That’s great data YTown. I didn’t realize so few of the #1s ended winning the state championship. I thought it would be higher.
One would think so but it turns out one would be wrong.
I started following it because of what happened locally in 1971. Even though the playoffs didn't officially start until 1972 OHSAA actually used Jack Harbin's computer points system in the 71 season as sort of a rehearsal if you will getting ready for the initial playoff season in 72.
Warren Harding won the 1971 AP AAA Poll title but finished 2nd in R1 behind Parma in Harbin's rankings. The local papers here never published the Harbin point totals to my knowledge but they did list the Top 10 computer teams in all 12 regions. The paper I saw also listed Parma & Harding's schedule and results for the 71 season. Harding was 10-0, Parma 9-1, the loss to E. Cleveland Shaw. Parma's opponents posted a 43-51-5 record, but 3 of those were Shaw's wins so Parma's defeated opponents only won 40 games, lost 44 & tied 5.
Harding's opponents were 45-52-2. I believe that ties at that time were treated as wins for both teams. The article never talks about 3rd level points but the system did use them originally. Now I don't have the computer numbers to back this up but that pretty much had to be where Parma beat Harding in the Harbin rankings in R3 points. Just FYI in 71 Steubenville CC won the AA Poll and Marion Pleasant won the A Poll title. Both were 1st in their respective computer regions.
Anyway I started looking at the AP Poll winner vs the computer points winner right from the start just to see how they compared. Neither of them are exactly stellar but the AP winner is still much better than the top computer point team. I think there have been 7 seasons when none of the top computer point teams won a title and 30 times when only one of them won a title.
Also I only know 8 times when the AP Poll winner did not qualify for the playoffs and 6 of those were when only one team/region qualified, only twice since OHSAA went to 4 teams/region in 1985.
I probably should add the Poll winners that didn't qualify:
1973 AA winner - Washington Court House
1974 A winner - McDonald
1976 A winner - Woodsfield Monroe Central
1977 A winner - Sullivan Black River
1978 AA winner - Cincinnati Wyoming
1979 AA winner - St. Marys Memorial (Thank you Auglaize99)
1986 A - winner Delphos Jefferson
1993 D4 winner - Aurora
I think that's it.