Fewest Teams From Top Two Match

Listed below are the scenarios for each season involving the fewest number of teams removed from the AP Poll matching the Power Points Standings’ top two (AP=PP) and/or the latter matching the former (PP=AP).

1978-1...eliminate Alabama (AP=PP) or Southern California (PP=AP)
1979-4...eliminate Brigham Young, Florida State. Arkansas, and Southern California (PP=AP)
1980-1...eliminate Georgia (AP=PP)
1981-4...eliminate Pittsburgh, Penn State, Miami-Florida, and Texas (PP=AP)
1982-0...match
1983-1...eliminate Texas (AP=PP) or Auburn (PP=AP)
1984-1...eliminate Oklahoma (PP=AP)
1985-1...eliminate Miami-Florida (PP=AP)
1986-1...eliminate Michigan (PP=AP)
1987-1...eliminate Oklahoma (AP=PP)
1988-1...eliminate Southern California (PP=AP)
1989-2...eliminate Miami-Florida and Michigan (AP=PP)
1990-1...eliminate Georgia Tech (AP=PP)
1991-0...match
1992-0...match
1993-0...match
1994-0...match
1995-0...match
1996-0...match
1997-1...eliminate Nebraska (AP=PP) or Tennessee (PP=AP)
1998-0...match
1999-2...eliminate Alabama and Nebraska (PP=AP)
2000-1...eliminate Miami-Florida (AP=PP) or Florida State (PP=AP)
2001-2...eliminate Oregon and Colorado (AP=PP)
2002-0...match
2003-1...eliminate Southern California (AP=PP) or Oklahoma (PP=AP)
2004-0...match
2005-0...match
2006-1...eliminate Ohio State (AP=PP) or Michigan (PP=AP)
2007-3...eliminate Ohio State, Oklahoma, and Georgia (AP=PP) or Virginia Tech, Oklahoma, and Missouri (PP=AP)
2008-1...eliminate Florida (AP=PP) or Texas (PP=AP)