AP Top 16 Part I

The AP top 16 teams (thru regular season competition) were compared based on their finishes in the Power Points System and its percentage based equivalent to determine how often the AP's higher ranked team finished with a higher ranking in at least one the of two systems. By using both systems in this comparison, the idea is to approximate the results to be expected if all FBS teams had played an equal number of regular season games. The systems produce identical results if teams play equal game schedules. However, when teams play unequal game schedules, the Power Points System favor teams that play more games while its percentage based equivalent favors teams that play fewer games. The results listed below indicate how often the higher ranked team in the AP poll ranked higher in at least one of the two systems for each of the past 33 seasons. The seasons are listed most to least matches out of 120.

2009 115
1984 113
1982 112
1994 112
1995 112
2000 111
1990 110
1991 110
1993 108
2001 107
2008 107
1978 106
1987 106
2007 106
1986 104
2004 104
1983 103
1992 103
1996 103
1997 103
2002 103
1988 102
1998 102
2006 102
1989 101
2005 101
1985 99
1979 96
1999 94
2003 94
2010 94
1981 93
1980 77