Ranking Systems for D1 College Hockey (2002-2003)

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Game results taken from US College Hockey Online's Division I composite schedule

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If you're looking for the current RPI, PWR, or KRACH, calculated from the latest scores, you should go to US College Hockey Online. For Joe Schlobotnik's geeky analysis of the systems, with ratings recalculated daily, read on.

Comparison Between Rankings

The following table lists the 60 teams eligible for the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament along with their rankings according to several rating systems, described below.

Team Record RPI KRACH PWR
Rk W-L-T Pct. Rk Rating Rk Rating RRWP Rk Rating
Cornell 1 28-4-1 .8636 1 .5958 2 1023 .8523 1 28
CO College 2 29-6-5 .7875 2 .5913 1 1105 .8607 2 27
Ferris State 3 30-9-1 .7625 9 .5660 10 494.4 .7592 7 22
Michigan 4 28-9-3 .7375 8 .5689 8 558.0 .7764 9 21
New Hampshire 5 25-7-6 .7368 4 .5894 3 892.3 .8368 4 25
Maine 6 24-9-5 .6974 6 .5807 6 698.8 .8067 6 23
Harvard 7 22-9-2 .6970 10 .5583 15 366.9 .7146 12 16
Minnesota 8 24-8-9 .6951 3 .5910 4 787.4 .8218 3 25
North Dakota 9 26-11-5 .6786 11 .5574 9 526.6 .7682 10 18
Boston Coll 10 23-10-4 .6757 7 .5792 5 706.3 .8080 8 21
Ohio State 11 25-12-5 .6548 14 .5497 16 350.7 .7075 11 17
Mercyhurst 12 22-12-2 .6389 30 .4960 47 19.53 .2588 28 1
Boston Univ 13 24-13-3 .6375 5 .5854 7 664.6 .8001 5 24
MSU-Mankato 14T 20-10-10 .6250 12 .5528 11 480.6 .7551 13 16
Quinnipiac 14T 22-13-1 .6250 36 .4806 49 13.91 .2183
Mich State 16 23-14-2 .6154 17 .5423 19 297.1 .6812 16 12
Dartmouth 17 20-13-1 .6029 21 .5252 22 197.5 .6141 18 11
Denver U 18 21-14-6 .5854 15 .5490 13 396.5 .7264 19 11
Minn-Duluth 19 22-15-5 .5833 20 .5275 17 329.8 .6978 21 9
Providence 20 19-14-3 .5694 16 .5444 12 417.0 .7341 15 14
Wayne State 21 21-16-2 .5641 37 .4788 39 56.40 .4078 29 0
Yale 22 18-14 .5625 24 .5114 27 155.4 .5739 24 5
Northern Mich 23 22-17-2 .5610 18 .5326 20 239.3 .6460 17 12
AL-Huntsville 24 18-14-3 .5571 33 .4926 41 54.51 .4025
Miami 25 21-17-3 .5488 26 .5058 25 161.9 .5808 26 4
Brown 26 16-14-5 .5286 28 .4988 32 119.9 .5302
Mass-Amherst 27T 19-17-1 .5270 19 .5306 18 323.8 .6949 20 10
St Cloud 27T 17-15-5 .5270 13 .5507 14 386.8 .7227 14 15
AK-Fairbanks 29 15-14-7 .5139 29 .4984 26 158.0 .5766
Bemidji State 30T 14-14-8 .5000 40 .4769 43 44.32 .3711
Notre Dame 30T 17-17-6 .5000 22 .5185 23 181.1 .5996 22 8
Holy Cross 32 17-18-1 .4861 49 .4439 52 8.310 .1636
Sacred Heart 33 14-15-6 .4857 46 .4527 51 9.382 .1757
Army 34 15-16 .4839 50 .4377 54 7.046 .1478
Colgate 35 17-19-4 .4750 38 .4786 34 75.16 .4532
Niagara 36 15-17-5 .4730 39 .4786 44 39.78 .3552
Union 37 14-18-4 .4444 43 .4646 37 66.76 .4343
Bentley 38 15-19 .4412 53 .4257 56 5.635 .1279
Western Mich 39 15-21-2 .4211 25 .5106 29 147.5 .5651 25 4
Merrimack 40 12-18-6 .4167 23 .5151 21 207.7 .6225 23 5
Vermont 41 13-20-3 .4028 41 .4725 35 72.27 .4469
NE-Omaha 42 13-22-5 .3875 32 .4926 31 120.7 .5314
Clarkson 43 12-20-3 .3857 42 .4704 36 70.64 .4433
Canisius 44 12-21-4 .3784 51 .4268 55 6.160 .1356
Mass-Lowell 45T 11-20-5 .3750 27 .5046 24 175.1 .5940 27 2
Wisconsin 45T 13-23-4 .3750 31 .4931 28 150.8 .5689
St Lawrence 47 11-21-5 .3649 48 .4487 40 55.52 .4053
American Intl 48 10-20-2 .3438 55 .4228 58 4.439 .1084
Findlay 49T 10-21-4 .3429 54 .4232 50 13.76 .2170
Iona 49T 11-22-2 .3429 56 .4194 57 4.973 .1174
Northeastern 51 10-21-3 .3382 34 .4875 30 130.7 .5447
RPI 52 12-25-3 .3375 45 .4581 42 52.20 .3958
Michigan Tech 53 10-24-4 .3158 35 .4835 33 113.9 .5217
Connecticut 54 8-23-3 .2794 58 .4072 59 3.732 .0954
Fairfield 55 8-23-2 .2727 60 .3875 60 2.849 .0772
Air Force 56 8-24-3 .2714 57 .4134 53 7.928 .1590
Bowling Green 57 8-25-3 .2639 44 .4592 38 58.48 .4134
Lake Superior 58 6-28-4 .2105 47 .4508 46 29.80 .3142
Princeton 59 3-26-2 .1290 59 .4064 48 16.16 .2357
AK-Anchorage 60 1-28-7 .1250 52 .4267 45 32.14 .3247
Record
A team's winning percentage (Pct) is calculating by adding its wins to half its ties and dividing by the total number of games played. I.e., a tie counts as a half a win and half a loss, which is true for all the rating systems considered here.
RPI
The Ratings Percentage Index, a linear combination of a team's winning percentage (25%) with the winning percentages of their opponents (50%) and their opponents' opponents (25%), which is the most important of the NCAA's selection criteria. More information can be found on our RPI page.
KRACH
Ken's Rating for American College Hockey is an application of the Bradley-Terry method to college hockey; a team's rating is meant to indicate its relative strength on a multiplicative scale, so that the ratio of two teams' ratings gives the odds of each of them winning a game between them. The ratings are chosen so that the expected winning percentage for each team based on its schedule is equal to its actual winning percentage. The Round-Robin Winning Percentage (RRWP) is the winning percentage a team would be expected to accumulate if they played each other team an equal number of times. More information can be found on our KRACH page.
PWR
The PairWise Rating is determined by performing PairWise Comparisons (PWC) according to the NCAA's selection criteria between all teams with RPI's at or above .500 and totalling the number of comparisons each team wins. More information, including a breakdown of comparisons won and lost according to criteria, can be found on our PWC/PWR page.

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