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.
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Oct 8, 2017 Week 7 Rankings for Tom Murphy1 Alabama (43) 6-0 Actual: 1Highest: 1 - 43 Voters Lowest: 2 - 18 Voters 1507
2 Clemson (18) 6-0 Actual: 2Highest: 1 - 18 Voters Lowest: 3 - Steve Batterson 1481
3 Penn State 6-0 Actual: 3Highest: 2 - Steve Batterson Lowest: 6 - 2 Voters 1370
4 Washington 6-0 Actual: 5Highest: 3 - 4 Voters Lowest: 7 - 8 Voters 1284
5 Georgia 6-0 Actual: 4Highest: 3 - 20 Voters Lowest: 8 - 3 Voters 1327
6 TCU 5-0 Actual: 6Highest: 4 - 3 Voters Lowest: 12 - Jonny Miller 1192
7 Ohio State 5-1 Actual: 9Highest: 4 - Sammy Batten Lowest: 16 - Ryan Aber 1051
8 Wisconsin 5-0 Actual: 7Highest: 4 - Rick Wright Lowest: 14 - Jon Wilner 1127
9 Auburn 5-1 Actual: 10Highest: 8 - 2 Voters Lowest: 16 - 2 Voters 914
10 Miami (FL) 4-0 Actual: 11Highest: 7 - Rick Wright Lowest: 16 - 2 Voters 908
11 Washington State 6-0 Actual: 8Highest: 5 - 3 Voters Lowest: 13 - Aaron Suttles 1094
12 USC 5-1 Actual: 13Highest: 8 - Jon Wilner Lowest: 21 - Dave Reardon 795
13 Oklahoma 4-1 Actual: 12Highest: 7 - 3 Voters Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters 851
14 Notre Dame 5-1 Actual: 16Highest: 10 - Jason Galloway Lowest: 21 - 2 Voters 583
15 Virginia Tech 5-1 Actual: 15Highest: 10 - Parrish Alford Lowest: NR - Pat Caputo 617
16 Oklahoma State 4-1 Actual: 14Highest: 9 - Andy Greder Lowest: 20 - Brent Axe 712
17 Michigan State 4-1 Actual: 21Highest: 12 - Pat Caputo Lowest: NR - 2 Voters 416
18 Michigan 4-1 Actual: 17Highest: 12 - Lauren Brownlow Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters 524
19 South Florida 5-0 Actual: 18Highest: 10 - Bob Asmussen Lowest: 25 - Jon Wilner 482
20 UCF 4-0 Actual: 22Highest: 16 - Dave Reardon Lowest: 25 - 3 Voters 274
21 San Diego State 6-0 Actual: 19Highest: 11 - Kirk Bohls Lowest: 22 - Adam Jude 465
22 NC State 5-1 Actual: 20Highest: 14 - Dave Reardon Lowest: 24 - Rick Wright 421
23 Texas Tech 4-1 Actual: 24Highest: 18 - Sam McKewon Lowest: NR - 22 Voters 105
24 Texas A&M 4-2 Actual: 34Highest: 24 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 59 Voters 4
25 Navy 5-0 Actual: 25Highest: 22 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 23 Voters 74
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 23-Stanford
