Tom Murphy
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Little Rock, AR
@TomMurphyADGBeat Assignment
Primary Team:Arkansas Razorbacks
Conference:SEC
Region:Southeast
"Arkansas Razorbacks beat writer for the Democrat-Gazette."
BYU Bias Meter
Consensus AlignedAvg Delta
+0.4
vs Consensus
Avg BYU Rank
#11.4
On His Ballots
Times Ranked
5 / 5
Poll Weeks
Tom Murphy votes BYU an average of 0.4 spots higher than consensus across 5 polls submitted this season.
Conference Bias Tendencies
Avg Delta vs ConsensusACC+4.4 spots (15 picks)
Big 12+3.29 spots (21 picks)
SEC+1.48 spots (48 picks)
Big Ten+0.14 spots (36 picks)
Independent-2.2 spots (5 picks)
Extreme Picks Hall of Fame
Ballot selections deviating 5 or more spots from the national AP consensus.
Texas A&M
Week 2 • Consensus: #26
#8
+18
Texas A&M
Week 1 • Consensus: #26
#8
+18
Arizona State
Week 1 • Consensus: #41
#24
+17
Texas A&M
Pre-Season • Consensus: #26
#9
+17
Cincinnati
Week 4 • Consensus: #35
#19
+16
USC
Pre-Season • Consensus: #26
#14
+12
Pittsburgh
Week 4 • Consensus: #32
#21
+11
Oklahoma
Week 3 • Consensus: #29
#19
+10
Virginia
Week 2 • Consensus: #25
#15
+10
Duke
Week 4 • Consensus: #27
#18
+9
Week-by-Week Ballot History
Examine Tom Murphy's complete 1–25 rankings for every submitted week.
Showing ballot for Week 3 (Sep 15, 2026):
#1Indiana
Consensus: #5
+4
#2Georgia
Consensus: #2
#3Texas
Consensus: #1
-2
#4Miami (FL)
Consensus: #6
+2
#5Notre Dame
Consensus: #3
-2
#6Ohio State
Consensus: #7
+1
#7Ole Miss
Consensus: #4
-3
#8Texas Tech
Consensus: #11
+3
#9Alabama
Consensus: #8
-1
#10BYU
Consensus: #9
-1
#11Tennessee
Consensus: #14
+3
#12Utah
Consensus: #15
+3
#13Penn State
Consensus: #13
#14LSU
Consensus: #10
-4
#15USC
Consensus: #12
-3
#16Missouri
Consensus: #19
+3
#17Oregon
Consensus: #20
+3
#18Iowa
Consensus: #17
-1
#19Oklahoma
Consensus: #29
+10
#20Washington
Consensus: #26
+6
#21Louisville
Consensus: #16
-5
#22West Virginia
Consensus: #28
+6
#23Florida
Consensus: #21
-2
#24SMU
Consensus: #26
+2
#25Texas A&M
Consensus: #26
+1