With a tip of the cap to OL FU and Mountaineer for putting together the info in this thread for 2010 and previous years I added totals for the last 8 years.
I used Mountaineer's point system:
A first round game is worth 5 points.
A second round game is worth 10 points.
A quarterfinal game is worth 15 points.
A semifinal game is worth 20 points.
A championship game is worth 25 points.
Winning the championship game is worth an additional 25 points.
Therefore the totals that could be earned throughout the years are as follows:
1978 - 1980: Semis/Finals (4 Teams) - 70 Points
1981 - Quarters/Semis/Finals (8 Teams) - 85 Points
1982 - 1985: First/Quarters/Semis/Finals (12 Teams) - 95 Points
1986 - 2009: First/Quarters/Semis/Finals (16 Teams) - 95 Points
2010 - 2012: First/Second/Quarters/Semis/Finals (20 Teams) - 100 Points
2013 - present: First/Second/Quarters/Semis/Finals (24 Teams) - 100 Points
Here's a look at the current top 25:
Rank Teams Points W L WinPct Apps Titles 1 Georgia Southern 1060 45 13 77.6% 19 6 2 Montana 875 34 22 60.7% 24 2 3 North Dakota State 740 32 2 94.1% 9 7 4 Youngstown State 695 29 8 78.4% 12 4 5 Appalachian State 650 24 17 58.5% 20 3 6 Delaware 580 22 15 59.5% 16 1 7 Northern Iowa 565 24 20 54.5% 20 8 Eastern Kentucky 555 16 19 45.7% 21 2 9 Marshall 540 23 6 79.3% 8 2 10 Furman 515 19 16 54.3% 17 1 11 Eastern Washington 475 19 12 61.3% 13 1 12 James Madison 450 17 13 56.7% 15 2 13 Sam Houston State 415 19 11 63.3% 11 14 McNeese 360 11 16 40.7% 16 15 Richmond 350 15 10 60.0% 11 1 16 New Hampshire 345 14 16 46.7% 16 17 Villanova 320 12 11 52.2% 12 1 18 Massachusetts 290 10 7 58.8% 8 1 19 Nevada 260 9 7 56.3% 7 20 Southern Illinois 235 8 7 53.3% 8 1 21 Boise State 230 8 4 66.7% 5 1 22 Western Kentucky 225 8 7 53.3% 8 1 23 Colgate 215 7 11 38.9% 11 24T Eastern Illinois 210 4 16 20.0% 16 24T Idaho 210 6 11 35.3% 11 24T Lehigh 210 6 11 35.3% 11 24T Montana State 210 7 8 46.7% 9 1 24T Wofford 210 9 9 50.0% 9
For grins here's what the top 25 looked like 10 years ago (after the 2008 season):
Rank Teams Points W L WinPct Apps Titles 1 Georgia Southern 920 38 10 79.2% 16 6 2 Montana 720 27 17 61.4% 19 2 3 Youngstown State 620 25 7 78.1% 11 4 4 Appalachian State 560 25 7 78.1% 16 3 5 Eastern Kentucky 545 16 17 48.5% 19 2 6 Marshall 540 23 6 79.3% 8 2 7 Delaware 505 19 13 59.4% 14 1 8 Furman 485 17 14 54.8% 15 1 9 Northern Iowa 460 18 14 56.3% 14 10 McNeese 330 11 13 45.8% 13 11 Massachusetts 290 10 7 58.8% 8 1 12 Nevada 260 9 7 56.3% 7 13 James Madison 240 8 8 50.0% 9 1 14 Richmond 235 9 6 60.0% 7 1 15 Boise State 230 8 4 66.7% 5 1 16 Western Kentucky 225 8 7 53.3% 8 1 17T Idaho 210 6 11 35.3% 11 17T Southern Illinois 210 7 6 53.8% 7 1 19 Florida A&M 180 5 6 45.5% 7 1 20 Middle Tennessee 170 6 7 46.2% 7 21 Eastern Illinois 165 3 12 20.0% 12 22T Lehigh 160 4 7 36.4% 7 22T Western Illinois 160 5 8 38.5% 8 24T Colgate 155 4 8 33.3% 8 24T Troy 155 5 7 41.7% 7
Similarly here's the top 10 for just the 2010s:
Rank Teams Points W L WinPct Apps Titles 1 North Dakota State 740 32 2 94.1% 9 7 2T Eastern Washington 325 14 5 73.7% 6 1 2T Sam Houston State 325 16 7 69.6% 7 4 James Madison 210 9 5 64.3% 6 1 5 New Hampshire 190 9 8 52.9% 8 6 South Dakota State 165 8 7 53.3% 7 7 Jacksonville State 155 6 7 46.2% 7 8 Georgia Southern 140 7 3 70.0% 3 9 Wofford 130 6 6 50.0% 6 10 Illinois State 125 5 4 55.6% 4
If you're interested I can do a breakdown for each decade or a breakdown for a custom year range. I also have overall conferences numbers in terms of points, win/losses, etc for the current conference teams.
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