Top Two Worthy Seasons

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