Official/Prorated Power Points Standings Top 4 Teams

Listed below for each season is all the teams that finished the regular season in the top four of the Official and Prorated Power Points Standings. The official standings are the actual results and the prorated standings are the actual results prorated to simulate equal game schedules. The teams are listed with their best regular season finish in the AP, Coaches, or BCS rankings. 118 of the 160 teams listed finished in the top four of at least one major ranking. 140 finished in the top six. Of the 20 teams ranked 7th or worse, ten occurred from 1978-1981.


1978 Penn State 1
1978 Alabama 2
1978 Southern California 3
1978 Notre Dame 9
1978 Tennessee State NR

1979 Ohio State 1
1979 Florida State 4
1979 Arkansas 6
1979 Brigham Young 9
1979 McNeese State NR

1980 Florida State 2
1980 Pittsburgh 3
1980 Notre Dame 7
1980 North Carolina 11
1980 Brigham Young 14
1980 Tennessee State NR

1981 Clemson 1
1981 Penn State 6
1981 Pittsburgh 8
1981 Miami-Florida 9

1982 Georgia 1
1982 Penn State 2
1982 Nebraska 3
1982 UCLA 5

1983 Nebraska 1
1983 Texas 2
1983 Auburn 3
1983 Brigham Young 9

1984 Brigham Young 1
1984 Oklahoma 2
1984 Florida 3
1984 Washington 3
1984 Boston College 8

1985 Penn State 1
1985 Oklahoma 2
1985 Iowa 3
1985 Michigan 5
1985 Florida 6

1986 Miami-Florida 1
1986 Penn State 2
1986 Oklahoma 3
1986 Michigan 4
1986 Louisiana State 5

1987 Oklahoma 1
1987 Miami-Florida 2
1987 Florida State 3
1987 Syracuse 4
1987 Nebraska 5

1988 Notre Dame 1
1988 Miami-Florida 2
1988 Florida State 4
1988 Southern California 5
1988 Nebraska 6

1989 Colorado 1
1989 Michigan 3
1989 Notre Dame 4
1989 Tennessee 8

1990 Colorado 1
1990 Georgia Tech 2
1990 Texas 3
1990 Miami-Florida 4

1991 Miami-Florida 1
1991 Washington 1
1991 Florida 3
1991 Michigan 3

1992 Miami-Florida 1
1992 Alabama 2
1992 Florida State 3
1992 Texas A&M 3

1993 Florida State 1
1993 Nebraska 1
1993 West Virginia 2
1993 Auburn 5
1993 Florida 8

1994 Nebraska 1
1994 Penn State 2
1994 Miami-Florida 3
1994 Florida 4
1994 Alabama 6

1995 Nebraska 1
1995 Florida 2
1995 Northwestern 3
1995 Ohio State 4
1995 Toledo 25

1996 Florida State 1
1996 Arizona State 2
1996 Florida 3
1996 Ohio State 4
1996 Brigham Young 5

1997 Michigan 1
1997 Nebraska 2
1997 Tennessee 3
1997 Florida State 4

1998 Tennessee 1
1998 Florida State 2
1998 UCLA 5
1998 Texas A&M 6

1999 Florida State 1
1999 Virginia Tech 2
1999 Nebraska 3
1999 Alabama 4

2000 Oklahoma 1
2000 Florida State 2
2000 Miami-Florida 2
2000 Washington 4
2000 Florida 7

2001 Miami-Florida 1
2001 Nebraska 2
2001 Colorado 3
2001 Tennessee 6

2002 Miami-Florida 1
2002 Ohio State 2
2002 Georgia 3
2002 Southern California 4

2003 Oklahoma 1
2003 Southern California 1
2003 Louisiana State 2
2003 Ohio State 5

2004 Southern California 1
2004 Oklahoma 2
2004 Auburn 3
2004 Texas 4

2005 Southern California 1
2005 Texas 2
2005 Penn State 3
2005 Ohio State 4

2006 Ohio State 1
2006 Florida 2
2006 Michigan 3
2006 Boise State 8

2007 Ohio State 1
2007 Louisiana State 2
2007 Oklahoma 3
2007 Virginia Tech 3
2007 Missouri 6

2008 Florida 1
2008 Oklahoma 1
2008 Texas 3
2008 Utah 6

2009 Alabama 1
2009 Texas 2
2009 Cincinnati 3
2009 Florida 5
2009 Boise State 6

2010 Auburn 1
2010 Oregon 1
2010 Texas Christian 3
2010 Michigan State 7
2010 Oklahoma 7
2010 Boise State 10

2011 Louisiana State 1
2011 Alabama 2
2011 Oklahoma State 3
2011 Stanford 4
2011 Boise State 6

2012 Notre Dame 1
2012 Florida 3
2012 Ohio State 3
2012 Oregon 3
2012 Stanford 6