2013 Power Points Standings thru 09-28

1 -Alabama 13
2 -Oklahoma 9
3 -Stanford 9
4 -Washington 9
5 -Georgia 9
6 -Clemson 8
7 -Florida State 8
8 -Virginia Tech 8
9 -Ohio State 7
10 -Louisiana State 7
11 -Oregon 6
12 -Missouri 6
13 -Fresno State 6
14 -Texas Tech 6
15 -Northern Illinois 6
16 -Texas A&M 6
17 -UCLA 6
18 -South Carolina 6
19 -Auburn 6
20 -Pittsburgh 6
21 -Florida 6
22 -Arizona State 6
23 -Michigan 5
24 -Iowa 5
25 -Mississippi 5
26 -Arizona 5
27 -Louisville 4
28 -Houston 4
29 -Miami-Florida 4
30 -Baylor 4
31 -Penn State 4
32 -Ohio 4
33 -Rutgers 4
34 -Utah 4
35 -Notre Dame 4
36 -Tennessee 4
37 -Northwestern 3
38 -Maryland 3
39 -Ball State 3
40 -Minnesota 3
41 -Central Florida 3
42 -Georgia Tech 3
43 -Illinois 3
44 -Nebraska 3
45 -Texas State 3
46 -Washington State 3
47 -West Virginia 3
48 -North Texas 3
49 -Indiana 3
50 -Oregon State 2
51 -Bowling Green 2
52 -Oklahoma State 2
53 -North Carolina State 2
54 -Southern California 2
55 -Rice 2
56 -Brigham Young 2
57 -Syracuse 2
58 -East Carolina 1
59 -Boise State 1
60 -Duke 1
61 -Nevada 1
62 -Colorado 1
63 -Virginia 1
64 -Cincinnati 0
65 -Navy 0
66 -Arkansas 0
67 -Wisconsin 0
68 -UNLV 0
69 -Wyoming 0
70 -Texas Christian 0
71 -South Alabama 0
72 -Boston College 0
73 -Buffalo 0
74 -Mississippi State 0
75 -UTSA 0
76 -Louisiana-Monroe 0
77 -North Carolina 0
78 -California 0
79 -Western Kentucky -1
80 -Kansas -1
81 -Tulane -1
82 -Utah State -1
83 -Vanderbilt -1
84 -Texas -1
85 -Toledo -1
86 -Arkansas State -1
87 -Tulsa -1
88 -Michigan State -2
89 -Marshall -2
90 -Memphis -2
91 -Middle Tennessee State -3
92 -Louisiana-Lafayette -3
93 -Wake Forest -3
94 -Colorado State -3
95 -Kent State -3
96 -Army -3
97 -Kentucky -3
98 -Southern Methodist -3
99 -Eastern Michigan -3
100 -San Jose State -3
101 -Kansas State -4
102 -Iowa State -4
103 -Akron -4
104 -New Mexico -5
105 -San Diego State -5
106 -Purdue -5
107 -Florida Atlantic -5
108 -Hawaii -5
109 -Florida International -5
110 -Troy -6
111 -UAB -6
112 -Idaho -6
113 -Central Michigan -6
114 -Southern Mississippi -6
115 -Connecticut -6
116 -Louisiana Tech -7
117 -Miami-Ohio -7
118 -Air Force -8
119 -UTEP -9
120 -South Florida -9
121 -Western Michigan -9
122 -New Mexico State -9
123 -Temple -10
124 -Massachusetts -10
125 -Georgia State -14

National Champions: AP, Coaches, and Power Points System

The Power Points System's intended purpose is to determine playoff teams and seeds. The playoffs would determine the national champion. That said, suppose the Power Points System determined the national champion. Here are the Power Points System's National Champions for the past 35 seasons under two different scenarios. For each season, the team listed first is the national champion if the title is awarded to the bowl winner with the most power points through regular season play. The team listed second is the national champion if the title is awarded to the bowl winner with the most power points through postseason play. These results are based on FBS games only without the benefit of equal maximum game regular season schedules and teams knowingly competing according to the Power Points System's rules. Between the two scenarios, 40 different teams won the national title under at least one scenario. 31 of the 40 teams won the AP and/or Coaches poll title. Among the nine teams that did not win a major poll title, six received the second most first place votes in the AP poll ranging from of a low of 3.5 (1980 Pittsburgh) to a high of 21 (1979 USC).

1978 USC/USC
1979 USC/USC
1980 Pittsburgh/Pittsburgh
1981 Clemson/Pittsburgh
1982 Penn State/Penn State
1983 Auburn/Auburn
1984 BYU/Washington
1985 Oklahoma/Oklahoma
1986 Penn State/Penn State
1987 Miami/Miami
1988 Notre Dame/Notre Dame
1989 Notre Dame/Notre Dame
1990 Colorado/Colorado
1991 Miami/Miami
1992 Alabama/Alabama
1993 Florida State/Florida State
1994 Nebraska/Nebraska
1995 Nebraska/Nebraska
1996 Florida/Florida
1997 Michigan/Nebraska
1998 Tennessee/Tennessee
1999 Florida State/Florida State
2000 Oklahoma/Oklahoma
2001 Miami/Miami
2002 Ohio State/Ohio State
2003 LSU/LSU
2004 USC/USC
2005 Texas/Texas
2006 Florida/Florida
2007 LSU/LSU
2008 Texas/Florida
2009 Alabama/Alabama
2010 Auburn/Auburn
2011 Oklahoma State/Oklahoma State
2012 Stanford/Alabama

2013 Power Points Standings thru 09-21

1 -Alabama 7
2 -Auburn 7
3 -Louisiana State 6
4 -Michigan 5
5 -Oklahoma 5
6 -UCLA 5
7 -Fresno State 5
8 -Louisville 4
9 -Texas Tech 4
10 -Stanford 4
11 -Central Florida 4
12 -Clemson 4
13 -Washington 4
14 -Arizona 4
15 -Florida State 4
16 -Missouri 4
17 -Oklahoma State 4
18 -Oregon 4
19 -Mississippi 4
20 -Penn State 4
21 -Notre Dame 4
22 -Virginia Tech 4
23 -Ohio 4
24 -Rutgers 4
25 -Georgia 4
26 -Florida 4
27 -Minnesota 3
28 -Northwestern 3
29 -Baylor 3
30 -Georgia Tech 3
31 -Miami-Florida 3
32 -Northern Illinois 3
33 -Southern California 3
34 -Nebraska 3
35 -Pittsburgh 3
36 -Arizona State 3
37 -Illinois 3
38 -Indiana 3
39 -Ohio State 2
40 -Maryland 2
41 -Texas A&M 2
42 -Washington State 2
43 -Navy 2
44 -Utah 2
45 -South Carolina 2
46 -UTSA 2
47 -Louisiana-Monroe 2
48 -North Carolina 2
49 -Houston 1
50 -Arkansas 1
51 -Colorado 1
52 -Virginia 1
53 -South Alabama 1
54 -Boston College 1
55 -North Carolina State 1
56 -North Texas 1
57 -Mississippi State 1
58 -Tennessee 1
59 -Syracuse 1
60 -Boise State 1
61 -UNLV 1
62 -Rice 1
63 -Bowling Green 0
64 -Oregon State 0
65 -Middle Tennessee State 0
66 -Ball State 0
67 -Cincinnati 0
68 -Iowa 0
69 -Wyoming 0
70 -Wisconsin 0
71 -East Carolina 0
72 -Texas State 0
73 -Texas 0
74 -Duke 0
75 -Nevada 0
76 -Toledo 0
77 -West Virginia 0
78 -Brigham Young 0
79 -Tulsa 0
80 -Texas Christian 0
81 -San Jose State 0
82 -California 0
83 -Buffalo 0
84 -Michigan State -1
85 -Kansas -1
86 -Arkansas State -1
87 -Utah State -1
88 -Vanderbilt -1
89 -Memphis -1
90 -Southern Methodist -1
91 -Marshall -2
92 -Wake Forest -2
93 -Western Kentucky -2
94 -Tulane -2
95 -Louisiana-Lafayette -2
96 -New Mexico -2
97 -Kentucky -2
98 -UAB -2
99 -Kent State -2
100 -Colorado State -2
101 -Akron -2
102 -Florida Atlantic -2
103 -Troy -3
104 -Kansas State -3
105 -Eastern Michigan -3
106 -Purdue -3
107 -Army -3
108 -Southern Mississippi -3
109 -Connecticut -3
110 -Florida International -3
111 -UTEP -4
112 -Central Michigan -4
113 -Iowa State -4
114 -Louisiana Tech -4
115 -Hawaii -4
116 -Temple -4
117 -San Diego State -4
118 -Idaho -4
119 -New Mexico State -4
120 -Air Force -5
121 -Miami-Ohio -5
122 -Western Michigan -5
123 -South Florida -7
124 -Massachusetts -8
125 -Georgia State -11

2013 Power Points Standings thru 09-14

1 -Auburn 5
2 -Oklahoma 5
3 -Michigan 4
4 -Alabama 4
5 -Washington 4
6 -Ohio 4
7 -Central Florida 3
8 -Louisville 3
9 -Oregon 3
10 -UCLA 3
11 -Louisiana State 2
12 -Ohio State 2
13 -Arizona 2
14 -Northwestern 2
15 -Oklahoma State 2
16 -Texas Tech 2
17 -Mississippi 2
18 -Florida State 2
19 -Miami-Florida 2
20 -Stanford 2
21 -Northern Illinois 2
22 -Navy 2
23 -Fresno State 2
24 -Arizona State 2
25 -Georgia Tech 2
26 -Nebraska 2
27 -Washington State 2
28 -Penn State 2
29 -Arkansas State 2
30 -Illinois 2
31 -Virginia Tech 2
32 -Indiana 2
33 -Georgia 2
34 -Arkansas 1
35 -Minnesota 1
36 -Clemson 1
37 -Baylor 1
38 -Missouri 1
39 -North Carolina State 1
40 -Colorado 1
41 -North Texas 1
42 -South Carolina 1
43 -Bowling Green 1
44 -Southern California 1
45 -Notre Dame 1
46 -Texas A&M 1
47 -Louisiana-Monroe 1
48 -Boise State 1
49 -Tennessee 1
50 -South Alabama 1
51 -Rutgers 1
52 -Utah 1
53 -Virginia 1
54 -Florida 1
55 -North Carolina 1
56 -Pittsburgh 1
57 -UTSA 1
58 -UNLV 1
59 -Maryland 0
60 -Michigan State 0
61 -Texas State 0
62 -Houston 0
63 -Oregon State 0
64 -East Carolina 0
65 -Ball State 0
66 -Cincinnati 0
67 -Duke 0
68 -Tulane 0
69 -West Virginia 0
70 -Boston College 0
71 -Iowa 0
72 -Utah State 0
73 -Wisconsin 0
74 -Brigham Young 0
75 -Rice 0
76 -San Jose State 0
77 -Southern Methodist 0
78 -Tulsa 0
79 -Akron 0
80 -Mississippi State 0
81 -Nevada 0
82 -California 0
83 -Texas Christian 0
84 -Buffalo 0
85 -Marshall -1
86 -Troy -1
87 -Wyoming -1
88 -Middle Tennessee State -1
89 -Kansas State -1
90 -Kansas -1
91 -Western Kentucky -1
92 -Syracuse -1
93 -Texas -1
94 -Kent State -1
95 -Vanderbilt -1
96 -Florida Atlantic -1
97 -Army -1
98 -Toledo -1
99 -Louisiana Tech -1
100 -Louisiana-Lafayette -1
101 -UAB -1
102 -Southern Mississippi -1
103 -UTEP -2
104 -Central Michigan -2
105 -New Mexico -2
106 -Kentucky -2
107 -Eastern Michigan -2
108 -Air Force -2
109 -Colorado State -2
110 -Purdue -2
111 -Wake Forest -2
112 -Hawaii -2
113 -San Diego State -2
114 -Memphis -2
115 -Connecticut -2
116 -Idaho -2
117 -Western Michigan -2
118 -Florida International -2
119 -Iowa State -3
120 -Miami-Ohio -3
121 -New Mexico State -3
122 -Temple -3
123 -South Florida -4
124 -Massachusetts -4
125 -Georgia State -5

Playoff Destiny

Under ideal circumstances, all FBS teams would play equal or equal maximum game regular season schedules versus FBS competition only and knowingly compete according to the rules of the Power Points System. That said, I have applied those rules to FBS games only for the past 35 seasons to determine how many AP poll top two, top four, and top eight teams controlled their playoff destiny based on how the season played out. In truth, no team controls their destiny from the start of competition because there are more mathematically possible unbeaten teams than available playoff berths and no automatic access to unbeaten teams.

TOP TWO
Since 1978, the AP and Power Points System (PPS) have agreed on 46 of 70 top two teams. 58 of 70 AP top two teams controlled their PPS top two playoff destiny. Seven more would have needed help in one game if undefeated/untied. Six of 12 teams that did not control destiny played less than a full schedule versus FBS competition.

TOP FOUR
Since 1978, the AP and PPS have agreed on 101 of 140 top four teams. 128 of 140 AP top four teams controlled their PPS top four playoff destiny. Eight more would have needed help in one game if undefeated/untied. Eight of 12 teams that did not control destiny played less than full schedule versus FBS competition.

TOP EIGHT
Since 1978, the AP and PPS have agreed on 217 of 280 top eight teams. 279 of 280 AP top eight teams controlled their PPS top eight playoff destiny. The one and only team that did not control its destiny would have needed help in one game if undefeated and untied and that same team only played nine FBS games out of an 11 game schedule.

2013 Power Points Standings thru 09-07

1 -Oklahoma State 2
2 -Auburn 2
3 -Michigan 2
4 -Bowling Green 2
5 -Oklahoma 2
6 -Central Florida 1
7 -Louisiana State 1
8 -Nebraska 1
9 -Penn State 1
10 -Northwestern 1
11 -Miami-Florida 1
12 -Oregon 1
13 -Louisville 1
14 -Tennessee 1
15 -Utah 1
16 -Clemson 1
17 -Illinois 1
18 -Texas Tech 1
19 -Ball State 1
20 -North Carolina State 1
21 -Boston College 1
22 -Mississippi 1
23 -Fresno State 1
24 -UCLA 1
25 -Washington 1

2013 Power Points Standings thru 09-02

These are the standings based on all games with FCS wins and losses treated as equal to the least valuable FBS win and loss respectively. One week into the season and the most important thing is being 1-0 as this the time of year margin of victory makes any difference. Basically, teams ranked at the top this weekend had the biggest blowouts and the difference between a 70 point win and a one point win will likely be insignificant by season's end. For example, Georgia Tech is #1 after a 70-0 win over Elon. However, that win will probably be worth no more than one power point by season's end while Clemson had the best win based on 2012 power point values. Only the top 25 teams are listed.

1-Georgia Tech
2-Baylor
3-Oregon
4-Arkansas State
5-Michigan
6-Houston
6-Texas
8-Duke
8-Tennessee
8-Wisconsin
11-Missouri
12-Louisville
13-Marshall
13-UCLA
15-Arizona
15-Cincinnati
15-Indiana
18-North Texas
18-Oklahoma
20-Maryland
21-Washington
22-Central Florida
23-Florida State
23-Miami-Florida
23-Minnesota