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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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Sep 17, 2017Week 4 Rankings for Tom Murphy
1Alabama (45)
3-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 45 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 5 Voters
1504
Points
2Oklahoma (1)
3-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - Kellis Robinett
Lowest: 5 - Kirk Bohls
1432
Points
3Clemson (15)
3-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 15 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Steve Batterson
1446
Points
4Penn State
3-0Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Ross Dellenger
1306
Points
5USC
3-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Brian Howell
Lowest: 10 - 2 Voters
1241
Points
6Washington
3-0Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 13 - 3 Voters
1141
Points

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7Florida State
0-1Actual: 12
Highest: 4 - Bill Landis
Lowest: 23 - Sam McKewon
922
Points
8Oklahoma State
3-0Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 2 Voters
1154
Points
9Michigan
3-0Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 14 - Kirk Bohls
1081
Points
10Ohio State
2-1Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - Parrish Alford
Lowest: 13 - 4 Voters
1015
Points
11Wisconsin
3-0Actual: 9
Highest: 6 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 6 Voters
1031
Points

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12Mississippi State
3-0Actual: 17
Highest: 7 - Dave Reardon
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
532
Points
13Georgia
3-0Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 14 - 2 Voters
940
Points
14Virginia Tech
3-0Actual: 13
Highest: 11 - 4 Voters
Lowest: NR - Kirk Bohls
730
Points
15TCU
3-0Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - Sam McKewon
Lowest: NR - Aaron Suttles
553
Points
16Miami (FL)
1-0Actual: 14
Highest: 12 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
606
Points
17Auburn
2-1Actual: 15
Highest: 12 - Sam McKewon
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
596
Points
18Washington State
3-0Actual: 18
Highest: 12 - Pat Caputo
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
419
Points
19San Diego State
3-0Actual: 22
Highest: 15 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: NR - 15 Voters
201
Points
20Louisville
2-1Actual: 19
Highest: 14 - Pat Caputo
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
356
Points
21South Florida
3-0Actual: 21
Highest: 13 - Ed Daigneault
Lowest: NR - 18 Voters
272
Points

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22Maryland
2-0Actual: 28
Highest: 16 - Brent Axe
Lowest: NR - 42 Voters
84
Points
23Florida
1-1Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - Robert Gagliardi
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
308
Points
24LSU
2-1Actual: 25
Highest: 16 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 25 Voters
153
Points

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25Memphis
2-0Actual: 31
Highest: 20 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: NR - 53 Voters
21
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 23-Utah24-Oregon