Highest Ranked Opponent Defeated

Listed below are the 144 teams that finished the regular season ranked in the Powers Points System top four since 1978. Teams are listed best to worst highest ranked opponent defeated in the Power Points Standings and AP Poll respectively.

2008 -Texas 1 2
1983 -Texas 1 3
1988 -Notre Dame 2 2
1980 -Florida State 2 3
1987 -Miami-Florida 2 3
1990 -Colorado 2 3
2000 -Miami-Florida 2 3
2006 -Ohio State 2 3
1981 -Penn State 2 4
2001 -Colorado 2 4
2007 -Louisiana State 2 5
1978 -Southern California 3 2
1996 -Florida State 3 3
1982 -Penn State 3 3
2009 -Alabama 3 5
1998 -Florida State 3 7
1981 -Miami-Florida 3 7
1993 -Florida State 3 8
2012 -Notre Dame 3 8
1989 -Notre Dame 4 3
1992 -Miami-Florida 4 3
2005 -Texas 4 4
2005 -Penn State 4 4
2004 -Oklahoma 4 6
1994 -Florida 4 6
2000 -Florida State 4 7
2007 -Oklahoma 4 7
1986 -Miami-Florida 5 3
1991 -Miami-Florida 5 5
1995 -Florida 5 5
1991 -Florida 5 5
1983 -Auburn 5 7
1981 -Clemson 6 2
2011 -Louisiana State 6 2
2008 -Florida 6 4
1997 -Tennessee 6 5
2012 -Stanford 6 5
1998 -UCLA 6 5
1987 -Florida State 6 6
1996 -Arizona State 6 6
1995 -Northwestern 6 6
1995 -Ohio State 6 6
1990 -Texas 6 7
1988 -Southern California 6 9
1980 -Pittsburgh 6 10
1992 -Texas A&M 6 13
1985 -Florida 7 2
2013 -Auburn 7 3
2006 -Florida 7 4
2004 -Southern California 7 4
1998 -Texas A&M 7 4
1984 -Oklahoma 7 5
1978 -Alabama 7 6
2009 -Boise State 7 7
1997 -Nebraska 7 10
2002 -Southern California 7 11
2010 -Boise State 7 12
1982 -UCLA 7 15
1994 -Nebraska 8 4
1988 -Miami-Florida 8 4
2005 -Southern California 8 5
2008 -Oklahoma 8 8
1986 -Louisiana State 8 8
2007 -Missouri 8 8
2000 -Oklahoma 8 9
2013 -Stanford 8 10
1986 -Penn State 8 13
2002 -Georgia 8 13
1985 -Penn State 8 15
2003 -Oklahoma 9 5
1993 -Florida 9 6
2002 -Ohio State 9 7
1995 -Nebraska 9 7
1999 -Nebraska 9 7
1997 -Michigan 9 9
1987 -Nebraska 9 9
1989 -Tennessee 9 9
2012 -Florida 9 9
2001 -Nebraska 9 10
1986 -Michigan 9 11
2001 -Tennessee 10 5
2011 -Stanford 10 5
2006 -Michigan 10 6
1982 -Georgia 10 7
2010 -Auburn 10 8
2004 -Auburn 10 8
1994 -Alabama 10 9
1993 -West Virginia 10 10
1991 -Washington 10 11
2003 -Louisiana State 10 11
2007 -Virginia Tech 10 14
2012 -Ohio State 10 19
1989 -Colorado 11 6
1991 -Michigan 11 7
1999 -Florida State 11 10
1999 -Alabama 11 10
2011 -Oklahoma State 11 11
1979 -Arkansas 11 11
2002 -Miami-Florida 11 15
2010 -Oklahoma 11 16
1980 -Notre Dame 12 5
1985 -Oklahoma 12 7
1997 -Florida State 12 7
1988 -Nebraska 12 10
1989 -Michigan 12 11
1993 -Nebraska 12 14
1987 -Syracuse 12 19
1990 -Miami-Florida 13 6
1996 -Florida 13 9
2008 -Utah 13 11
1978 -Penn State 13 13
1994 -Penn State 13 13
2001 -Miami-Florida 13 15
1979 -Florida State 14 16
1992 -Florida State 15 12
2003 -Ohio State 15 12
2009 -Florida 15 13
1992 -Alabama 15 14
1990 -Georgia Tech 15 14
1984 -Florida 15 15
1982 -Nebraska 16 12
2013 -Florida State 17 12
1985 -Michigan 17 17
2000 -Florida 17 20
2004 -Texas 17 22
1998 -Tennessee 18 7
2011 -Boise State 18 18
1983 -Nebraska 18 20
2005 -Ohio State 18 20
1996 -Brigham Young 18 22
2009 -Texas 19 20
2010 -Texas Christian 19 20
2003 -Southern California 20 15
1983 -Brigham Young 20 17
1999 -Virginia Tech 21 23
1978 -Notre Dame 22 12
1979 -Ohio State 22 14
2006 -Boise State 22 24
1979 -Brigham Young 27 NR
1984 -Washington 27 NR
2013 -Ohio State 28 19
1981 -Pittsburgh 28 NR
1980 -Brigham Young 28 NR
1984 -Brigham Young 29 NR