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The Power Points System is not a predictive system nor does it make any claims about which teams are better than others. It is simply a rules system that ranks teams according to the value of their season based on the chosen criteria. Simply put, higher ranked teams are not predicted to beat lower ranked teams nor are they said to be better teams. Their seasons are simply more valuable under the prescribed rules. That said, higher seeded teams in the Power Points System's (PPS) statistical equivalent are 26-6 through the first round of the NCAA tournament. Higher seeds according to the NCAA selection committee (SC) are 22-10. There have been six games where the two systems disagreed on the higher seed and the PPS holds a 5-1 advantage in those games. The two systems share five upset losses and the PPS seeded the game closer in four of the five. Also, with the NCAA considering expanding its tournament to 96 teams which would presumably include 32 teams having byes, the two systems agreed on 25 of the top 32 teams. Where they disagreed, the PPS Seven finished 4-3 in the first round with all three losses to other PPS top 32 teams and only one loss qualifying as an upset in the PPS. The SC Seven finished 1-6 in the first round with all six losses qualifying as upsets according to the SC's own seeds.  Here is the NCAA field if determined by a statistical equvalent to the Power Points System. This equivalent matched 28 of 34 at-large selections. Actual NCAA seeds are listed second and the six teams in the actual field that missed our field are listed at the bottom.
Kansas 1 1 Kentucky 1 1 Syracuse 1 1 Duke 1 1 New Mexico 2 3 West Virginia 2 2 Butler 2 5 Temple 2 5 Northern Iowa 3 9 Purdue 3 4 Kansas State 3 2 BYU 3 7 Baylor 4 3 Saint Mary's College 4 10 Villanova 4 2 Cornell 4 12 Ohio State 5 2 UTEP 5 12 Pittsburgh 5 3 Tennessee 5 6 Siena 6 13 Murray State 6 13 Gonzaga 6 8 Utah State 6 12 Georgetown 7 3 Richmond 7 7 Vanderbilt 7 4 Wisconsin 7 4 Xavier 8 6 Maryland 8 4 Texas A&M 8 5 Michigan State 8 5 Old Dominion 9 11 San Diego State 9 11 Texas 9 8 UNLV 9 8 California 10 8 UAB 10 NS Washington 10 11 Florida State 10 9 Rhode Island 11 NS Oklahoma State 11 7 Memphis 11 NS Wichita State 11 NS Virginia Tech 12 NS Oakland 12 14 Clemson 12 7 Kent State 12 NS Missouri 13 10 Notre Dame 13 6 Wofford 13 13 Sam Houston State 13 14 New Mexico State 14 12 Morgan State 14 15 North Texas 14 15 Vermont 14 16 Montana 15 14 UC Santa Barbara 15 15 Robert Morris 15 15 Lehigh 15 16 Ohio 16 14 Houston 16 13 East Tennessee State 16 16 Winthrop 16 16 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 16 16 DID NOT QUALIFY Marquette NS 6 Wake Forest NS 9 Georgia Tech NS 10 Louisville NS 9 Florida NS 10 Minnesota NS 11  When all teams have played an equal number of games, the Power Points System will be equal to a 50/50/0 version of college basketball's Ratings Percentage Index. The original version of the RPI is 25% winning percentage, 50% opponents' winning percentage, and 25% opponents' opponents' winning percentage. When teams have not played an equal number of games, competitive advantages/disadvantages result. The Power Points System favors teams that have played more games while the revised RPI favors teams that have played fewer games. I determined the top two teams (minimum 10 FBS games played) for the Power Points System and the revised RPI for the past 32 seasons. The results that came closest to matching the AP poll or BCS Standings are listed below with games removed from a match listed in parentheses. The results for a 60/40/0 version of the Power Points System and revised RPI also follow. For the 60/40 version of the Power Points System, each win and loss is worth an additional 2.75 points in 11 game seasons and an additional 3.00 points in 12 game seasons ('02-03, '06-09).
50/50 RESULTS 1978-Southern California vs Penn State (1) 1979-Florida State vs Brigham Young (4) 1980-Florida State vs Pittsburgh (4) 1981-Clemson vs Pittsburgh (4) 1982-Georgia vs Penn State (0) 1983-Auburn vs Nebraska (1) 1984-Florida vs Brigham Young (2) 1985-Penn State vs Oklahoma (2) 1986-Penn State vs Miami-Florida (0) 1987-Miami-Florida vs Florida State (2) 1988-Notre Dame vs Southern California (1) 1989-Notre Dame vs Colorado (2) 1990-Colorado vs Texas (1) 1991-Miami-Florida vs Washington (0) 1992-Miami-Florida vs Alabama (0) 1993-Florida State vs Nebraska (0) 1994-Nebraska vs Penn State (0) 1995-Florida vs Nebraska (0) 1996-Florida State vs Arizona State (0) 1997-Michigan vs Tennessee (1) 1998-Tennessee vs Florida State (0) 1999-Florida State vs Alabama (1) 2000-Oklahoma vs Florida State (0) 2001-Miami-Florida vs Nebraska (0) 2002-Miami-Florida vs Ohio State (0) 2003-Oklahoma vs Louisiana State (0) 2004-Oklahoma vs Southern California (0) 2005-Southern California vs Texas (0) 2006-Florida vs Michigan (1) 2007-Louisiana State vs Virginia Tech (1) 2008-Oklahoma vs Florida (0) 2009-Alabama vs Texas (0) 60/40 RESULTS 1978-Southern California vs Penn State (1) 1979-Florida State vs Brigham Young (2) 1980-Florida State vs Pittsburgh (1) 1981-Clemson vs Pittsburgh (2) 1982-Georgia vs Penn State (0) 1983-Auburn vs Nebraska (1) 1984-Brigham Young vs Florida (1) 1985-Penn State vs Oklahoma (1) 1986-Penn State vs Miami-Florida (0) 1987-Miami-Florida vs Syracuse (1) 1988-Notre Dame vs Southern California (1) 1989-Colorado vs Notre Dame (1) 1990-Colorado vs Texas (1) 1991-Miami-Florida vs Washington (0) 1992-Miami-Florida vs Alabama (0) 1993-Florida State vs West Virginia (1) 1994-Nebraska vs Penn State (0) 1995-Florida vs Nebraska (0) 1996-Florida State vs Arizona State (0) 1997-Michigan vs Nebraska (0) 1998-Tennessee vs Florida State (0) 1999-Florida State vs Virginia Tech (0) 2000-Oklahoma vs Florida State (0) 2001-Miami-Florida vs Nebraska (0) 2002-Miami-Florida vs Ohio State (0) 2003-Oklahoma vs Louisiana State (0) 2004-Oklahoma vs Southern California (0) 2005-Southern California vs Texas (0) 2006-Ohio State vs Florida (0) 2007-Louisiana State vs Oklahoma (1) 2008-Oklahoma vs Texas (1) 2009-Alabama vs Texas (0)  Listed below are the number of seasons each program had from 1978-2009 that would have earned a top two regular season finish and title game berth in at least one of those 32 seasons. The numbers to the right represent the total number of top two worthy seasons under the Power Points System and Associated Press Poll respectively. For purposes here, AP Poll totals are determined by assigning equal value to equal finishes in a given year. For example, the top seven teams in the 2009 Power Points Standings had top two worthy seasons. Therefore, it is assumed that the top seven teams in the 2009 AP Poll did likewise.
Based on these numbers, the top 12 programs account for 126 and 123 of 198 top two worthy seasons under the Power Points System and AP Poll respectively. 48 different programs at had least one top two worthy season under each ranking system. Under the Power Points System, 39 AQ schools account for 181 seasons and nine nonAQ schools account for 17 seasons. Under the AP Poll, 44 AQ schools account for 190 seasons and four nonAQ schools account for 8 seasons. The systems agreed on 156 of 198 top two worthy seasons. 1-Florida State 14 14 2-Miami-Florida 13 11 3-Florida 12 9 4-Oklahoma 11 14 5-Nebraska 11 13 6-Ohio State 11 10 7-Southern California 10 9 8-Michigan 9 9 9-Penn State 9 9 10-Alabama 9 9 11-Notre Dame 9 8 12-Texas 8 8 13-Tennessee 5 6 14-Auburn 5 5 15-Virginia Tech 5 3 16-Brigham Young 5 2 17-Colorado 4 6 18-Louisiana State 4 4 19-Boise State 4 3 20-Georgia 3 5 21-Texas A&M 3 3 22-Washington 3 2 23-Pittsburgh 3 1 24-Oregon 2 3 25-Iowa 2 2 26-Utah 2 2 27-Kansas State 1 4 28-UCLA 1 2 29-West Virginia 1 2 30-Arizona 1 1 31-Arizona State 1 1 32-Arkansas 1 1 33-Clemson 1 1 34-Illinois 1 1 35-Louisville 1 1 36-North Carolina 1 1 37-Northwestern 1 1 38-Syracuse 1 1 39-Texas Tech 1 1 40-Cincinnati 1 1 41-Texas Christian 1 1 42-Colorado State 1 0 43-Marshall 1 0 44-Miami-Ohio 1 0 45-Michigan State 1 0 46-Missouri 1 0 47-Toledo 1 0 48-Wyoming 1 0 49-Wisconsin 0 2 50-Baylor 0 1 51-California 0 1 52-Georgia Tech 0 1 53-Maryland 0 1 54-Oregon State 0 1 55-Washington State 0 1  The assertion that a playoff system leads to teams benching starters in the final weeks of the regular season is not new. Nevertheless, the BCS propaganda machine has renewed this charge by pointing to the Indianapolis Colts as a prime example of what we can expect from an expanded college football playoff. These people are liars or idiots or both. A playoff system, no matter its size, is not responsible for sandbagging. The decision to rest starters in late season games happens when a team has clinched a playoff berth plus all possible home games and there are no significant competitive advantages to be gained or lost. Fewer teams plus more games allows for greater separation in the standings which leads to increased opportunities for teams to bench their starters for inconsequential games. If the NFL only had a two-team playoff, the Colts would have still been able to bench its starters, lose its final two games, and suffer no consequences having already clinched a playoff berth even with the limited field. The NFL's 12-team format did not create the situation. Therefore, BCS supporters are either lying when they argue that an expanded playoff system will lead to sandbagging or they are too ignorant to understand these situations are not created by a playoff system. Of course, the Colts are not the only example of sandbagging in the final weeks of the regular season. The Arizona Cardinals, Cincinnati Bengals, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, and San Diego Chargers could all be accused of this practice in the final weekend. Whether or not these teams are guilty as charged, the fact remains that these teams plus the Colts had little or nothing riding on the outcome of their final game. As a college football playoff supporter, I would hate to see six playoff bound teams taking their final game off because they have nothing to gain or lose. However, as I alluded to above, this happens more often with fewer teams especially when the pool of teams in direct competition with each other is reduced by a conference and/or division format. What if the NFL did not have its conference/division format and operated as a single 32-team division with the top 12 teams qualifying for the playoffs, the top four teams earning byes, and the top two teams guaranteed homefield advantage throughout the playoffs? What impact would this have on sandbagging? I placed the 32 teams according their final records with best current streak and net points serving as the first and second tiebreakers in order to offer an example of the potential reduction in sandbagging minus the conference/division format. The hypothetical playoff field is listed below. Listed with each team is its final record, current streak, and best and worst possible seeds entering the final weekend. 1-Indianapolis (14-2) (L2) (1-1) 2-San Diego (13-3) (W11) (2-5) 3-New Orleans (13-3) (L3) (1-3) 4-Minnesota (12-4) (W1) (3-10) 5-Dallas (11-5) (W3) (4-10) 6-Green Bay (11-5) (W2) (5-10) 7-Philadelphia((11-5) (L1) (3-9) 8-New England (10-6) (L1) (4-10) 9-Arizona (10-6) (L1) (4-10) 10-Cincinnati (10-6) (L1) (4-10) 11-Houston (9-7) (W4) (11-E) 12-Pittsburgh (9-7) (W3) (11-E) Under this format compared to the actual format, only one top two seed had been clinched compared to two, only one top four seed had been clinched compared to three, and only three top eight seeds had been clinched compared to seven. As for the six teams charged with sandbagging, only the Colts had nothing to gain or lose on the final weekend under this format versus the current structure. However, the remaining five teams would have had much greater stakes than they did in the real world. San Diego would have been playing to secure a first round bye with the potential for homefield advantage throughout the playoffs. New Orleans would have been playing to secure homefield advantage throughout the playoffs. New England, Arizona, and Cincinnati would have been playing for a first round home game with the potential for a first round bye. Without the conference/division format, only one team compared to six had nothing to gain or lose in the final weekend. This same format applied to the previous 22 seasons only produced eight more teams like the Colts. That means that 267 of 276 playoff teams over the past 23 seasons under the one 32-team division format had one or more of the following to gain or lose in the final weekend: a playoff berth, a first round bye, and/or one or more home games. In some instances, the stakes for a single team ranged from a top two seed to missing the playoffs altogether. Of course, I would not expect the NFL to drop its conference/division format nor is their choice in the matter relevant. The point is that the NFL's structure, not the size of its playoff, is to blame for the increased opportunties for sandbagging. What does this mean for college football? Given that college football has 120 teams compared to the NFL's 32 and teams play 12-13 games compared to 16, there is much less potential for teams to separate themselves in the standings. If my proposed playoff format included the top 16 teams, based on the final Power Points Standings, only five out of 512 playoff teams over the past 32 seasons would have had nothing at stake in their final game. Furthermore, all five teams played one more game than most teams. The extra game is a potentially significant advantage under the Power Points System. Therefore, it is fair to suggest that fewer than five teams would have clinched everything if all teams had played equal game regular season schedules. That said, given that all five teams were top two seeds, which guarantees homefield advantage throughout the playoffs under my proposed format, excluding teams that lose their final game from earning a top two seed is a possible remedy to further reduce or even eliminate the potential for sandbagging. If I applied this rule to the past 32 seasons, all 512 teams would have had something to gain or lose based on the outcome of their final game. Once again, a playoff system, no matter its size, is not responsible for sandbagging and the people that continue to assert otherwise are frauds.  In a real world setting, the Power Points System would be used to determine playoff qualifiers. That said, listed below are the Power Points System's first place finishers through postseason competition based on FBS games only. Listed in parentheses is each team's best poll finish (AP or Coaches).
1978-Southern California (1) 1979-Southern California (2) 1980-Florida State (5) 1981-Pittsburgh (2) 1982-Penn State (1) 1983-Auburn (3) 1984-Washington (2) 1985-Oklahoma (1) 1986-Penn State (1) 1987-Miami-Florida (1) 1988-Notre Dame (1) 1989-Notre Dame (2) 1990-Colorado (1) 1991-Miami-Florida (1) 1992-Alabama (1) 1993-Florida State (1) 1994-Nebraska (1) 1995-Nebraska (1) 1996-Florida (1) 1997-Nebraska (1) 1998-Tennessee (1) 1999-Florida State (1) 2000-Oklahoma (1) 2001-Miami-Florida (1) 2002-Ohio State (1) 2003-Louisiana State (1) 2004-Southern California (1) 2005-Texas (1) 2006-Florida (1) 2007-Louisiana State (1) 2008-Florida (1) 2009-Alabama (1)  The rankings to the left are where the teams finished in the Power Points Standings based on FBS games only and all games respectively. The rankings to the right are where teams finished in the AP and Coaches polls respectively. Ties in the two polls were awarded to the team(s) with the best finish in the Power Points Standings.
RANKINGS THROUGH 01-08-10 1 1-Alabama 1 1 2 2-Texas 2 2 3 3-Florida 3 3 4 4-Boise State 4 4 5 6-Texas Christian 6 6 6 5-Cincinnati 8 9 7 7-Ohio State 5 5 8 8-Iowa 7 7 9 9-Oregon 11 11 10 10-Virginia Tech 10 10 11 11-Brigham Young 12 12 12 12-Penn State 9 8 13 13-Georgia Tech 13 13 14 15-Central Michigan 23 24 15 14-Pittsburgh 15 15 16 16-Wisconsin 16 16 17 17-Nebraska 14 14 18 18-Louisiana State 17 17 19 19-Utah 18 18 20 20-Miami-Florida 19 19 21 22-Southern California 22 20 22 21-West Virginia 25 22 23 23-Oklahoma State 30 25 24 26-Arkansas 38 36 25 25-Navy 28 26 26 28-Arizona 35 35 27 31-Troy NR NR 28 24-Clemson 24 28 29 27-Oklahoma 26 29 30 30-Texas Tech 21 23 31 32-Mississippi 20 21 32 38-Oregon State 27 27 33 29-Houston NR 33 34 33-Georgia 33 32 35 53-Temple NR NR 36 35-East Carolina NR 42 37 36-Auburn 32 31 38 34-Connecticut 36 37 39 39-North Carolina NR NR 40 40-Middle Tennessee State 37 34 41 44-Stanford 29 30 42 37-Rutgers 31 39 43 41-Missouri NR NR 44 42-Air Force 39 40 45 50-California NR NR 46 49-Tennessee NR NR 47 43-Florida State 34 38 48 45-Boston College NR NR 49 47-Fresno State NR NR 50 51-Central Florida NR NR 51 46-South Florida NR NR 52 52-Nevada NR NR 53 48-South Carolina NR NR 54 54-Ohio NR NR 55 55-Southern Methodist NR 43 56 57-UCLA NR NR 57 56-Idaho NR NR 58 58-Bowling Green NR NR 59 63-Notre Dame NR NR 60 59-Mississippi State NR NR 61 60-Northwestern NR 41  REGULAR SEASON FINALE
1-Alabama 75 2-Texas 74 3-Florida 62 4-Boise State 58 5-Cincinnati 56 6-Texas Christian 56 7-Oregon 54 8-Ohio State 44 9-Iowa 43 10-Georgia Tech 42 11-Virginia Tech 42 12-Penn State 36 13-Brigham Young 35 14-Central Michigan 35 15-Louisiana State 33 16-Miami-Florida 32 17-West Virginia 32 18-Wisconsin 32 19-Oklahoma State 31 20-Pittsburgh 31 21-Arizona 28 22-Nebraska 27 23-Troy 26 24-Temple 24 25-Utah 24 POSTSEASON FINALE 1-Alabama 93 2-Texas 78 3-Florida 76 4-Boise State 70 5-Texas Christian 62 6-Cincinnati 59 7-Ohio State 58 8-Iowa 55 9-Oregon 54 10-Virginia Tech 49 11-Brigham Young 45 12-Penn State 45 13-Georgia Tech 43 14-Central Michigan 42 15-Pittsburgh 39 16-Wisconsin 39 17-Nebraska 34 18-Louisiana State 34 19-Utah 31 20-Miami-Florida 31 21-Southern California 30 22-West Virginia 29 23-Oklahoma State 28 24-Arkansas 26 25-Navy 25  Listed below are the Power Points Standings for the FBS based on all games with weighted values assigned to interdivisional competition based on their combined results. For FBS teams, their FCS opponents count as 1-11. The numbers to the right are each team’s power points totals for all games and intradivisional games only respectively.
FBS STANDINGS 1-Alabama 102 93 (BCS Champions) 2-Texas 87 78 3-Florida 85 76 4-Boise State 79 70 5-Cincinnati 72 59 6-Texas Christian 70 62 7-Ohio State 67 58 8-Iowa 66 55 9-Oregon 58 54 10-Virginia Tech 57 49 11-Brigham Young 54 45 12-Penn State 54 45 13-Georgia Tech 53 43 14-Pittsburgh 51 39 15-Central Michigan 49 42 16-Wisconsin 48 39 17-Nebraska 43 34 18-Louisiana State 42 34 19-Utah 40 31 20-Miami-Florida 40 31 21-West Virginia 38 29 22-Southern California 35 30 23-Oklahoma State 34 28 24-Clemson 32 24 25-Navy 31 25 26-Arkansas 31 26 27-Oklahoma 29 22 28-Arizona 29 25 29-Houston 28 19 30-Texas Tech 27 20 31-Troy 27 24 32-Mississippi 26 20 33-Georgia 26 19 34-Connecticut 26 18 35-East Carolina 25 18 36-Auburn 25 18 37-Rutgers 24 15 38-Oregon State 24 20 39-North Carolina 23 17 40-Middle Tennessee State 21 15 41-Missouri 19 13 42-Air Force 19 12 43-Florida State 18 10 44-Stanford 17 15 45-Boston College 17 9 46-South Florida 16 9 47-Fresno State 16 9 48-South Carolina 16 8 49-Tennessee 16 10 50-California 15 10 51-Central Florida 15 9 52-Nevada 15 8 53-Temple 12 18 54-Ohio 11 7 55-Southern Methodist 11 7 56-Idaho 11 4 57-UCLA 9 5 58-Bowling Green 7 4 59-Mississippi State 7 2 60-Northwestern 6 1 61-Wyoming 6 1 62-Kentucky 5 -1 63-Notre Dame 5 3 64-Marshall 4 -1 65-Iowa State 3 -2 66-Minnesota 3 -2 67-Michigan State 1 -4 68-Washington -3 -5 69-Southern Mississippi -5 -11 70-Texas A&M -5 -9 71-Kansas State -7 -11 72-Purdue -9 -12 73-Northern Illinois -10 -13 74-Kansas -10 -14 75-Louisiana-Lafayette -12 -17 76-Hawaii -12 -17 77-UNLV -12 -16 78-Louisiana-Monroe -13 -15 79-Wake Forest -14 -19 80-Syracuse -14 -19 81-Louisville -15 -19 82-Michigan -16 -19 83-UAB -16 -18 84-North Carolina State -17 -22 85-Baylor -17 -21 86-Buffalo -18 -20 87-Florida Atlantic -21 -23 88-Duke -24 -18 89-Tulsa -24 -27 90-Toledo -24 -24 91-Louisiana Tech -24 -28 92-Utah State -24 -27 93-Arizona State -25 -27 94-Indiana -25 -28 95-San Diego State -27 -30 96-Colorado -28 -30 97-Kent State -29 -31 98-Illinois -30 -33 99-UTEP -31 -35 100-Virginia -31 -23 101-Army -32 -32 102-Florida International -32 -33 103-Arkansas State -34 -35 104-Western Michigan -35 -36 105-Colorado State -36 -37 106-Tulane -39 -41 107-Akron -42 -43 108-Vanderbilt -46 -47 109-San Jose State -46 -48 110-Maryland -46 -46 111-Rice -48 -49 112-Memphis -48 -49 113-Miami-Ohio -49 -48 114-New Mexico State -52 -54 115-North Texas -53 -53 116-Washington State -53 -54 117-New Mexico -57 -58 118-Ball State -58 -47 119-Eastern Michigan -76 -74 120-Western Kentucky -79 -68  Listed below are the Power Points Standings for the FCS based on all games with weighted values assigned to interdivisional competition based on their combined results. For FCS teams, their FBS and D2 opponents count as 10-1 and 2-9 respectively. The numbers to the right are each team’s power points totals for all games and intradivisional games only respectively. Based on the Power Points Standings thru 11-21-09, higher seeded playoff teams won 12 of 15 playoff games including the top seed Villanova beating Montana 23-21 to claim the FCS national title.
FCS STANDINGS 1-Villanova 103 87 (National Champions) 2-Montana 78 70 3-William & Mary 68 54 4-Appalachian State 60 57 5-Richmond 57 45 6-Prairie View A&M 47 37 7-Southern Illinois 46 44 8-South Carolina State 45 46 9-New Hampshire 43 31 10-Butler 42 30 11-Stephen F. Austin 39 30 12-McNeese State 34 25 13-Pennsylvania 29 29 14-Jacksonville State 29 26 15-Elon 28 28 16-Holy Cross 28 28 17-Central Connecticut State 28 28 18-Lafayette 28 29 19-Dayton 27 30 20-Colgate 26 26 21-Florida A&M 24 25 22-South Dakota State 24 28 23-Liberty 22 17 24-Drake 21 14 25-Eastern Washington 20 19 26-Grambling 20 16 27-Eastern Illinois 19 18 28-Harvard 18 18 29-Weber State 18 18 30-Texas State 16 13 31-James Madison 15 14 32-Montana State 13 13 33-Northern Iowa 12 15 34-Jacksonville 12 4 35-Norfolk State 11 11 36-Alabama A&M 11 10 37-Delaware 11 10 38-Texas Southern 11 8 39-Old Dominion 10 0 40-Albany 7 6 41-Brown 6 6 42-Furman 6 9 43-Illinois State 6 10 44-California-Davis 5 4 45-Tennessee Tech 5 6 46-Missouri State 3 6 47-Morgan State 3 7 48-Stony Brook 3 6 49-Youngstown State 2 6 50-Southern 2 0 51-Massachusetts 2 6 52-Southeastern Louisiana 1 -3 53-Southern Utah 1 2 54-Marist 0 -3 55-Northern Arizona 0 3 56-Georgia Southern 0 6 57-Charleston Southern -1 2 58-South Dakota -1 -2 59-Chattanooga -2 1 60-North Dakota -2 6 61-Gardner-Webb -2 -2 62-Hofstra -2 1 63-Cal Poly -3 2 64-Maine -4 -3 65-Eastern Kentucky -4 -3 66-Sacramento State -5 0 67-Samford -5 -1 68-Monmouth -5 -5 69-Coastal Carolina -7 -3 70-Delaware State -7 -2 71-Lehigh -7 -7 72-Alcorn State -7 -3 73-Arkansas-Pine Bluff -8 -1 74-Columbia -8 -8 75-Tennessee-Martin -9 -5 76-Hampton -9 -7 77-Wagner -10 -2 78-Central Arkansas -10 -16 79-Fordham -11 -13 80-Princeton -12 -11 81-Sam Houston State -13 -12 82-Robert Morris -13 -12 83-North Carolina A&T -14 -11 84-Bryant -15 -17 85-Bucknell -15 -15 86-Bethune-Cookman -16 -6 87-Yale -16 -16 88-Davidson -16 -8 89-San Diego -18 -17 90-Wofford -18 -10 91-Nicholls State -19 -12 92-Citadel -20 -13 93-Jackson State -20 -19 94-Northeastern -20 -16 95-Tennessee State -21 -16 96-North Carolina Central -22 -25 97-Austin Peay State -23 -17 98-Dartmouth -23 -23 99-North Dakota State -24 -17 100-Northern Colorado -26 -19 101-Mississippi Valley State -26 -23 102-Campbell -26 -19 103-Towson -27 -22 104-Murray State -29 -21 105-Cornell -29 -29 106-VMI -29 -20 107-Alabama State -30 -22 108-Duquesne -32 -28 109-Sacred Heart -32 -32 110-Western Carolina -33 -21 111-Morehead State -35 -37 112-Southeast Missouri State -36 -29 113-Portland State -37 -26 114-Howard -38 -32 115-Saint Francis -39 -38 116-Rhode Island -42 -36 117-Western Illinois -42 -32 118-Idaho State -43 -25 119-Savannah State -44 -24 120-Indiana State -46 -28 121-Northwestern State -47 -34 122-Winston-Salem -48 -40 123-Georgetown -51 -50 124-Valparaiso -53 -35 125-Presbyterian -55 -42  Listed below are the Power Points Standings for the FBS and FCS based on all games with weighted values assigned to interdivisional competition based on their combined results. For FBS teams, their FCS opponents count as 1-11. For FCS teams, their FBS and D2 opponents count as 10-1 and 2-9 respectively. The numbers to the right are each team’s power points totals for all games and intradivisional games only respectively.
FBS STANDINGS 1-Alabama 84 75 2-Texas 83 74 3-Florida 70 62 4-Cincinnati 69 56 5-Boise State 66 58 6-Texas Christian 64 56 7-Oregon 58 54 8-Iowa 53 43 9-Ohio State 53 44 10-Georgia Tech 52 42 11-Virginia Tech 50 42 12-Penn State 45 36 13-Brigham Young 43 35 14-Central Michigan 42 35 15-Louisiana State 41 33 16-Miami-Florida 41 32 17-West Virginia 41 32 18-Pittsburgh 41 31 19-Wisconsin 40 32 20-Oklahoma State 37 31 21-Nebraska 35 27 22-Houston 33 24 23-Utah 32 24 24-Arizona 32 28 25-East Carolina 31 24 26-Troy 29 26 27-Southern California 28 24 28-Oregon State 28 24 29-Clemson 27 20 30-North Carolina 25 19 31-Missouri 24 18 32-Stanford 23 21 33-Texas Tech 23 17 34-Fresno State 23 16 35-Oklahoma 23 16 36-Navy 22 17 37-Central Florida 22 16 38-Arkansas 22 18 39-Georgia 22 15 40-Connecticut 21 14 41-Boston College 20 12 42-Nevada 20 13 43-South Carolina 20 12 44-California 19 14 45-Temple 18 24 46-Ohio 18 14 47-Auburn 18 12 48-Tennessee 18 12 49-Mississippi 17 12 50-Rutgers 16 8 51-Middle Tennessee State 15 10 52-Bowling Green 14 11 53-Northwestern 11 6 54-Florida State 11 4 55-Kentucky 10 4 56-South Florida 10 4 57-Air Force 10 4 58-Minnesota 9 4 59-Mississippi State 8 3 60-Idaho 6 -1 61-Notre Dame 6 4 62-Michigan State 6 1 63-Southern Methodist 5 1 64-UCLA 5 1 65-Texas A&M 0 -4 66-Wyoming 0 -4 67-Southern Mississippi -1 -7 68-Iowa State -1 -5 69-Washington -1 -3 70-Marshall -2 -6 71-Northern Illinois -4 -7 72-Purdue -5 -8 73-Kansas State -7 -11 74-Kansas -9 -13 75-UNLV -9 -13 76-Louisiana-Monroe -10 -12 77-Louisiana-Lafayette -10 -15 78-Hawaii -11 -16 79-Wake Forest -11 -16 80-UAB -12 -14 81-Syracuse -12 -17 82-Louisville -12 -16 83-Buffalo -14 -16 84-Baylor -14 -18 85-Michigan -15 -18 86-North Carolina State -16 -21 87-Florida Atlantic -19 -21 88-Arizona State -20 -22 89-Duke -21 -15 90-Tulsa -21 -24 91-Louisiana Tech -21 -25 92-Toledo -22 -22 93-Utah State -22 -25 94-Indiana -24 -27 95-Colorado -25 -27 96-Illinois -25 -28 97-Kent State -26 -28 98-San Diego State -26 -29 99-Virginia -26 -18 100-Army -31 -31 101-UTEP -31 -35 102-Florida International -31 -32 103-Western Michigan -33 -34 104-Arkansas State -33 -34 105-Colorado State -35 -36 106-Tulane -35 -37 107-Akron -38 -39 108-Vanderbilt -41 -42 109-Miami-Ohio -42 -41 110-San Jose State -43 -45 111-Memphis -43 -44 112-Rice -44 -45 113-Maryland -45 -45 114-Washington State -49 -50 115-New Mexico State -50 -52 116-North Texas -51 -51 117-Ball State -54 -43 118-New Mexico -55 -56 119-Eastern Michigan -73 -71 120-Western Kentucky -77 -66 FCS STANDINGS (Remaining playoff teams in bold) 1-Villanova 89 74 2-Montana 79 71 3-William & Mary 68 54 4-Appalachian State 61 58 5-Richmond 57 45 6-Prairie View A&M 47 37 7-Southern Illinois 46 44 8-South Carolina State 45 46 9-Butler 42 30 10-New Hampshire 42 30 11-Stephen F. Austin 40 31 12-McNeese State 34 25 13-Pennsylvania 29 29 14-Jacksonville State 29 26 15-Elon 28 28 16-Holy Cross 28 28 17-Central Connecticut State 28 28 18-Lafayette 28 29 19-Dayton 27 30 20-Colgate 26 26 21-South Dakota State 25 29 22-Florida A&M 24 25 23-Liberty 22 17 24-Drake 21 14 25-Eastern Washington 21 20 26-Grambling 20 16 27-Eastern Illinois 19 18 28-Weber State 19 19 29-Harvard 18 18 30-Texas State 16 13 31-James Madison 15 14 32-Montana State 14 14 33-Northern Iowa 12 15 34-Jacksonville 12 4 35-Norfolk State 11 11 36-Alabama A&M 11 10 37-Delaware 11 10 38-Texas Southern 11 8 39-Old Dominion 10 0 40-Albany 7 6 41-Brown 6 6 42-Furman 6 9 43-California-Davis 6 5 44-Illinois State 6 10 45-Tennessee Tech 5 6 46-Missouri State 3 6 47-Morgan State 3 7 48-Stony Brook 3 6 49-Youngstown State 2 6 50-Southern 2 0 51-Massachusetts 2 6 52-Southeastern Louisiana 1 -3 53-Northern Arizona 1 4 54-Southern Utah 1 2 55-Marist 0 -3 56-Georgia Southern 0 6 57-Charleston Southern -1 2 58-South Dakota -1 -2 59-Chattanooga -2 1 60-North Dakota -2 6 61-Gardner-Webb -2 -2 62-Hofstra -2 1 63-Cal Poly -2 3 64-Sacramento State -4 1 65-Maine -4 -3 66-Eastern Kentucky -4 -3 67-Samford -5 -1 68-Monmouth -5 -5 69-Coastal Carolina -7 -3 70-Delaware State -7 -2 71-Lehigh -7 -7 72-Alcorn State -7 -3 73-Arkansas-Pine Bluff -8 -1 74-Columbia -8 -8 75-Tennessee-Martin -9 -5 76-Hampton -9 -7 77-Wagner -10 -2 78-Central Arkansas -10 -16 79-Fordham -11 -13 80-Princeton -12 -11 81-Sam Houston State -13 -12 82-Robert Morris -13 -12 83-North Carolina A&T -14 -11 84-Bryant -15 -17 85-Bucknell -15 -15 86-Bethune-Cookman -16 -6 87-Yale -16 -16 88-Davidson -16 -8 89-San Diego -18 -17 90-Wofford -18 -10 91-Nicholls State -19 -12 92-Citadel -20 -13 93-Jackson State -20 -19 94-Northeastern -20 -16 95-Tennessee State -21 -16 96-North Carolina Central -22 -25 97-Austin Peay State -23 -17 98-Dartmouth -23 -23 99-North Dakota State -24 -17 100-Northern Colorado -25 -18 101-Mississippi Valley State -26 -23 102-Campbell -26 -19 103-Towson -27 -22 104-Murray State -29 -21 105-Cornell -29 -29 106-VMI -29 -20 107-Alabama State -30 -22 108-Duquesne -32 -28 109-Sacred Heart -32 -32 110-Western Carolina -33 -21 111-Morehead State -35 -37 112-Portland State -36 -25 113-Southeast Missouri State -36 -29 114-Howard -38 -32 115-Saint Francis -39 -38 116-Rhode Island -42 -36 117-Idaho State -42 -24 118-Western Illinois -42 -32 119-Savannah State -44 -24 120-Indiana State -46 -28 121-Northwestern State -47 -34 122-Winston-Salem -48 -40 123-Georgetown -51 -50 124-Valparaiso -53 -35 125-Presbyterian -55 -42  The rankings to the left are where the teams finished in the Power Points Standings based on FBS games only and all games respectively. The rankings to the right are where teams finished in the AP, BCS, Coaches, and Harris polls respectively. Ties in the latter four systems were awarded to the team(s) with the best finish in the Power Points Standings.
RANKINGS THROUGH 12-05-09 1 1-Alabama 1 1 1 1 2 2-Texas 2 2 2 2 3 3-Florida 5 5 5 5 4 5-Boise State 6 6 6 6 5 4-Cincinnati 4 3 4 4 6 6-Texas Christian 3 4 3 3 7 7-Oregon 7 7 7 7 8 10-Ohio State 8 8 8 8 9 8-Iowa 10 10 11 11 10 9-Georgia Tech 9 9 10 10 11 11-Virginia Tech 12 11 12 12 12 12-Penn State 11 13 9 9 13 13-Brigham Young 15 14 14 14 14 14-Central Michigan 25 27 26 27 15 15-Louisiana State 13 12 13 13 16 16-Miami-Florida 14 15 15 15 17 17-West Virginia 18 16 17 18 18 19-Wisconsin 24 25 22 23 19 20-Oklahoma State 21 19 18 17 20 18-Pittsburgh 17 17 16 16 21 24-Arizona 22 20 23 24 22 21-Nebraska 20 22 19 20 23 26-Troy NR 41 37 38 24 23-Utah 23 23 24 22 25 22-Houston 27 26 25 25 26 27-Southern California 29 24 27 26 27 25-East Carolina 26 32 28 28 28 28-Oregon State 16 18 20 19 29 47-Temple NR 45 NR 41 30 32-Stanford 19 21 21 21 31 29-Clemson 31 33 31 30 32 30-North Carolina 34 37 38 32 33 31-Missouri 37 39 35 36 34 37-Arkansas NR 30 NR NR 35 33-Texas Tech 28 34 29 34 36 36-Central Florida NR NR NR NR 37 34-Fresno State NR NR NR NR 38 35-Oklahoma 35 38 36 35 39 38-Georgia 38 29 39 NR 40 44-Ohio NR NR NR NR 41 43-California 32 28 33 29 42 39-Connecticut NR 44 NR 39 43 41-Nevada NR 46 40 NR 44 49-Navy NR 47 41 NR 45 40-Boston College NR NR NR NR 46 48-Mississippi 33 31 32 31 47 46-Tennessee 36 42 NR 37 48 45-Auburn NR 36 NR NR 49 42-South Carolina NR 40 34 NR 50 52-Bowling Green NR NR NR NR 51 51-Middle Tennessee State NR 43 42 40 52 50-Rutgers NR NR NR NR 53 53-Northwestern 30 35 30 33 RANKINGS THROUGH 12-12-09 1 1-Alabama 1 1 1 1 2 2-Texas 2 2 2 2 3 3-Florida 5 5 5 5 4 5-Boise State 6 6 6 6 5 4-Cincinnati 4 3 4 4 6 6-Texas Christian 3 4 3 3 7 7-Oregon 7 7 7 7 8 9-Ohio State 8 8 8 8 9 8-Iowa 10 10 11 11 10 10-Georgia Tech 9 9 10 10 11 11-Virginia Tech 12 11 12 12 12 12-Penn State 11 13 9 9 13 13-Brigham Young 15 14 14 14 14 14-Central Michigan 25 27 26 27 15 15-Louisiana State 13 12 13 13 16 16-Miami-Florida 14 15 15 15 17 17-West Virginia 18 16 17 18 18 19-Wisconsin 24 25 22 23 19 18-Pittsburgh 17 17 16 16 20 20-Oklahoma State 21 19 18 17 21 24-Arizona 22 20 23 24 22 21-Nebraska 20 22 19 20 23 26-Troy NR 41 37 38 24 45-Temple NR 45 NR 41 25 23-Utah 23 23 24 22 26 22-Houston 27 26 25 25 27 27-Southern California 29 24 27 26 28 25-East Carolina 26 32 28 28 29 28-Oregon State 16 18 20 19 30 32-Stanford 19 21 21 21 31 29-Clemson 31 33 31 30 32 30-North Carolina 34 37 38 32 33 31-Missouri 37 39 35 36 34 38-Arkansas NR 30 NR NR 35 36-Navy NR 47 41 NR 36 33-Texas Tech 28 34 29 34 37 37-Central Florida NR NR NR NR 38 34-Fresno State NR NR NR NR 39 35-Oklahoma 35 38 36 35 40 39-Georgia 38 29 39 NR 41 46-Ohio NR NR NR NR 42 44-California 32 28 33 29 43 40-Connecticut NR 44 NR 39 44 42-Nevada NR 46 40 NR 45 41-Boston College NR NR NR NR 46 49-Mississippi 33 31 32 31 47 48-Tennessee 36 42 NR 37 48 47-Auburn NR 36 NR NR 49 43-South Carolina NR 40 34 NR 50 52-Bowling Green NR NR NR NR 51 51-Middle Tennessee State NR 43 42 40 52 50-Rutgers NR NR NR NR 53 53-Northwestern 30 35 30 33  Listed below are the Power Points Standings for the FBS and FCS based on all games with weighted values assigned to interdivisional competition based on their combined results. For FBS teams, their FCS opponents count as 1-11. For FCS teams, their FBS and D2 opponents count as 10-1 and 2-9 respectively. The numbers to the right are each team’s power points totals for all games and intradivisional games only respectively.
FBS STANDNGS 1-Alabama 84 75 2-Texas 83 74 3-Florida 70 62 4-Cincinnati 69 56 5-Boise State 66 58 6-Texas Christian 64 56 7-Oregon 58 54 8-Iowa 53 43 9-Georgia Tech 52 42 10-Ohio State 52 43 11-Virginia Tech 50 42 12-Penn State 45 36 13-Brigham Young 43 35 14-Central Michigan 42 35 15-Louisiana State 41 33 16-Miami-Florida 41 32 17-West Virginia 41 32 18-Pittsburgh 40 30 19-Wisconsin 40 32 20-Oklahoma State 37 31 21-Nebraska 35 27 22-Houston 33 24 23-Utah 32 24 24-Arizona 32 28 25-East Carolina 31 24 26-Troy 29 26 27-Southern California 28 24 28-Oregon State 28 24 29-Clemson 27 20 30-North Carolina 25 19 31-Missouri 24 18 32-Stanford 23 21 33-Texas Tech 23 17 34-Fresno State 23 16 35-Oklahoma 23 16 36-Central Florida 22 16 37-Arkansas 22 18 38-Georgia 22 15 39-Connecticut 21 14 40-Boston College 20 12 41-Nevada 20 13 42-South Carolina 20 12 43-California 19 14 44-Ohio 18 14 45-Auburn 18 12 46-Tennessee 18 12 47-Temple 17 23 48-Mississippi 17 12 49-Navy 17 13 50-Rutgers 16 8 51-Middle Tennessee State 15 10 52-Bowling Green 14 11 53-Northwestern 11 6 54-Florida State 11 4 55-Kentucky 10 4 56-South Florida 10 4 57-Air Force 10 4 58-Minnesota 9 4 59-Mississippi State 8 3 60-Idaho 6 -1 61-Notre Dame 6 4 62-Michigan State 6 1 63-Southern Methodist 5 1 64-UCLA 5 1 65-Texas A&M 0 -4 66-Wyoming 0 -4 67-Southern Mississippi -1 -7 68-Iowa State -1 -5 69-Washington -1 -3 70-Marshall -2 -6 71-Northern Illinois -4 -7 72-Purdue -5 -8 73-Kansas State -7 -11 74-Kansas -9 -13 75-UNLV -9 -13 76-Louisiana-Monroe -10 -12 77-Louisiana-Lafayette -10 -15 78-Wake Forest -11 -16 79-Hawaii -12 -17 80-UAB -12 -14 81-Syracuse -12 -17 82-Louisville -12 -16 83-Buffalo -14 -16 84-Baylor -14 -18 85-Michigan -15 -18 86-North Carolina State -16 -21 87-Florida Atlantic -19 -21 88-Arizona State -20 -22 89-Duke -21 -15 90-Tulsa -21 -24 91-Louisiana Tech -21 -25 92-Toledo -22 -22 93-Utah State -22 -25 94-Indiana -24 -27 95-Colorado -25 -27 96-Illinois -25 -28 97-Kent State -26 -28 98-San Diego State -26 -29 99-Virginia -26 -18 100-Army -27 -27 101-UTEP -31 -35 102-Florida International -31 -32 103-Western Michigan -33 -34 104-Arkansas State -33 -34 105-Colorado State -35 -36 106-Tulane -35 -37 107-Akron -38 -39 108-Vanderbilt -40 -41 109-Miami-Ohio -42 -41 110-San Jose State -43 -45 111-Memphis -43 -44 112-Rice -44 -45 113-Maryland -45 -45 114-Washington State -49 -50 115-New Mexico State -50 -52 116-North Texas -50 -50 117-Ball State -53 -42 118-New Mexico -55 -56 119-Eastern Michigan -72 -70 120-Western Kentucky -77 -66 FCS STANDINGS (Remaining playoff teams in bold) 1-Villanova 78 64 2-William & Mary 69 55 3-Montana 68 60 4-Appalachian State 61 58 5-Richmond 58 46 6-Southern Illinois 47 45 7-South Carolina State 46 47 8-Butler 42 30 9-New Hampshire 42 30 10-Prairie View A&M 40 31 11-Stephen F. Austin 40 31 12-McNeese State 34 25 13-Elon 29 29 14-Pennsylvania 29 29 15-Central Connecticut State 29 29 16-Jacksonville State 29 26 17-Holy Cross 28 28 18-Lafayette 28 29 19-Dayton 27 30 20-Colgate 26 26 21-South Dakota State 25 29 22-Florida A&M 24 25 23-Liberty 22 17 24-Drake 21 14 25-Eastern Washington 21 20 26-Grambling 20 16 27-Weber State 20 20 28-Eastern Illinois 19 18 29-Harvard 18 18 30-Texas State 16 13 31-James Madison 16 15 32-Montana State 14 14 33-Northern Iowa 12 15 34-Norfolk State 12 12 35-Alabama A&M 12 10 36-Jacksonville 12 4 37-Delaware 12 11 38-Texas Southern 11 8 39-Old Dominion 10 0 40-Albany 7 6 41-Furman 7 10 42-Brown 6 6 43-California-Davis 6 5 44-Illinois State 6 10 45-Tennessee Tech 5 6 46-Missouri State 3 6 47-Morgan State 3 7 48-Stony Brook 3 6 49-Youngstown State 2 6 50-Southern 2 0 51-Massachusetts 2 6 52-Southeastern Louisiana 1 -3 53-Northern Arizona 1 4 54-Georgia Southern 1 7 55-Southern Utah 1 2 56-Marist 0 -3 57-Chattanooga -1 2 58-Charleston Southern -1 2 59-South Dakota -1 -2 60-North Dakota -2 6 61-Gardner-Webb -2 -2 62-Hofstra -2 1 63-Cal Poly -2 3 64-Maine -4 -3 65-Sacramento State -4 1 66-Samford -4 0 67-Eastern Kentucky -4 -3 68-Monmouth -5 -5 69-Arkansas-Pine Bluff -7 0 70-Coastal Carolina -7 -3 71-Delaware State -7 -2 72-Lehigh -7 -7 73-Alcorn State -7 -3 74-Hampton -8 -6 75-Columbia -8 -8 76-Tennessee-Martin -9 -5 77-Wagner -10 -2 78-Central Arkansas -10 -16 79-Fordham -11 -13 80-Princeton -12 -11 81-Sam Houston State -13 -12 82-Robert Morris -13 -12 83-North Carolina A&T -14 -11 84-Bryant -15 -17 85-Bucknell -15 -15 86-Bethune-Cookman -16 -6 87-Yale -16 -16 88-Davidson -16 -8 89-Wofford -17 -9 90-San Diego -18 -17 91-Citadel -19 -12 92-Jackson State -19 -18 93-Northeastern -19 -15 94-Nicholls State -19 -12 95-Tennessee State -20 -15 96-North Carolina Central -21 -24 97-Austin Peay State -23 -17 98-Dartmouth -23 -23 99-North Dakota State -24 -17 100-Northern Colorado -25 -18 101-Mississippi Valley State -25 -22 102-Campbell -26 -19 103-Towson -26 -21 104-Alabama State -29 -21 105-Murray State -29 -21 106-Cornell -29 -29 107-VMI -29 -20 108-Duquesne -32 -28 109-Sacred Heart -32 -32 110-Western Carolina -32 -20 111-Morehead State -35 -37 112-Portland State -36 -25 113-Southeast Missouri State -36 -29 114-Howard -38 -32 115-Saint Francis -39 -38 116-Rhode Island -41 -35 117-Idaho State -42 -24 118-Western Illinois -42 -32 119-Savannah State -44 -24 120-Indiana State -46 -28 121-Northwestern State -47 -34 122-Winston-Salem -48 -40 123-Georgetown -51 -50 124-Valparaiso -53 -35 125-Presbyterian -55 -42  Listed below are the Power Points Standings for the FBS and FCS based on all games with weighted values assigned to interdivisional competition based on their combined results. For FBS teams, their FCS opponents count as 1-11. For FCS teams, their FBS and D2 opponents count as 10-1 and 2-9 respectively. The numbers to the right are each team’s power points totals for all games and intradivisional games only respectively.
FBS STANDINGS 1-Texas 74 65 2-Alabama 72 64 3-Florida 70 62 4-Texas Christian 64 56 5-Boise State 60 53 6-Cincinnati 57 45 7-Ohio State 52 43 8-Iowa 50 40 9-Virginia Tech 49 41 10-Oregon 48 45 11-Penn State 45 36 12-Georgia Tech 44 35 13-Brigham Young 43 35 14-Miami-Florida 41 32 15-Louisiana State 40 32 16-Pittsburgh 39 29 17-Oklahoma State 38 32 18-Houston 37 28 19-Central Michigan 33 27 20-Nebraska 33 25 21-Wisconsin 33 26 22-Utah 32 24 23-Southern California 32 28 24-West Virginia 32 25 25-Oregon State 30 26 26-Clemson 29 22 27-Troy 28 25 28-California 27 22 29-Missouri 25 19 30-Texas Tech 24 18 31-Arizona 24 20 32-Oklahoma 24 17 33-Stanford 23 21 34-North Carolina 23 17 35-Arkansas 23 19 36-Central Florida 22 16 37-Georgia 22 15 38-East Carolina 21 15 39-Ohio 20 16 40-Boston College 20 12 41-South Carolina 20 12 42-Rutgers 19 11 43-Fresno State 19 13 44-Tennessee 19 13 45-Temple 18 24 46-Nevada 18 11 47-Navy 18 14 48-Mississippi 17 12 49-South Florida 16 10 50-Auburn 16 10 51-Connecticut 16 11 52-Bowling Green 15 12 53-Middle Tennessee State 14 9 54-Florida State 14 7 55-Kentucky 11 5 56-Minnesota 11 6 57-Northwestern 10 5 58-Air Force 10 4 59-Mississippi State 10 5 60-Notre Dame 7 5 61-UCLA 7 3 62-Michigan State 6 1 63-Southern Methodist 5 1 64-Idaho 5 -2 65-Southern Mississippi 0 -6 66-Texas A&M 0 -4 67-Wyoming -1 -5 68-Iowa State -1 -5 69-Marshall -2 -6 70-Northern Illinois -3 -6 71-Purdue -5 -8 72-Kansas State -6 -10 73-Kansas -8 -12 74-UNLV -8 -12 75-Hawaii -9 -14 76-Louisiana-Lafayette -9 -14 77-Washington -9 -10 78-Wake Forest -10 -15 79-Syracuse -10 -15 80-Louisville -10 -14 81-Louisiana-Monroe -12 -14 82-Buffalo -12 -14 83-UAB -13 -15 84-Baylor -13 -17 85-Michigan -14 -17 86-North Carolina State -15 -20 87-Arizona State -18 -20 88-Tulsa -20 -23 89-Duke -21 -15 90-Utah State -21 -24 91-Illinois -21 -24 92-Toledo -22 -22 93-Florida Atlantic -22 -24 94-Florida International -22 -23 95-Louisiana Tech -23 -26 96-Indiana -24 -27 97-Colorado -24 -26 98-Virginia -25 -17 99-Army -26 -26 100-Kent State -26 -28 101-San Diego State -26 -29 102-UTEP -31 -35 103-Arkansas State -32 -33 104-Western Michigan -33 -34 105-San Jose State -33 -35 106-Tulane -34 -36 107-Colorado State -35 -36 108-Akron -37 -38 109-Vanderbilt -39 -40 110-Miami-Ohio -41 -40 111-Memphis -42 -43 112-Maryland -43 -43 113-Rice -43 -44 114-Washington State -45 -46 115-New Mexico State -48 -50 116-North Texas -48 -48 117-Ball State -52 -41 118-New Mexico -54 -55 119-Western Kentucky -67 -56 120-Eastern Michigan -72 -70 FCS STANDINGS (Remaining playoff teams in bold) 1-Villanova 68 55 2-Richmond 59 46 3-William & Mary 59 46 4-Montana 58 51 5-Appalachian State 50 48 6-Southern Illinois 49 47 7-South Carolina State 46 47 8-New Hampshire 42 30 9-Stephen F. Austin 40 31 10-Prairie View A&M 39 30 11-McNeese State 35 26 12-Butler 33 21 13-Central Connecticut State 30 30 14-Elon 30 30 15-Pennsylvania 29 29 16-Jacksonville State 29 26 17-Holy Cross 28 28 18-Lafayette 28 29 19-Dayton 27 30 20-Colgate 26 26 21-South Dakota State 26 30 22-Florida A&M 24 25 23-Liberty 22 17 24-Eastern Washington 22 21 25-Drake 21 14 26-Eastern Illinois 20 19 27-Weber State 20 20 28-Grambling 19 15 29-Harvard 18 18 30-James Madison 17 16 31-Texas State 15 12 32-Montana State 14 14 33-Northern Iowa 13 16 34-Delaware 13 12 35-Norfolk State 12 12 36-Alabama A&M 12 10 37-Jacksonville 11 3 38-Old Dominion 10 0 39-Albany 8 7 40-Southern 7 3 41-Furman 7 10 42-Illinois State 7 11 43-Brown 6 6 44-California-Davis 6 5 45-Tennessee Tech 5 6 46-Texas Southern 5 4 47-Missouri State 4 7 48-Youngstown State 3 7 49-Morgan State 3 7 50-Stony Brook 3 6 51-Massachusetts 3 7 52-Southeastern Louisiana 2 -2 53-Northern Arizona 1 4 54-Georgia Southern 1 7 55-Southern Utah 1 2 56-Marist 0 -3 57-Hofstra 0 3 58-Chattanooga -1 2 59-North Dakota -1 7 60-Charleston Southern -1 2 61-South Dakota -1 -2 62-Gardner-Webb -2 -2 63-Maine -2 -1 64-Cal Poly -2 3 65-Sacramento State -4 1 66-Samford -4 0 67-Eastern Kentucky -4 -3 68-Monmouth -4 -4 69-Arkansas-Pine Bluff -6 1 70-Lehigh -6 -6 71-Alcorn State -6 -2 72-Coastal Carolina -7 -3 73-Delaware State -7 -2 74-Columbia -7 -7 75-Hampton -8 -6 76-Tennessee-Martin -9 -5 77-Central Arkansas -9 -15 78-Wagner -10 -2 79-Fordham -11 -13 80-Sam Houston State -12 -11 81-Robert Morris -12 -11 82-Princeton -12 -11 83-Bryant -14 -16 84-North Carolina A&T -14 -11 85-Bucknell -15 -15 86-Bethune-Cookman -16 -6 87-Yale -16 -16 88-Davidson -16 -8 89-Wofford -17 -9 90-San Diego -18 -17 91-Northeastern -18 -14 92-Nicholls State -18 -11 93-Citadel -19 -12 94-Tennessee State -19 -14 95-Jackson State -19 -18 96-North Carolina Central -21 -24 97-Dartmouth -22 -22 98-Austin Peay State -23 -17 99-North Dakota State -23 -16 100-Towson -24 -19 101-Northern Colorado -25 -18 102-Mississippi Valley State -25 -22 103-Campbell -26 -19 104-Alabama State -28 -20 105-VMI -28 -19 106-Murray State -29 -21 107-Cornell -29 -29 108-Duquesne -31 -27 109-Sacred Heart -31 -31 110-Western Carolina -32 -20 111-Morehead State -35 -37 112-Southeast Missouri State -35 -28 113-Portland State -36 -25 114-Saint Francis -37 -36 115-Howard -38 -32 116-Rhode Island -40 -34 117-Western Illinois -40 -30 118-Idaho State -42 -24 119-Savannah State -44 -24 120-Indiana State -45 -27 121-Northwestern State -46 -33 122-Winston-Salem -48 -40 123-Georgetown -50 -49 124-Valparaiso -53 -35 125-Presbyterian -55 -42  The 2009 FCS playoff field is listed below according to their rank amongst each other in the Power Points Standings through 11-21-09. Listed to the right of each team’s name is their rank amongst each other in the AGS (anygivensaturday.com), Sports Network, and Coaches polls respectively.
1-Villanova 1 2 3 2-William & Mary 6 6 6 3-Montana 3 3 1 4-Richmond 4 4 4 5-South Carolina State 7 7 7 6-Southern Illinois 2 1 2 7-Appalachian State 5 5 5 8-McNeese State 8 8 8 9-New Hampshire 9 10 10 10-Elon 10 9 9 11-Stephen F. Austin 12 12 12 12-Holy Cross 15 15 16 13-South Dakota State 11 11 11 14-Eastern Washington 13 13 13 15-Weber State 14 14 15 16-Eastern Illinois 16 16 14  Listed below are the Power Points Standings for the FBS and FCS based on all games with weighted values assigned to interdivisional competition based on their combined results. For FBS teams, their FCS opponents count as 1-11. For FCS teams, their FBS and D2 opponents count as 10-1 and 2-9 respectively. The numbers to the right are each team’s power points totals for all games and intradivisional games only respectively.
FBS STANDINGS 1-Texas 62 53 2-Alabama 60 53 3-Texas Christian 59 51 4-Florida 58 51 5-Ohio State 52 43 6-Cincinnati 51 40 7-Iowa 48 38 8-Boise State 47 40 9-Georgia Tech 46 37 10-Oregon 45 42 11-Penn State 44 35 12-Virginia Tech 43 35 13-Oklahoma State 40 34 14-Pittsburgh 39 29 15-Miami-Florida 33 26 16-Wisconsin 33 26 17-Brigham Young 31 23 18-Houston 31 22 19-Louisiana State 31 24 20-Clemson 31 24 21-Utah 30 22 22-North Carolina 28 22 23-Oregon State 27 23 24-Nebraska 26 18 25-California 25 20 26-Southern California 25 21 27-Navy 24 20 28-Arkansas 24 20 29-Mississippi 23 18 30-West Virginia 23 17 31-Central Michigan 22 17 32-Missouri 21 16 33-Troy 20 18 34-Texas Tech 20 15 35-South Florida 19 13 36-Temple 18 24 37-Boston College 18 11 38-Arizona 18 15 39-Fresno State 17 11 40-Nevada 16 9 41-Rutgers 16 9 42-Central Florida 16 10 43-Kentucky 15 9 44-Stanford 14 12 45-Auburn 14 8 46-Florida State 14 7 47-Oklahoma 14 8 48-East Carolina 13 8 49-Georgia 13 7 50-Connecticut 13 9 51-Idaho 12 5 52-Tennessee 12 7 53-Minnesota 12 7 54-Northwestern 11 6 55-Notre Dame 11 9 56-South Carolina 11 4 57-Air Force 10 4 58-Ohio 8 4 59-UCLA 8 4 60-Middle Tennessee State 7 3 61-Bowling Green 7 4 62-Michigan State 7 2 63-Southern Mississippi 5 -1 64-Marshall 5 1 65-Mississippi State 4 1 66-Southern Methodist 2 -1 67-Texas A&M 1 -3 68-Iowa State 1 -3 69-Northern Illinois -1 -4 70-Purdue -3 -6 71-Kansas State -4 -8 72-Wyoming -4 -7 73-Kansas -4 -8 74-Syracuse -4 -9 75-Louisville -4 -8 76-Louisiana-Lafayette -7 -12 77-Louisiana-Monroe -8 -10 78-UAB -8 -10 79-Baylor -9 -13 80-Washington -9 -10 81-UNLV -11 -14 82-Duke -12 -6 83-Wake Forest -12 -16 84-Michigan -13 -16 85-Arizona State -14 -16 86-Toledo -16 -16 87-San Diego State -16 -19 88-Buffalo -16 -17 89-Hawaii -17 -21 90-Kent State -18 -20 91-Virginia -18 -10 92-Colorado -19 -21 93-North Carolina State -20 -23 94-Louisiana Tech -20 -23 95-Florida International -20 -21 96-Tulsa -21 -23 97-Illinois -21 -24 98-Florida Atlantic -21 -23 99-Western Michigan -22 -24 100-Army -24 -24 101-Indiana -24 -27 102-Colorado State -25 -26 103-Utah State -25 -28 104-Tulane -27 -29 105-Arkansas State -31 -32 106-Memphis -32 -33 107-San Jose State -33 -34 108-UTEP -34 -37 109-Akron -34 -35 110-Maryland -36 -36 111-Vanderbilt -36 -37 112-Washington State -36 -37 113-Miami-Ohio -36 -35 114-New Mexico State -37 -39 115-Rice -39 -40 116-North Texas -39 -39 117-New Mexico -50 -51 118-Ball State -52 -40 119-Western Kentucky -55 -44 120-Eastern Michigan -57 -55 FCS STANDINGS (Playoff teams in bold) 1-Villanova 57 44 2-William & Mary 51 38 3-Montana 50 43 4-Richmond 49 36 5-South Carolina State 47 47 6-Southern Illinois 41 39 7-Appalachian State 41 39 8-Prairie View A&M 37 28 9-McNeese State 36 27 10-Butler 33 21 11-New Hampshire 32 21 12-Elon 31 31 13-Stephen F. Austin 31 23 14-Central Connecticut State 30 30 15-Jacksonville State 30 27 16-Holy Cross 29 29 17-Pennsylvania 29 29 18-Lafayette 29 30 19-Colgate 27 27 20-Dayton 27 30 21-South Dakota State 26 30 22-Eastern Washington 25 23 23-Florida A&M 25 26 24-Liberty 22 17 25-Weber State 22 22 26-Eastern Illinois 21 19 27-Drake 21 14 28-Harvard 19 19 29-James Madison 17 16 30-Montana State 15 15 31-Texas State 14 11 32-Northern Iowa 14 17 33-Grambling 14 12 34-Norfolk State 13 13 35-Delaware 13 12 36-Alabama A&M 12 10 37-Southern 11 6 38-Jacksonville 11 3 39-Old Dominion 10 0 40-Illinois State 9 13 41-Albany 8 7 42-Furman 8 11 43-Brown 6 6 44-Tennessee Tech 6 7 45-California-Davis 5 4 46-Missouri State 5 8 47-Youngstown State 4 8 48-Morgan State 4 8 49-Southeastern Louisiana 3 -1 50-Stony Brook 3 6 51-Northern Arizona 3 6 52-Georgia Southern 3 9 53-Massachusetts 2 6 54-Southern Utah 1 2 55-Marist 0 -3 56-Chattanooga 0 3 57-Hofstra 0 3 58-Texas Southern 0 1 59-Charleston Southern -1 2 60-Arkansas-Pine Bluff -1 4 61-South Dakota -1 -2 62-Cal Poly -1 4 63-Gardner-Webb -2 -2 64-Maine -2 -1 65-Sacramento State -2 3 66-Samford -3 1 67-Central Arkansas -3 -11 68-Eastern Kentucky -4 -3 69-Monmouth -4 -4 70-Alcorn State -4 -1 71-Lehigh -5 -5 72-North Dakota -6 5 73-Delaware State -6 -1 74-Coastal Carolina -7 -3 75-Hampton -7 -5 76-Columbia -7 -7 77-Tennessee-Martin -8 -4 78-Wagner -10 -2 79-Fordham -10 -12 80-Sam Houston State -11 -10 81-Robert Morris -12 -11 82-Princeton -12 -11 83-North Carolina A&T -13 -10 84-Bryant -14 -16 85-Bethune-Cookman -15 -5 86-Bucknell -15 -15 87-Davidson -15 -7 88-Yale -16 -16 89-Wofford -16 -8 90-Nicholls State -16 -9 91-Northeastern -17 -13 92-Alabama State -18 -19 93-Citadel -18 -11 94-Tennessee State -18 -13 95-San Diego -18 -17 96-Jackson State -18 -17 97-North Carolina Central -21 -24 98-Dartmouth -21 -21 99-Austin Peay State -22 -16 100-North Dakota State -22 -15 101-Northern Colorado -23 -16 102-Mississippi Valley State -24 -21 103-Towson -24 -19 104-Campbell -26 -19 105-Murray State -28 -20 106-VMI -28 -19 107-Cornell -29 -29 108-Sacred Heart -30 -30 109-Duquesne -31 -27 110-Western Carolina -31 -19 111-Portland State -34 -23 112-Southeast Missouri State -34 -27 113-Morehead State -35 -37 114-Howard -37 -31 115-Saint Francis -37 -36 116-Western Illinois -39 -29 117-Rhode Island -40 -34 118-Idaho State -40 -22 119-Savannah State -42 -23 120-Indiana State -43 -25 121-Northwestern State -44 -31 122-Winston-Salem -47 -39 123-Georgetown -49 -48 124-Valparaiso -53 -35 125-Presbyterian -54 -41  Listed below are the Power Points Standings for the FBS and FCS based on all games with weighted values assigned to interdivisional competition based on their combined results. For FBS teams, their FCS opponents count as 1-10. For FCS teams, their FBS and D2 opponents count as 10-1 and 2-9 respectively. The numbers to the right are each team’s power points totals for all games and intradivisional games only respectively.
FBS STANDINGS 1-Alabama 54 48 2-Texas 53 45 3-Florida 51 44 4-Texas Christian 51 44 5-Cincinnati 46 35 6-Ohio State 44 36 7-Georgia Tech 42 33 8-Iowa 41 32 9-Boise State 40 34 10-Pittsburgh 36 26 11-Oregon 36 34 12-Penn State 35 27 13-Wisconsin 35 28 14-Virginia Tech 35 29 15-Louisiana State 33 26 16-Oklahoma State 33 27 17-Houston 27 19 18-Miami-Florida 26 20 19-Clemson 26 19 20-Utah 25 18 21-Oregon State 25 21 22-Brigham Young 23 16 23-Navy 23 19 24-Southern California 23 19 25-Central Michigan 20 15 26-Rutgers 20 13 27-Boston College 20 13 28-Nebraska 19 13 29-West Virginia 19 13 30-Arkansas 19 16 31-North Carolina 18 13 32-California 17 12 33-Arizona 17 14 34-Georgia 17 11 35-Oklahoma 17 11 36-Stanford 16 14 37-Troy 16 14 38-Notre Dame 15 13 39-Auburn 14 8 40-South Florida 14 9 41-Missouri 14 10 42-Fresno State 14 9 43-Mississippi 13 8 44-Nevada 13 7 45-Minnesota 12 7 46-Temple 11 17 47-Air Force 11 5 48-Idaho 11 4 49-Texas Tech 11 7 50-Florida State 11 5 51-Kentucky 10 5 52-South Carolina 10 3 53-Michigan State 10 5 54-Central Florida 9 4 55-Tennessee 9 5 56-Connecticut 7 3 57-Mississippi State 7 4 58-East Carolina 6 1 59-Southern Methodist 6 3 60-Middle Tennessee State 5 2 61-Iowa State 5 1 62-UCLA 5 2 63-Northwestern 3 -1 64-Bowling Green 3 1 65-Northern Illinois 2 -1 66-Southern Mississippi 2 -3 67-Ohio 0 -3 68-Kansas State -1 -5 69-Louisiana-Monroe -2 -4 70-Texas A&M -2 -5 71-Marshall -2 -5 72-Kansas -2 -6 73-Wyoming -3 -6 74-Baylor -3 -7 75-Louisville -3 -7 76-Purdue -4 -6 77-UAB -5 -7 78-Washington -5 -6 79-Arizona State -7 -9 80-Duke -8 -3 81-Michigan -9 -12 82-Louisiana-Lafayette -10 -14 83-Wake Forest -10 -14 84-Syracuse -10 -13 85-UNLV -11 -14 86-Kent State -13 -16 87-San Diego State -13 -16 88-Virginia -13 -6 89-Indiana -14 -17 90-Colorado State -14 -15 91-North Carolina State -15 -18 92-Toledo -15 -15 93-Colorado -15 -17 94-Louisiana Tech -15 -18 95-Tulsa -16 -18 96-Florida Atlantic -16 -18 97-Hawaii -17 -20 98-Buffalo -17 -18 99-Florida International -18 -19 100-Western Michigan -19 -21 101-Illinois -19 -22 102-Army -21 -21 103-UTEP -21 -24 104-Tulane -22 -24 105-Utah State -24 -27 106-Arkansas State -25 -26 107-San Jose State -25 -26 108-Akron -27 -28 109-Maryland -28 -28 110-Miami-Ohio -28 -27 111-Memphis -29 -30 112-Vanderbilt -29 -30 113-Washington State -29 -30 114-North Texas -30 -30 115-New Mexico State -32 -34 116-Rice -38 -39 117-Ball State -47 -36 118-Eastern Michigan -47 -45 119-New Mexico -48 -48 120-Western Kentucky -51 -41 FCS STANDINGS 1-William & Mary 47 34 2-Villanova 46 34 3-Montana 40 34 4-South Carolina State 39 39 5-Richmond 38 26 6-Southern Illinois 36 35 7-Appalachian State 35 33 8-Holy Cross 33 33 9-Lafayette 33 34 10-Prairie View A&M 30 23 11-Stephen F. Austin 29 21 12-McNeese State 28 22 13-New Hampshire 26 16 14-Eastern Illinois 25 23 15-Central Connecticut State 25 25 16-Colgate 24 24 17-Elon 24 25 18-Liberty 24 19 19-Pennsylvania 24 24 20-Butler 23 13 21-South Dakota State 23 27 22-Jacksonville State 22 19 23-Drake 21 14 24-Dayton 18 21 25-Northern Iowa 18 20 26-Eastern Washington 18 16 27-Florida A&M 17 18 28-Weber State 17 18 29-James Madison 16 15 30-Montana State 14 14 31-Harvard 14 14 32-Grambling 14 12 33-Delaware 13 12 34-Norfolk State 12 12 35-Brown 11 11 36-California-Davis 11 9 37-Southern 10 5 38-Southeastern Louisiana 10 4 39-Jacksonville 9 2 40-Texas State 8 6 41-Alabama A&M 8 8 42-Old Dominion 7 -3 43-Massachusetts 6 9 44-Furman 5 8 45-Northern Arizona 5 7 46-Missouri State 4 7 47-Illinois State 3 7 48-Tennessee Tech 3 5 49-Marist 2 -2 50-Albany 2 2 51-Monmouth 2 2 52-Chattanooga 1 3 53-South Dakota 1 0 54-Cal Poly 1 4 55-Arkansas-Pine Bluff 0 4 56-Youngstown State 0 4 57-Central Arkansas 0 -9 58-Maine -1 0 59-Coastal Carolina -1 1 60-Samford -1 1 61-Morgan State -1 3 62-Eastern Kentucky -1 -2 63-Gardner-Webb -1 -1 64-Texas Southern -1 0 65-Georgia Southern -1 5 66-Southern Utah -2 0 67-Hampton -3 -2 68-Charleston Southern -5 -2 69-Stony Brook -5 -1 70-Wagner -6 2 71-North Dakota -6 5 72-Sam Houston State -6 -6 73-Hofstra -6 -3 74-Sacramento State -6 0 75-Delaware State -7 -2 76-Alcorn State -8 -5 77-Fordham -10 -12 78-Wofford -10 -5 79-North Carolina A&T -11 -9 80-Citadel -11 -6 81-Tennessee-Martin -11 -6 82-Jackson State -11 -12 83-Bethune-Cookman -12 -3 84-Yale -12 -12 85-San Diego -12 -13 86-Columbia -12 -12 87-Princeton -13 -12 88-Lehigh -13 -13 89-Dartmouth -13 -13 90-Davidson -14 -6 91-Austin Peay State -15 -10 92-North Dakota State -15 -9 93-Northeastern -15 -11 94-Robert Morris -16 -15 95-Alabama State -17 -18 96-Bryant -17 -19 97-Towson -17 -13 98-Mississippi Valley State -18 -15 99-North Carolina Central -20 -21 100-Nicholls State -20 -11 101-Murray State -21 -15 102-Campbell -21 -14 103-Northern Colorado -21 -14 104-Bucknell -22 -22 105-Tennessee State -24 -19 106-Duquesne -24 -20 107-VMI -25 -16 108-Cornell -26 -26 109-Western Carolina -26 -16 110-Sacred Heart -26 -26 111-Howard -28 -23 112-Rhode Island -28 -23 113-Southeast Missouri State -30 -24 114-Portland State -31 -20 115-Saint Francis -33 -32 116-Morehead State -33 -34 117-Savannah State -34 -16 118-Western Illinois -34 -25 119-Idaho State -38 -20 120-Georgetown -38 -37 121-Winston-Salem -39 -31 122-Northwestern State -39 -27 123-Indiana State -40 -22 124-Valparaiso -41 -23 125-Presbyterian -44 -34  Listed below are the Power Points Standings for the FBS and FCS based on all games with weighted values assigned to interdivisional competition based on their combined results. For FBS teams, their FCS opponents count as 1-9. For FCS teams, their FBS and D2 opponents count as 9-1 and 2-8 respectively. The numbers to the right are each team’s power points totals for all games and intradivisional games only respectively.
FBS STANDINGS 1-Alabama 44 39 2-Texas 43 36 3-Florida 41 35 4-Texas Christian 39 32 5-Iowa 39 30 6-Cincinnati 36 26 7-Georgia Tech 34 26 8-Ohio State 33 28 9-Boise State 30 24 10-Oregon 30 29 11-Virginia Tech 30 25 12-Houston 29 21 13-Penn State 29 23 14-Louisiana State 29 23 15-Pittsburgh 28 19 16-Wisconsin 28 23 17-Miami-Florida 25 19 18-Southern California 24 20 19-Oklahoma State 24 19 20-Utah 21 14 21-Oregon State 21 17 22-Brigham Young 20 13 23-Clemson 20 15 24-West Virginia 19 13 25-Navy 19 16 26-Arizona 18 15 27-Auburn 17 11 28-Troy 16 14 29-Boston College 16 9 30-South Florida 15 10 31-Notre Dame 15 13 32-Fresno State 15 10 33-Central Michigan 14 9 34-Texas Tech 13 9 35-Oklahoma 13 7 36-Rutgers 12 8 37-Nebraska 12 7 38-Arkansas 12 9 39-Idaho 11 4 40-Tennessee 11 7 41-California 10 7 42-North Carolina 10 6 43-Georgia 10 5 44-Stanford 9 7 45-Minnesota 9 5 46-Temple 8 16 47-Mississippi 8 3 48-South Carolina 8 1 49-Kentucky 8 4 50-Missouri 7 5 51-Mississippi State 7 4 52-Florida State 7 2 53-Nevada 6 1 54-Air Force 6 2 55-Michigan State 6 1 56-Connecticut 6 2 57-UCLA 5 2 58-Kansas State 4 0 59-Iowa State 4 1 60-Bowling Green 3 1 61-Northern Illinois 2 -1 62-Southern Methodist 2 -1 63-Kansas 2 -2 64-Northwestern 1 -2 65-Texas A&M 1 -2 66-Marshall 1 -2 67-East Carolina 1 -3 68-Central Florida 1 -3 69-Purdue 1 -1 70-Middle Tennessee State 0 -2 71-Washington 0 -1 72-Louisiana-Monroe -2 -4 73-Southern Mississippi -2 -6 74-Ohio -3 -5 75-Syracuse -3 -6 76-Baylor -4 -8 77-Wake Forest -4 -8 78-Michigan -5 -8 79-Arizona State -5 -7 80-Louisville -5 -8 81-Duke -6 -1 82-Wyoming -6 -8 83-Louisiana-Lafayette -7 -11 84-San Diego State -7 -10 85-UAB -7 -8 86-UNLV -7 -10 87-Colorado -8 -10 88-Virginia -8 -2 89-North Carolina State -10 -13 90-Indiana -10 -13 91-Tulsa -11 -13 92-Tulane -11 -12 93-Colorado State -11 -12 94-Louisiana Tech -12 -15 95-Kent State -13 -16 96-Toledo -13 -13 97-UTEP -13 -16 98-Illinois -14 -16 99-Buffalo -14 -15 100-San Jose State -14 -15 101-Western Michigan -17 -19 102-Hawaii -17 -19 103-Arkansas State -17 -18 104-Florida Atlantic -17 -18 105-Florida International -17 -18 106-Army -20 -19 107-Utah State -21 -23 108-North Texas -21 -21 109-Washington State -21 -22 110-New Mexico State -22 -24 111-Maryland -22 -22 112-Memphis -22 -23 113-Akron -22 -24 114-Miami-Ohio -23 -22 115-Vanderbilt -24 -25 116-Rice -38 -38 117-New Mexico -39 -39 118-Eastern Michigan -39 -37 119-Ball State -40 -30 120-Western Kentucky -41 -32 FCS STANDINGS 1-Villanova 38 27 2-Richmond 35 24 3-William & Mary 34 23 4-Montana 33 27 5-Lafayette 31 32 6-South Carolina State 30 30 7-Southern Illinois 27 26 8-New Hampshire 25 16 9-Butler 24 14 10-Prairie View A&M 24 18 11-Elon 23 23 12-Appalachian State 23 21 13-Holy Cross 22 22 14-South Dakota State 22 25 15-Florida A&M 21 22 16-Stephen F. Austin 21 15 17-Colgate 20 20 18-Drake 19 11 19-McNeese State 19 14 20-Eastern Illinois 19 18 21-Liberty 16 13 22-Central Connecticut State 16 16 23-Pennsylvania 16 16 24-Northern Iowa 15 16 25-Harvard 13 13 26-Delaware 13 11 27-Jacksonville State 13 11 28-Eastern Washington 12 11 29-Southeastern Louisiana 11 4 30-Massachusetts 11 12 31-Texas State 10 7 32-Weber State 10 11 33-James Madison 10 9 34-Brown 9 9 35-Dayton 8 12 36-Montana State 8 8 37-Northern Arizona 8 8 38-Grambling 8 8 39-Norfolk State 8 8 40-Southern 7 4 41-Illinois State 7 9 42-Cal Poly 7 10 43-Old Dominion 6 -4 44-California-Davis 6 5 45-Eastern Kentucky 6 4 46-Missouri State 5 6 47-Central Arkansas 5 -4 48-Tennessee Tech 5 5 49-Alabama A&M 5 5 50-Georgia Southern 4 7 51-Monmouth 3 3 52-Texas Southern 3 4 53-Hofstra 2 3 54-Southern Utah 2 3 55-Albany 1 1 56-Stony Brook 1 3 57-Morgan State 1 4 58-Coastal Carolina 1 3 59-Gardner-Webb 0 -1 60-Jacksonville 0 -4 61-Furman 0 3 62-Wagner -1 6 63-Marist -1 -5 64-Arkansas-Pine Bluff -1 3 65-North Dakota -1 7 66-South Dakota -1 -1 67-Maine -2 -2 68-Fordham -2 -4 69-Delaware State -2 2 70-Chattanooga -3 -1 71-Sacramento State -3 2 72-Youngstown State -5 -2 73-Samford -5 -3 74-Wofford -5 -1 75-Yale -6 -6 76-Tennessee-Martin -7 -3 77-Jackson State -7 -7 78-Alcorn State -7 -4 79-Citadel -8 -3 80-Charleston Southern -8 -5 81-Dartmouth -8 -8 82-Davidson -9 -2 83-Hampton -10 -9 84-Sam Houston State -11 -8 85-North Carolina A&T -11 -9 86-Murray State -11 -6 87-San Diego -11 -11 88-Columbia -11 -11 89-Bethune-Cookman -12 -4 90-Alabama State -13 -15 91-North Dakota State -13 -8 92-Towson -14 -11 93-Tennessee State -15 -10 94-Lehigh -15 -15 95-Austin Peay State -16 -11 96-Bryant -16 -18 97-Princeton -16 -15 98-Cornell -17 -17 99-Mississippi Valley State -17 -12 100-Northeastern -17 -13 101-Sacred Heart -18 -18 102-Campbell -18 -11 103-Bucknell -19 -19 104-Portland State -19 -11 105-Rhode Island -19 -15 106-Nicholls State -19 -10 107-Robert Morris -20 -19 108-North Carolina Central -20 -21 109-Northern Colorado -21 -14 110-Howard -21 -17 111-Savannah State -23 -15 112-VMI -23 -15 113-Saint Francis -24 -23 114-Duquesne -24 -20 115-Morehead State -25 -26 116-Western Carolina -27 -17 117-Northwestern State -27 -17 118-Western Illinois -29 -21 119-Southeast Missouri State -29 -22 120-Winston-Salem -29 -22 121-Indiana State -29 -14 122-Valparaiso -30 -15 123-Georgetown -33 -32 124-Presbyterian -35 -28 125-Idaho State -36 -18  Listed below are the Power Points Standings for the FBS and FCS based on all games with weighted values assigned to interdivisional competition based on their combined results. For FBS teams, their FCS opponents count as 1-8. For FCS teams, their FBS and D2 opponents count as 8-1 and 2-7 respectively. The numbers to the right are each team’s power points totals for all games and intradivisional games only respectively.
FBS STANDINGS 1-Iowa 40 31 2-Texas 35 29 3-Florida 34 31 4-Alabama 32 29 5-Texas Christian 30 24 6-Cincinnati 29 20 7-Oregon 29 28 8-Penn State 28 22 9-Georgia Tech 27 20 10-Louisiana State 25 21 11-Boise State 24 19 12-Pittsburgh 23 15 13-Houston 23 16 14-Virginia Tech 23 19 15-Ohio State 22 18 16-Miami-Florida 21 15 17-Wisconsin 21 17 18-Utah 20 13 19-Southern California 20 17 20-Oklahoma State 17 14 21-Notre Dame 16 14 22-Arizona 16 13 23-Boston College 16 9 24-Brigham Young 15 9 25-West Virginia 15 10 26-Clemson 15 11 27-South Florida 14 9 28-Auburn 14 10 29-Oklahoma 14 8 30-Idaho 13 6 31-California 13 10 32-Troy 13 11 33-Minnesota 13 9 34-Texas Tech 12 8 35-Oregon State 12 9 36-Central Michigan 11 6 37-Navy 11 8 38-South Carolina 9 4 39-Rutgers 9 5 40-Georgia 9 5 41-Temple 8 15 42-Missouri 8 6 43-Tennessee 8 6 44-Fresno State 7 2 45-Kansas 7 3 46-Iowa State 7 4 47-Florida State 7 2 48-Washington 7 6 49-Nebraska 6 2 50-North Carolina 6 3 51-Mississippi 6 2 52-Texas A&M 6 3 53-Nevada 6 2 54-Kentucky 6 4 55-Mississippi State 6 4 56-Arkansas 5 4 57-Connecticut 5 1 58-East Carolina 4 0 59-Air Force 4 0 60-Michigan 3 0 61-Michigan State 3 -1 62-Stanford 2 0 63-Central Florida 2 -2 64-Southern Methodist 2 -1 65-UCLA 2 -1 66-Northern Illinois 1 -2 67-Marshall 0 -3 68-Bowling Green 0 -1 69-Kansas State -1 -4 70-Southern Mississippi -1 -5 71-Middle Tennessee State -2 -4 72-Duke -2 2 73-Louisville -2 -5 74-Syracuse -2 -5 75-Ohio -3 -5 76-Arizona State -3 -5 77-Louisiana-Monroe -3 -5 78-Purdue -3 -4 79-Kent State -5 -8 80-Wyoming -5 -7 81-Wake Forest -5 -9 82-Virginia -5 0 83-UTEP -5 -8 84-Colorado State -5 -6 85-Northwestern -6 -8 86-San Diego State -6 -9 87-Baylor -6 -9 88-Louisiana-Lafayette -7 -10 89-Indiana -7 -10 90-UAB -8 -9 91-Buffalo -8 -9 92-Tulsa -9 -11 93-Western Michigan -9 -11 94-North Carolina State -9 -11 95-UNLV -10 -12 96-San Jose State -10 -11 97-Louisiana Tech -11 -14 98-Arkansas State -11 -12 99-Florida Atlantic -11 -12 100-Colorado -11 -13 101-Army -12 -11 102-Tulane -12 -13 103-Toledo -13 -13 104-Utah State -14 -16 105-Maryland -14 -14 106-Florida International -14 -15 107-Illinois -16 -18 108-Memphis -16 -17 109-North Texas -16 -16 110-Washington State -16 -17 111-Hawaii -17 -18 112-New Mexico State -18 -20 113-Miami-Ohio -19 -19 114-Vanderbilt -20 -21 115-Akron -23 -24 116-Rice -30 -30 117-Eastern Michigan -32 -30 118-New Mexico -34 -34 119-Ball State -36 -27 120-Western Kentucky -36 -28 FCS STANDINGS 1-Richmond 32 22 2-Montana 31 25 3-William & Mary 28 18 4-Villanova 26 17 5-South Carolina State 24 24 6-New Hampshire 21 13 7-South Dakota State 21 23 8-Elon 20 20 9-Lafayette 20 21 10-Colgate 18 18 11-Southern Illinois 18 17 12-Prairie View A&M 18 13 13-Stephen F. Austin 18 13 14-Central Connecticut State 17 16 15-Eastern Illinois 17 15 16-Butler 16 6 17-Holy Cross 16 16 18-Appalachian State 16 15 19-Florida A&M 15 16 20-Drake 14 7 21-McNeese State 13 9 22-Pennsylvania 12 12 23-Liberty 11 8 24-Massachusetts 11 12 25-Eastern Washington 10 9 26-Jacksonville State 10 9 27-Grambling 10 9 28-Northern Iowa 10 11 29-Southeastern Louisiana 10 3 30-Cal Poly 10 11 31-Harvard 9 9 32-Weber State 9 10 33-Georgia Southern 9 11 34-Delaware 8 6 35-Northern Arizona 8 7 36-Dayton 7 10 37-Albany 7 7 38-Central Arkansas 7 -2 39-Eastern Kentucky 7 4 40-Tennessee Tech 6 4 41-Montana State 6 6 42-Southern 6 3 43-Alabama A&M 6 5 44-Hofstra 6 7 45-Southern Utah 6 7 46-Illinois State 6 8 47-James Madison 6 6 48-Texas State 4 4 49-Morgan State 4 7 50-Gardner-Webb 4 1 51-Brown 4 4 52-Maine 4 3 53-Old Dominion 3 -5 54-Missouri State 3 4 55-Norfolk State 3 3 56-California-Davis 2 2 57-Stony Brook 1 3 58-Furman 1 3 59-Monmouth 1 1 60-Texas Southern 0 2 61-Chattanooga -1 -1 62-Marist -1 -5 63-Youngstown State -1 1 64-North Dakota -2 7 65-Citadel -2 1 66-Jacksonville -2 -5 67-Yale -3 -3 68-Fordham -3 -5 69-Delaware State -3 1 70-Hampton -4 -4 71-Coastal Carolina -4 0 72-San Diego -4 -5 73-Arkansas-Pine Bluff -5 -2 74-Alabama State -5 -8 75-Sacramento State -5 0 76-South Dakota -6 -5 77-Alcorn State -6 -3 78-Charleston Southern -7 -4 79-Samford -7 -6 80-Wagner -8 -2 81-Sam Houston State -8 -6 82-North Carolina A&T -8 -7 83-Austin Peay State -8 -5 84-Bryant -8 -10 85-Columbia -8 -8 86-Wofford -8 -4 87-Dartmouth -8 -8 88-Tennessee-Martin -9 -7 89-Tennessee State -9 -6 90-Jackson State -9 -7 91-Cornell -9 -9 92-Lehigh -10 -10 93-Davidson -10 -3 94-Princeton -11 -10 95-Towson -11 -8 96-Northeastern -11 -8 97-Mississippi Valley State -12 -9 98-North Dakota State -12 -7 99-Murray State -13 -8 100-Bethune-Cookman -14 -7 101-Bucknell -14 -14 102-Northern Colorado -15 -10 103-Campbell -15 -9 104-Portland State -15 -9 105-Nicholls State -15 -7 106-North Carolina Central -16 -17 107-Howard -17 -14 108-Rhode Island -17 -13 109-Saint Francis -19 -18 110-Sacred Heart -19 -18 111-VMI -20 -13 112-Duquesne -20 -16 113-Savannah State -21 -14 114-Winston-Salem -21 -15 115-Northwestern State -21 -12 116-Robert Morris -22 -21 117-Morehead State -22 -23 118-Western Carolina -22 -14 119-Southeast Missouri State -22 -19 120-Valparaiso -22 -9 121-Indiana State -22 -9 122-Western Illinois -23 -16 123-Georgetown -25 -24 124-Presbyterian -26 -22 125-Idaho State -33 -17  Listed below are the Power Points Standings for the FBS and FCS based on all games with weighted values assigned to interdivisional competition based on their combined results. For FBS teams, their FCS opponents count as 0-8. For FCS teams, their FBS and D2 opponents count as 8-0 and 1-7 respectively. The numbers to the right are each team’s power points totals for all games and intradivisional games only respectively.
FBS STANDINGS 1-Iowa 33 26 2-Alabama 28 25 3-Texas 26 21 4-Florida 24 22 5-Texas Christian 23 20 6-Virginia Tech 22 18 7-Oregon 21 20 8-Louisiana State 21 18 9-Georgia Tech 20 16 10-Pittsburgh 20 13 11-Cincinnati 19 12 12-Boise State 19 16 13-Penn State 19 15 14-Ohio State 18 15 15-Southern California 17 14 16-West Virginia 15 11 17-Houston 15 10 18-Notre Dame 15 13 19-Utah 14 8 20-Oklahoma State 14 12 21-Arizona 14 12 22-Wisconsin 14 11 23-Central Michigan 13 9 24-South Carolina 13 9 25-Brigham Young 13 7 26-Miami-Florida 13 9 27-Navy 11 7 28-Clemson 11 8 29-Kansas 9 6 30-Iowa State 9 7 31-Kentucky 9 7 32-Georgia 9 5 33-Oregon State 9 7 34-Idaho 8 2 35-California 8 7 36-Michigan 8 6 37-Auburn 8 5 38-Oklahoma 8 5 39-Minnesota 8 5 40-Mississippi 7 4 41-Boston College 7 2 42-Washington 7 6 43-Michigan State 6 3 44-Troy 5 4 45-South Florida 5 3 46-Texas Tech 5 3 47-Connecticut 5 2 48-Nebraska 4 1 49-Missouri 4 3 50-Nevada 4 1 51-Fresno State 4 1 52-Arkansas 4 4 53-Stanford 3 1 54-Marshall 3 1 55-UCLA 3 0 56-Temple 2 9 57-Rutgers 2 1 58-Tennessee 2 1 59-Florida State 2 0 60-Kansas State 1 0 61-Texas A&M 1 -1 62-East Carolina 1 -1 63-UTEP 1 -2 64-Air Force 0 -2 65-Mississippi State 0 -1 66-Bowling Green 0 -1 67-Southern Mississippi -1 -4 68-Arizona State -1 -2 69-Louisiana-Monroe -1 -2 70-North Carolina -1 -2 71-Northern Illinois -1 -2 72-Louisiana-Lafayette -2 -4 73-Wake Forest -2 -5 74-Baylor -2 -4 75-Syracuse -2 -4 76-Virginia -2 2 77-Purdue -2 -3 78-Central Florida -3 -5 79-Southern Methodist -3 -4 80-Colorado State -3 -3 81-Louisville -3 -4 82-Duke -4 1 83-Wyoming -4 -5 84-Western Michigan -4 -5 85-Colorado -4 -6 86-Northwestern -5 -6 87-Middle Tennessee State -5 -7 88-Tulsa -5 -6 89-Toledo -5 -5 90-North Carolina State -5 -5 91-Ohio -6 -7 92-Indiana -6 -8 93-San Diego State -6 -8 94-Florida Atlantic -6 -7 95-Arkansas State -7 -7 96-Buffalo -7 -7 97-Louisiana Tech -8 -10 98-Tulane -9 -9 99-UAB -9 -10 100-Kent State -10 -11 101-Army -10 -9 102-UNLV -10 -11 103-San Jose State -10 -10 104-Utah State -11 -12 105-Memphis -11 -11 106-Washington State -12 -13 107-Hawaii -13 -13 108-Maryland -14 -12 109-North Texas -14 -14 110-New Mexico State -15 -16 111-Florida International -15 -15 112-Vanderbilt -17 -17 113-Akron -18 -18 114-Illinois -19 -19 115-Miami-Ohio -20 -20 116-Eastern Michigan -24 -22 117-New Mexico -26 -26 118-Rice -26 -26 119-Western Kentucky -28 -20 120-Ball State -32 -23 FCS STANDINGS 1-Richmond 28 18 2-William & Mary 24 14 3-Montana 23 18 4-Villanova 23 14 5-New Hampshire 21 13 6-South Carolina State 18 17 7-Stephen F. Austin 18 12 8-Elon 17 16 9-South Dakota State 16 18 10-Prairie View A&M 16 10 11-Southern Illinois 15 14 12-Massachusetts 15 14 13-Lafayette 14 15 14-Colgate 13 13 15-Eastern Illinois 13 11 16-Holy Cross 12 12 17-Cal Poly 12 10 18-Delaware 11 9 19-Appalachian State 11 10 20-Northern Arizona 11 8 21-Butler 10 3 22-Central Connecticut State 10 9 23-Florida A&M 10 10 24-Central Arkansas 10 1 25-McNeese State 10 7 26-Northern Iowa 10 10 27-Georgia Southern 9 10 28-Drake 8 4 29-Liberty 8 6 30-Weber State 8 7 31-Grambling 8 7 32-Jacksonville State 8 6 33-Albany 7 7 34-Gardner-Webb 7 4 35-Morgan State 7 8 36-Pennsylvania 7 7 37-Missouri State 7 6 38-Harvard 7 7 39-California-Davis 7 4 40-Eastern Kentucky 7 4 41-Eastern Washington 6 6 42-Montana State 6 6 43-Hofstra 5 5 44-Brown 4 4 45-Furman 3 3 46-Tennessee Tech 3 1 47-Southeastern Louisiana 3 0 48-Southern Utah 3 4 49-Dayton 2 6 50-Youngstown State 2 3 51-Maine 2 1 52-Southern 1 1 53-Alabama A&M 1 3 54-Illinois State 1 2 55-James Madison 1 1 56-Old Dominion 0 -5 57-Alcorn State 0 -1 58-Jacksonville -1 -3 59-Marist -1 -4 60-Norfolk State -1 0 61-Fordham -1 -3 62-Monmouth -1 -1 63-Texas Southern -1 0 64-Delaware State -1 1 65-Chattanooga -2 -1 66-South Dakota -2 -1 67-Coastal Carolina -2 0 68-Samford -2 -2 69-Texas State -3 -2 70-North Carolina A&T -3 -3 71-Stony Brook -3 1 72-Cornell -3 -3 73-Arkansas-Pine Bluff -4 0 74-Alabama State -4 -4 75-Yale -4 -4 76-Citadel -4 -1 77-San Diego -4 -5 78-North Dakota -5 4 79-Hampton -5 -4 80-Bryant -5 -6 81-Columbia -5 -5 82-Austin Peay State -6 -4 83-Tennessee State -6 -4 84-Wofford -6 -5 85-Dartmouth -6 -6 86-Sam Houston State -7 -5 87-Towson -7 -5 88-Sacramento State -7 -3 89-Charleston Southern -7 -4 90-Jackson State -7 -6 91-Mississippi Valley State -7 -5 92-Tennessee-Martin -8 -6 93-Northeastern -8 -6 94-Lehigh -9 -9 95-Murray State -10 -6 96-Howard -10 -8 97-Davidson -10 -3 98-Portland State -10 -5 99-Nicholls State -10 -5 100-Wagner -11 -4 101-Princeton -11 -10 102-Bucknell -12 -12 103-Rhode Island -12 -9 104-Western Illinois -12 -7 105-Sacred Heart -12 -11 106-North Dakota State -12 -8 107-VMI -14 -10 108-Northern Colorado -14 -9 109-Winston-Salem -14 -8 110-Northwestern State -14 -8 111-Western Carolina -15 -8 112-Duquesne -16 -13 113-Morehead State -16 -16 114-North Carolina Central -16 -15 115-Bethune-Cookman -17 -9 116-Saint Francis -17 -16 117-Southeast Missouri State -17 -15 118-Campbell -17 -9 119-Valparaiso -19 -5 120-Robert Morris -19 -18 121-Indiana State -19 -8 122-Georgetown -20 -19 123-Presbyterian -22 -19 124-Savannah State -23 -13 125-Idaho State -26 -13  Since 1978, only 173 mid-major or nonBCS teams controlled their destiny for a top two regular season finish in the Power Points Standings. That is, each of these teams would have finished in the top two if they had won all of their games and all other results remained unchanged. Listed below is each season’s highest ranked team (based on PPS) among this group along with their FBS record and regular season finishes in the Power Points Standings and AP poll respectively.
1978 UTEP (1-11) 137 NR 1979 Brigham Young (10-0) 1 9 1980 Brigham Young (11-1) 3 14 1981 Miami-Ohio (8-2-1) 16 NR 1982 Brigham Young (8-3) 15 NR 1983 None 1984 Brigham Young (12-0) 2 1 1985 Brigham Young (11-2) 9 9 1986 San Diego State (8-3) 14 NR 1987 Wyoming (10-2) 13 NR 1988 Wyoming (10-1) 5 15 1989 Brigham Young (10-2) 13 19 1990 Brigham Young (10-2) 8 13 1991 Brigham Young (8-3-1) 16 NR 1992 Hawaii (10-2) 9 NR 1993 Louisville (8-3) 17 25 1994 Fresno State (5-7-1) 60 NR 1995 Utah (7-4) 29 NR 1996 Brigham Young (13-1) 4 5 1997 San Diego State (5-7) 69 NR 1998 None 1999 None 2000 None 2001 Fresno State (11-2) 7 20 2002 Colorado State (10-3) 13 23 2003 Miami-Ohio (12-1) 5 14 2004 Louisiana Tech (6-6) 42 NR 2005 None 2006 None 2007 Brigham Young (9-2) 15 19 2008 Buffalo (8-5) 35 NR  Suppose a 16-team playoff with auto bids becomes a reality. How would the wildcard berths be determined? By objective or subjective means? Listed below are the number of wildcard teams agreed on by the Power Points System and the Associated Press poll for each season since 1978. For the purposes of this post, only current FBS members were considered. Furthermore, the highest ranked member of each conference in the Power Points Standings based on current membership served as automatic qualifiers. This is done to eliminate 11 teams that would qualify no matter how the wildcard teams are determined. From here, the top five remaining teams in both systems are compared. For each season, the teams that the systems disagreed on are listed in parentheses with the teams favored by the Power Points System listed first. The systems agreed on 119 of 155 wildcards (over 31 seasons) which is five teams short of a four out of five average.
1978-5 1979-3 (South Carolina/Wake Forest or Purdue/Washington) 1980-4 (North Carolina or Michigan) 1981-3 (Arizona State/Southern Mississippi or North Carolina/Washington) 1982-3 (Southern California/Florida or West Virginia/Oklahoma) 1983-4 (Clemson or Florida) 1984-4 (Southern California or Maryland) 1985-4 (Alabama or Tennessee) 1986-2 (Washington/Alabama/Ohio State or Nebraska/Texas A&M/Auburn) 1987-4 (Notre Dame or South Carolina) 1988-5 1989-4 (Arkansas or Nebraska) 1990-4 (Southern California or Florida) 1991-4 (Nebraska or Iowa) 1992-4 (Ohio State or Georgia) 1993-4 (Miami-Florida or Wisconsin) 1994-5 1995-5 1996-3 (Washington/North Carolina or Tennessee/Northwestern) 1997-3 (Auburn/Georgia or UCLA/North Carolina) 1998-3 (Texas/Michigan or Florida/Arkansas) 1999-4 (Penn State or Wisconsin) 2000-4 (Kansas State or Nebraska) 2001-4 (Stanford or Maryland) 2002-2 (Notre Dame/Alabama/Michigan or Kansas State/Washington State/Penn State) 2003-4 (Georgia or Tennessee) 2004-4 (Arizona State or Georgia) 2005-4 (Louisiana State or Auburn) 2006-5 2007-4 (Boston College or Southern California) 2008-4 (Pittsburgh or Texas Christian) AVG-3.8  Listed below are the number of regular season finishes in the top one, top two, top three, and so on for mid-major (nonBCS) teams since 1978 in the Power Points System and Associated Press Poll respectively.
1-1 and 1 2-2 and 1 3-3 and 1 4-7 and 1 5-12 and 3 6-14 and 3 7-18 and 5 8-20 and 5 9-23 and 10 10-27 and 15 11-28 and 17 12-35 and 18 13-42 and 20 14-49 and 25 15-55 and 27 16-64 and 29  Here is the 2009 NCAA Tournament Field if determined by the Power Points System. The field includes the 31 automatic qualifiers plus the top 34 remaining teams in the Power Points Standings. The number to the left is each team’s overall finish in the Power Points Standings. The numbers to the right are each team’s seed according to the Power Points System and the NCAA selection committee respectively (NS = no seed). The six teams selected by the NCAA that would not have qualified according to the Power Points System are listed below the field of 65. The average seed difference for the 59 teams that qualified under both formats is 1.26.
THE POWER POINTS SYSTEM FIELD OF 65 1 Memphis 1 2 2 Duke 1 2 3 Pittsburgh 1 1 4 Louisville 1 1 5 Connecticut 2 1 6 Oklahoma 2 2 7 North Carolina 2 1 8 Michigan State 2 2 9 Missouri 3 3 10 Villanova 3 3 11 Utah State 3 11 12 Kansas 3 3 13 Syracuse 4 3 14 Xavier 4 4 15 Siena 4 9 16 Washington 4 4 17 Florida State 5 5 18 Butler 5 9 19 Dayton 5 11 20 Purdue 5 5 21 LSU 6 8 22 Wake Forest 6 4 23 Utah 6 5 24 Gonzaga 6 4 25 Illinois 7 5 26 Creighton 7 NS 27 UCLA 7 6 28 BYU 7 8 29 Arizona State 8 6 30 Marquette 8 6 31 Clemson 8 7 32 West Virginia 8 6 33 Oklahoma State 9 8 34 Niagara 9 NS 35 Tennessee 9 9 36 Saint Mary's (CA) 9 NS 37 Ohio State 10 8 38 Davidson 10 NS 39 Virginia Commonwealth 10 11 40 Texas A&M 10 9 41 Temple 11 11 42 California 11 7 43 Illinois State 11 NS 44 San Diego State 11 NS 45 Western Kentucky 12 12 46 Texas 12 7 47 USC 12 10 52 Mississippi State 12 13 53 Northern Iowa 13 12 55 American 13 14 58 Cleveland State 13 13 61 North Dakota State 13 14 72 Binghamton 14 15 78 Robert Morris 14 15 82 Stephen F. Austin 14 14 89 Akron 14 13 94 East Tennessee State 15 16 98 Portland State 15 13 102 Morgan State 15 15 107 Cornell 15 14 127 Radford 16 16 133 Alabama State 16 16 142 Cal State Northridge 16 15 154 Morehead State 16 16 167 Chattanooga 16 16 TEAMS THAT DID NOT QUALIFY 48 Boston College NS 7 49 Minnesota NS 10 63 Maryland NS 10 64 Michigan NS 10 71 Wisconsin NS 12 76 Arizona NS 12  1 Memphis 479
2 Duke 465 3 Pittsburgh 461 4 Louisville 458 5 Connecticut 428 6 Oklahoma 425 7 North Carolina 420 8 Michigan State 407 9 Missouri 386 10 Villanova 375 11 Utah State 366 12 Kansas 363 13 Syracuse 360 14 Xavier 340 15 Siena 337 16 Washington 330 17 Florida State 327 18 Butler 326 19 Dayton 325 20 Purdue 323 21 LSU 321 22 Wake Forest 319 23 Utah 319 24 Gonzaga 316 25 Illinois 311 26 Creighton 305 27 UCLA 294 28 BYU 292 29 Arizona State 286 30 Marquette 283 31 Clemson 283 32 West Virginia 281 33 Oklahoma State 280 34 Niagara 267 35 Tennessee 265 36 Saint Mary's (CA) 263 37 Ohio State 256 38 Davidson 252 39 Virginia Commonwealth 251 40 Texas A&M 251 41 Temple 246 42 California 244 43 Illinois State 241 44 San Diego State 238 45 Western Kentucky 234 46 Texas 231 47 USC 227 48 Boston College 222 49 Minnesota 221 50 Tulsa 217 51 Florida 214 52 Mississippi State 213 53 Northern Iowa 210 54 George Mason 202 55 American 201 56 South Carolina 201 57 UNLV 198 58 Cleveland State 195 59 UAB 194 60 Auburn 194 61 North Dakota State 192 62 Rhode Island 191 63 Maryland 189 64 Michigan 188 65 College Of Charleston 186 66 Penn State 186 67 Arkansas-Little Rock 182 68 Baylor 181 69 New Mexico 175 70 Vermont 174 71 Wisconsin 172 72 Binghamton 166 73 Duquesne 160 74 Kentucky 160 75 Wisconsin-Green Bay 159 76 Arizona 158 77 Kansas State 153 78 Robert Morris 152 79 Nevada 151 80 Providence 149 81 Buffalo 147 82 Stephen F. Austin 146 83 Miami 145 84 Houston 143 85 Nebraska 143 86 Old Dominion 142 87 Virginia Tech 137 88 Georgetown 135 89 Akron 134 90 UTEP 129 91 Hofstra 119 92 Weber State 117 93 Vanderbilt 117 94 East Tennessee State 115 95 Wright State 114 96 Northwestern 111 97 VMI 110 98 Portland State 105 99 Northeastern 105 100 Cincinnati 103 101 Ole Miss 100 102 Morgan State 97 103 Notre Dame 96 104 La Salle 90 105 Miami-Ohio 87 106 Rider 86 107 Cornell 85 108 Washington State 85 109 Stanford 84 110 Evansville 83 111 Boise State 82 112 North Texas 81 113 Tennessee-Martin 79 114 Wyoming 75 115 Mount Saint Mary's 73 116 Bradley 72 117 Alabama 72 118 Belmont 71 119 Fairfield 71 120 Oakland 66 121 Portland 66 122 Saint Joseph's 63 123 Seton Hall 61 124 Saint Louis 59 125 North Carolina State 59 126 South Alabama 58 127 Radford 56 128 Troy 55 129 Kent State 55 130 Navy 54 131 Pacific 54 132 New Mexico State 53 133 Alabama State 48 134 James Madison 47 135 Jacksonville 46 136 Liberty 42 137 The Citadel 39 138 Murray State 39 139 Richmond 37 140 Bowling Green 36 141 Boston University 34 142 Cal State Northridge 30 143 Holy Cross 29 144 Drake 29 145 Austin Peay 28 146 Nicholls State 25 147 Wisconsin-Milwaukee 23 148 Iowa 23 149 Idaho 21 150 St. John's 20 151 Manhattan 17 152 Drexel 16 153 UCF 15 154 Morehead State 13 155 Middle Tennessee 13 156 Arkansas 12 157 Sam Houston State 9 158 Eastern Kentucky 8 159 Texas Tech 6 160 Wichita State 4 161 Long Beach State 3 162 Montana -1 163 Texas-San Antonio -3 164 UC Santa Barbara -5 165 Oral Roberts -8 166 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi -9 167 Chattanooga -11 168 Illinois-Chicago -12 169 Virginia -12 170 Sacred Heart -13 171 Stony Brook -13 172 Utah Valley State -15 173 Wofford -16 174 Iowa State -19 175 Mercer -24 176 Albany -26 177 Jackson State -27 178 Ohio -29 179 Western Carolina -30 180 UMBC -30 181 Southern Miss -31 182 Louisiana Tech -33 183 UC Riverside -34 184 Georgia Tech -34 185 St. Bonaventure -40 186 TCU -40 187 Marshall -41 188 San Diego -43 189 Massachusetts -44 190 Chicago State -45 191 Southern Illinois -47 192 Texas-Arlington -48 193 Oregon State -51 194 Tulane -52 195 Lipscomb -53 196 Cal State Fullerton -54 197 Long Island -57 198 Denver -58 199 Wagner -59 200 New Hampshire -60 201 Lehigh -64 202 Santa Clara -64 203 Harvard -65 204 Lamar -65 205 Idaho State -67 206 Quinnipiac -72 207 South Carolina State -72 208 UNC Asheville -73 209 San Jose State -75 210 Georgia -76 211 Loyola-Chicago -79 212 IUPUI -81 213 Hampton -82 214 Hawaii -83 215 Samford -84 216 Yale -86 217 Savannah State -87 218 Montana State -88 219 Campbell -91 220 Presbyterian College -93 221 Central Connecticut -99 222 Eastern Washington -99 223 George Washington -99 224 Stetson -100 225 FIU -100 226 Loyola-Maryland -101 227 Bethune Cookman -102 228 Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne -103 229 Missouri State -104 230 Princeton -105 231 Rutgers -105 232 Ball State -107 233 Delaware -108 234 ECU -109 235 Charlotte -110 236 Texas State -112 237 Gardner Webb -115 238 Iona -116 239 Fresno State -117 240 Columbia -118 241 Arkansas State -119 242 Canisius -120 243 Longwood -121 244 UC Irvine -124 245 Prairie View A&M -128 246 Southeastern Louisiana -129 247 Appalachian State -130 248 Indiana State -130 249 Oregon -130 250 North Carolina A&T -133 251 Tennessee State -135 252 Coppin State -135 253 Pennsylvania -135 254 Southern Utah -136 255 South Florida -136 256 Colorado State -137 257 Tennessee Tech -139 258 Towson -139 259 Northern Colorado -141 260 Jacksonville State -141 261 Winthrop -142 262 Georgia State -144 263 Arkansas-Pine Bluff -145 264 UC Davis -146 265 St. Peter's -147 266 Youngstown State -147 267 Rice -149 268 New Orleans -150 269 Army -152 270 Eastern Illinois -153 271 Louisiana-Lafayette -153 272 William & Mary -153 273 Norfolk State -160 274 San Francisco -161 275 McNeese State -162 276 Colorado -165 277 Brown -166 278 DePaul -166 279 South Dakota State -170 280 Elon -175 281 SMU -175 282 Central Michigan -178 283 Air Force -180 284 Northern Arizona -181 285 Coastal Carolina -182 286 Marist -182 287 Colgate -183 288 ULM -183 289 St. Francis (NY) -185 290 Valparaiso -186 291 Florida Gulf Coast -190 292 South Carolina Upstate -198 293 Western Michigan -199 294 Central Arkansas -201 295 Dartmouth -203 296 Indiana -203 297 Cal Poly -206 298 Texas-Pan American -207 299 Florida A&M -211 300 Maine -212 301 Northwestern State -218 302 Georgia Southern -219 303 Alabama A&M -221 304 Pepperdine -222 305 Bucknell -229 306 UNC Wilmington -229 307 Charleston Southern -231 308 Cal State Bakersfield -232 309 Lafayette -237 310 Northern Illinois -238 311 Centenary -238 312 Bryant -240 313 Detroit -241 314 UMKC -250 315 Western Illinois -257 316 Delaware State -258 317 High Point -259 318 Monmouth -263 319 North Florida -265 320 Fairleigh Dickinson -272 321 Howard -273 322 Hartford -276 323 Southern -282 324 St. Francis (PA) -282 325 Fordham -288 326 Winston-Salem State -292 327 Florida Atlantic -295 328 Kennesaw State -297 329 Houston Baptist -300 330 Toledo -302 331 Furman -305 332 Eastern Michigan -309 333 UNC Greensboro -314 334 Mississippi Valley State -318 335 Texas Southern -319 336 Maryland Eastern Shore -323 337 Grambling -328 338 Loyola-Marymount -334 339 North Carolina Central -345 340 Southeast Missouri State -363 341 Alcorn State -377 342 Sacramento State -384 343 New Jersey Tech -503  |
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