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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.
 


Ballot Score

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Sep 9, 2018Week 3 Rankings for Tom Murphy
1Alabama (54)
2-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 54 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Soren Petro
1517
Points
2Georgia
2-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 26 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1407
Points
3Clemson (6)
2-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 6 - Jonny Miller
1430
Points
4Oklahoma
2-0Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 9 - David Briggs
1263
Points
5Wisconsin (1)
2-0Actual: 6
Highest: 1 - Bob Asmussen
Lowest: 11 - Joey Kaufman
1227
Points
6Ohio State
2-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Jon Wilner
1288
Points
7Auburn
2-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1224
Points

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8West Virginia
2-0Actual: 14
Highest: 7 - Kellis Robinett
Lowest: 21 - 3 Voters
793
Points
9Virginia Tech
2-0Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: 21 - Lauren Brownlow
794
Points
10Notre Dame
2-0Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 16 - Kirk Bohls
1022
Points
11TCU
2-0Actual: 15
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Steve Virgen
678
Points
12Washington
1-1Actual: 10
Highest: 6 - John Clay
Lowest: 21 - Steve Virgen
884
Points
13Stanford
2-0Actual: 9
Highest: 7 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Sam McKewon
992
Points
14Mississippi State
2-0Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - Eric Hansen
Lowest: 23 - Conor O'Neill
654
Points
15LSU
2-0Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 17 - 3 Voters
830
Points

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16Penn State
2-0Actual: 11
Highest: 8 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Kirk Bohls
836
Points
17UCF
2-0Actual: 18
Highest: 6 - Garry Smits
Lowest: NR - Soren Petro
494
Points
18Miami (FL)
1-1Actual: 21
Highest: 15 - Aaron McMann
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
299
Points

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19Oklahoma State
2-0Actual: 24
Highest: 18 - Brandon Marcello
Lowest: NR - 30 Voters
119
Points

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20Texas A&M
1-1Actual: 27
Highest: 16 - Rece Davis
Lowest: NR - 36 Voters
90
Points
21Michigan
1-1Actual: 19
Highest: 14 - Ben Jones
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
385
Points

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22Boise State
2-0Actual: 17
Highest: 10 - Gary Horowitz
Lowest: 24 - Soren Petro
500
Points
23Oregon
2-0Actual: 20
Highest: 11 - Michael Lev
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
301
Points

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24Colorado
2-0Actual: 31
Highest: 20 - Michael Lev
Lowest: NR - 52 Voters
25
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25Ole Miss
2-0Actual: 36
Highest: 22 - Kellis Robinett
Lowest: NR - 59 Voters
5
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 22-USC23-Arizona State25-Michigan State