Tom Murphy Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, AR) 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. Â
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Sep 25, 2016 Week 5 Rankings for Tom Murphy1 Alabama (50) 4-0 Actual: 1Highest: 1 - 50 Voters Lowest: 3 - 3 Voters 1511 Points
2 Ohio State (4) 3-0 Actual: 2Highest: 1 - 4 Voters Lowest: 5 - 2 Voters 1440 Points
3 Louisville (6) 4-0 Actual: 3Highest: 1 - 6 Voters Lowest: 7 - Steve Batterson 1409 Points
4 Clemson 4-0 Actual: 5Highest: 2 - Brian Howell Lowest: 9 - 3 Voters 1267 Points
5 Houston 4-0 Actual: 6Highest: 3 - Gary Horowitz Lowest: 11 - Sam McKewon 1239 Points
6 Stanford 3-0 Actual: 7Highest: 4 - Steve Batterson Lowest: 10 - Nathan Deen 1166 Points
7 Texas A&M 4-0 Actual: 9Highest: 4 - 2 Voters Lowest: 14 - Andy Greder 1036 Points
8 Michigan (1) 4-0 Actual: 4Highest: 1 - Scott Wolf Lowest: 10 - Brett McMurphy 1292 Points
9 Wisconsin 4-0 Actual: 8Highest: 4 - Jon Wilner Lowest: 14 - Brian Howell 1084 Points
10 Washington 4-0 Actual: 10Highest: 8 - 9 Voters Lowest: 16 - Ed Johnson 986 Points
11 Miami (FL) 3-0 Actual: 14Highest: 10 - 2 Voters Lowest: 25 - Jonny Miller 696 Points
12 Baylor 4-0 Actual: 13Highest: 9 - Jonny Miller Lowest: 21 - Eric Hansen 729 Points
13 Tennessee 4-0 Actual: 11Highest: 7 - Rob Long Lowest: 16 - Jon Wilner 909 Points
14 Florida State 3-1 Actual: 12Highest: 8 - Ed Johnson Lowest: 20 - Marq Burnett 804 Points
15 Michigan State 2-1 Actual: 17Highest: 11 - Jon Wilner Lowest: 24 - 2 Voters 527 Points
16 Ole Miss 2-2 Actual: 16Highest: 11 - 3 Voters Lowest: NR - 3 Voters 540 Points
17 Nebraska 4-0 Actual: 15Highest: 12 - 6 Voters Lowest: NR - Scott Wolf 640 Points
18 Texas 2-1 Actual: 22Highest: 14 - Matt Porter Lowest: NR - 27 Voters 217 Points
19 Utah 4-0 Actual: 18Highest: 12 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - Steve Wiseman 493 Points
20 Florida 3-1 Actual: 23Highest: 16 - Mike Barber Lowest: NR - 18 Voters 176 Points
21 Arizona State 4-0 Actual: 26Highest: 14 - Garry Smits Lowest: NR - 33 Voters 135 Points
22 Memphis 3-0 Actual: 39Highest: 22 - Tom Murphy Lowest: NR - 59 Voters 6 Points
23 Arkansas 3-1 Actual: 20Highest: 12 - Jon Wilner Lowest: NR - 17 Voters 241 Points
24 Boise State 3-0 Actual: 24Highest: 14 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 24 Voters 163 Points
25 Toledo 3-0 Actual: 41Highest: 25 - Tom Murphy Lowest: NR - 60 Voters 1 Point
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 19-San Diego State 21-TCU 25-Georgia