowest: 10 - 2 Voters
1350
Points
8Michigan State
6-0Actual: 7
Highest: 2 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Dave Reardon
1139
Points
9Texas A&M (1)
5-0Actual: 9
Highest: 1 - Josh Kendall
Lowest: 15 - Ryan Finley
1046
Points
10Florida
6-0Actual: 8
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Steve Batterson
1075
Points
11Florida State
5-0Actual: 11
Highest: 4 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: 18 - Sam McKewon
937
Points
12Notre Dame
5-1Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - Nathan Deen
Lowest: 17 - 2 Voters
766
Points
13Ole Miss
5-1Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Doug Lesmerises
Lowest: 19 - Ross Dellenger
803
Points
14Stanford
4-1Actual: 15
Highest: 11 - Brett McMurphy
Lowest: 20 - Brent Axe
662
Points
15Michigan
5-1Actual: 12
Highest: 4 - Sam McKewon
Lowest: 18 - Steve Batterson
894
Points
16Iowa
6-0Actual: 17
Highest: 12 - Doug Doughty
Lowest: 24 - Jon Wilner
520
Points
17Oklahoma State
6-0Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - Sam McKewon
Lowest: NR - Ed Johnson
614
Points
18UCLA
4-1Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Adam Jude
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
487
Points
19Boise State
5-1Actual: 21
Highest: 16 - Ed Daigneault
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
260
Points
20Oklahoma
4-1Actual: 19
Highest: 16 - Rob Long
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
342
Points
21California
5-1Actual: 23
Highest: 14 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 15 Voters
204
Points
22Duke
5-1Actual: 25
Highest: 18 - Josh Kendall
Lowest: NR - 31 Voters
114
Points

EXTREME PICK

This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
23Georgia
4-2Actual: 30
Highest: 19 - Ed Johnson
Lowest: NR - 57 Voters
16
Points
24Toledo
5-0Actual: 22
Highest: 15 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
237
Points
25Memphis
5-0Actual: 27
Highest: 19 - Bob Asmussen
Lowest: NR - 36 Voters
59
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 20-Northwestern24-Houston