Top 12: AP Poll, Power Points, and Percentages

When all teams have played an equal number of games, combining a team's winning percentage and opponents' winning percentage will produce the same standings as the Power Points System. When all teams have not played an equal number of games, the two systems will produce different standings with the Power Points System (PPS) favoring teams that play more games and the Winning Percentage System (WPS) favoring teams that play fewer games. Listed below are the number of AP top 12 teams that finished the regular season ranked in the top 12 of the PPS or WPS for each season since 1978. The AP rank of the teams that did not finish in the top 12 of either the PPS or WPS are listed after the dash. Also listed below are the number of teams (out of 32) with each AP rank to finish in the top 12 of the PPS or WPS.

1978 11 - 12
1979 11 - 12
1980 10 - 5 11
1981 10 - 11 12
1982 11 - 12
1983 12 -
1984 11 - 12
1985 11 - 12
1986 10 - 6 10
1987 11 - 9
1988 11 - 12
1989 11 - 12
1990 11 - 12
1991 11 - 12
1992 10 - 8 12
1993 11 - 12
1994 11 - 12
1995 11 - 12
1996 10 - 9 11
1997 11 - 11
1998 11 - 11
1999 10 - 4 12
2000 11 - 12
2001 11 - 12
2002 10 - 6 10
2003 10 - 6 12
2004 11 - 7
2005 12 -
2006 11 - 12
2007 11 - 6
2008 12 -
2009 12 -

1 32
2 32
3 32
4 31
5 31
6 28
7 31
8 31
9 30
10 30
11 27
12 13