Monday, May 27, 2013

Power Points College Baseball Tournament Field

Listed below is the 64-team field for the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament based on an approximation of the Power Points System using winning percentages found at warrennolan.com. The number to the left of each team's name is its overall rank in the approximation. The numbers to the right of each team's name is its seed according to the approximation and NCAA respectively. The two methods agreed on 58 of 64 teams overall, 14 of 16 top one seeds, and 26 of 32 top two seeds.

1 North Carolina 1 1
2 Vanderbilt 1 1
3 LSU 1 1
4 Virginia 1 1
5 Cal State Fullerton 1 1
6 Oregon State 1 1
7 North Carolina State 1 1
8 Oregon 1 1
9 Louisville 1 1
10 Florida State 1 1
11 Mississippi State 1 1
12 Indiana 1 1
13 Campbell 1 OUT
14 Austin Peay 1 2
15 South Carolina 1 1
16 Kansas State 1 1
17 UCLA 2 1
18 South Alabama 2 2
19 Virginia Tech 2 1
20 Clemson 2 2
21 Louisiana-Lafayette 2 2
22 Mercer 2 3
23 Bryant 2 3
24 Rice 2 2
25 Cal Poly 2 2
26 Ole Miss 2 3
27 Miami 2 2
28 Troy 2 3
29 Florida Atlantic 2 2
30 Oklahoma State 2 3
31 Arizona State 2 2
32 Arkansas 2 2
33 Oklahoma 3 2
34 UNC Wilmington 3 2
35 Pittsburgh 3 OUT
36 Dartmouth 3 OUT
37 Sam Houston State 3 3
38 North Florida 3 OUT
39 Seton Hall 3 OUT
40 Coastal Carolina 3 3
41 Georgia Tech 3 2
42 New Mexico 3 3
43 Saint Louis 3 4
44 Lamar 3 OUT
45 Canisius 3 4
46 Illinois 3 3
47 San Diego 3 3
54 Central Arkansas 3 4
69 East Tennessee State 4 4
81 Liberty 4 3
82 Wichita State 4 4
84 Texas-San Antonio 4 4
95 Elon 4 3
99 Connecticut 4 4
101 Columbia 4 4
110 San Diego State 4 4
124 Savannah State 4 4
127 Towson 4 3
135 South Dakota State 4 4
144 Binghamton 4 4
160 Army 4 4
170 Jackson State 4 4
173 Valparaiso 4 4
202 Bowling Green 4 4
51 William & Mary OUT 2
55 Alabama OUT 2
63 Texas A&M OUT 2
72 San Francisco OUT 3
73 UC Santa Barbara OUT 3
77 Florida OUT 3

Friday, May 3, 2013

Power Points System Final Four

Here are the top four teams in the Power Points Standings through regular season competition. These results are based on FBS games only without the benefit of equal maximum game regular season schedules and teams knowingly competing based on the relevant rules. 106 of 140 teams listed here placed in the AP, Coaches, and/or BCS top four.

1978 -Southern California -Penn State -Alabama -Notre Dame
1979 -Brigham Young -Florida State -Arkansas -Ohio State
1980 -Florida State -Pittsburgh -Brigham Young -Notre Dame
1981 -Clemson -Pittsburgh -Penn State -Miami-Florida
1982 -Georgia -Penn State -Nebraska -UCLA
1983 -Auburn -Nebraska -Texas -Brigham Young
1984 -Florida -Brigham Young -Washington -Oklahoma
1985 -Penn State -Oklahoma -Florida -Michigan
1986 -Penn State -Michigan -Miami-Florida -Louisiana State
1987 -Miami-Florida -Florida State -Nebraska -Syracuse
1988 -Notre Dame -Southern California -Miami-Florida -Nebraska
1989 -Notre Dame -Colorado -Tennessee -Michigan
1990 -Colorado -Texas -Miami-Florida -Georgia Tech
1991 -Miami-Florida -Washington -Florida -Michigan
1992 -Alabama -Miami-Florida -Texas A&M -Florida State
1993 -Florida State -Nebraska -Florida -West Virginia
1994 -Nebraska -Penn State -Florida -Alabama
1995 -Florida -Nebraska -Northwestern -Ohio State
1996 -Florida State -Arizona State -Florida -Brigham Young
1997 -Tennessee -Michigan -Nebraska -Florida State
1998 -Florida State -Tennessee -Texas A&M -UCLA
1999 -Florida State -Alabama -Nebraska -Virginia Tech
2000 -Oklahoma -Florida State -Miami-Florida -Florida
2001 -Miami-Florida -Nebraska -Tennessee -Colorado
2002 -Ohio State -Miami-Florida -Georgia -Southern California
2003 -Oklahoma -Louisiana State -Southern California -Ohio State
2004 -Oklahoma -Southern California -Auburn -Texas
2005 -Southern California -Texas -Penn State -Ohio State
2006 -Florida -Michigan -Ohio State -Boise State
2007 -Louisiana State -Virginia Tech -Oklahoma -Missouri
2008 -Oklahoma -Texas -Florida -Utah
2009 -Alabama -Texas -Florida -Boise State
2010 -Auburn -Oklahoma -Texas Christian -Boise State
2011 -Louisiana State -Oklahoma State -Boise State -Stanford
2012 -Notre Dame -Ohio State -Stanford -Florida