Power Points System's NCAA Tournament Field

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