Top 16: 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 16 teams that finished the regular season ranked in the top 16 of the PPS or WPS for each season since 1978. The AP rank of the teams that did not finish in the top 16 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 16 of the PPS or WPS. For example, all 32 number one teams in the AP finished ranked in either the PPS or WPS.

1978 13 - 12 15 16
1979 12 - 12 13 14 15
1980 14 - 11 16
1981 13 - 12 15 16
1982 13 - 13 14 16
1983 15 - 13
1984 11 - 12 13 14 15 16
1985 15 - 14
1986 14 - 14 16
1987 14 - 14 15
1988 16 -
1989 15 - 16
1990 14 - 15 16
1991 15 - 15
1992 14 - 12 16
1993 15 - 15
1994 13 - 12 15 16
1995 14 - 13 16
1996 15 - 11
1997 13 - 14 15 16
1998 15 - 11
1999 15 - 12
2000 14 - 12 14
2001 13 - 14 15 16
2002 15 - 15
2003 13 - 12 15 16
2004 15 - 16
2005 15 - 15
2006 15 - 15
2007 14 - 15 16
2008 13 - 13 14 15
2009 15 - 16

1 32
2 32
3 32
4 32
5 32
6 32
7 32
8 32
9 32
10 32
11 29
12 23
13 26
14 22
15 15
16 15