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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Sep 10, 2017Week 3 Rankings for Tom Murphy
1Alabama (58)
2-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 58 Voters
Lowest: 2 - 3 Voters
1522
Points
2Oklahoma (2)
2-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Rick Wright
1447
Points
3Clemson (1)
2-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - Lauren Shute
Lowest: 10 - Brian Howell
1380
Points
4USC
2-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Scott Wolf
1324
Points
5Penn State
2-0Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Ross Dellenger
1299
Points
6Washington
2-0Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Sam McKewon
1124
Points

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7LSU
2-0Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 18 - Soren Petro
935
Points
8Florida State
0-1Actual: 11
Highest: 4 - Bill Landis
Lowest: 19 - Dave Reardon
944
Points
9Michigan
2-0Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - Jonny Miller
Lowest: 12 - 4 Voters
1107
Points
10Oklahoma State
2-0Actual: 9
Highest: 6 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters
1002
Points
11Ohio State
1-1Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - Brian Howell
Lowest: 15 - Jeff Miller
1003
Points
12Wisconsin
2-0Actual: 10
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Pat Caputo
993
Points
13Georgia
2-0Actual: 13
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - 5 Voters
882
Points
14Louisville
2-0Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 22 - Bill Landis
658
Points
15Auburn
1-1Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Eric Hansen
Lowest: NR - Kellis Robinett
591
Points
16Miami (FL)
1-0Actual: 17
Highest: 11 - Chris Murray
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
542
Points
17Virginia Tech
2-0Actual: 16
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 23 - Ross Dellenger
559
Points
18Kansas State
2-0Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
475
Points
19TCU
2-0Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
352
Points

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20UCLA
2-0Actual: 25
Highest: 16 - Brent Axe
Lowest: NR - 31 Voters
119
Points
21Washington State
2-0Actual: 21
Highest: 13 - Pat Caputo
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
233
Points

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22San Diego State
2-0Actual: 33
Highest: 22 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 54 Voters
16
Points
23South Florida
2-0Actual: 22
Highest: 15 - Ed Daigneault
Lowest: NR - 25 Voters
188
Points

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24Maryland
2-0Actual: 31
Highest: 20 - Brent Axe
Lowest: NR - 45 Voters
42
Points
25Tennessee
2-0Actual: 23
Highest: 16 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 21 Voters
159
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 19-Stanford24-Florida