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 25, 2015Week 9 Rankings for Tom Murphy
1Baylor (7)
7-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Jon Wilner
1417
Points
2Ohio State (39)
8-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 39 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 5 Voters
1466
Points
3TCU (3)
7-0Actual: 5
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Jon Wilner
1327
Points
4LSU (5)
7-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1344
Points
5Clemson (6)
7-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1378
Points
6Alabama (1)
7-1Actual: 7
Highest: 1 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 11 - Duane Rankin
1163
Points
7Michigan State
8-0Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - Rob Long
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1250
Points
8Florida
6-1Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 19 - Keith Sargeant
867
Points
9Notre Dame
6-1Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - Sam McKewon
Lowest: 14 - 2 Voters
997
Points
10Stanford
6-1Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - Brett McMurphy
Lowest: 13 - Keith Sargeant
1062
Points
11Utah
6-1Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Eric Avidon
Lowest: 18 - Matt Charboneau
838
Points
12Iowa
7-0Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 14 - 4 Voters
934
Points
13Oklahoma State
7-0Actual: 12
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 18 - Jon Wilner
864
Points
14Oklahoma
6-1Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 23 - Chadd Cripe
697
Points
15Memphis
7-0Actual: 16
Highest: 7 - Chadd Cripe
Lowest: 21 - Rob Long
660
Points
16Florida State
6-1Actual: 17
Highest: 12 - Keith Sargeant
Lowest: NR - Sam McKewon
571
Points
17Ole Miss
6-2Actual: 19
Highest: 16 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 24 - 4 Voters
368
Points
18Michigan
5-2Actual: 15
Highest: 7 - Josh Kendall
Lowest: 20 - 4 Voters
666
Points
19Pittsburgh
6-1Actual: 23
Highest: 17 - Rob Long
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
161
Points
20Duke
6-1Actual: 22
Highest: 16 - Josh Kendall
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
274
Points

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21Georgia
5-2Actual: 30
Highest: 21 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 56 Voters
17
Points
22Mississippi State
6-2Actual: 25
Highest: 16 - Ed Daigneault
Lowest: NR - 29 Voters
103
Points
23Toledo
7-0Actual: 20
Highest: 15 - Brett McMurphy
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
365
Points
24UCLA
5-2Actual: 24
Highest: 18 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 23 Voters
110
Points

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25Houston
7-0Actual: 18
Highest: 13 - Garry Smits
Lowest: NR - Jon Wilner
411
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 21-Temple