Ranking Systems for D1 College Hockey (2005-2006)

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

Comparison Between Rankings

The following table lists the 58 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
Minnesota 1 27-8-5 .7375 1 .5710 1 510.7 .8096 1 25
Miami 2 26-8-4 .7368 5 .5620 3 427.5 .7827 6 20
Holy Cross 3 26-9-2 .7297 16 .5298 31 92.27 .4828 21 6
Boston Univ 4 25-9-4 .7105 3 .5657 6 312.7 .7303 3 24
Wisconsin 5 26-10-3 .7051 2 .5694 2 463.9 .7953 2 25
Maine 6 26-11-2 .6923 11 .5428 9 247.4 .6870 12 14
Cornell 7 20-8-4 .6875 8 .5506 14 223.3 .6672 8 19
Mich State 8 24-11-8 .6512 4 .5648 4 352.5 .7512 4 24
Harvard 9 21-11-2 .6471 6 .5565 15 218.8 .6632 5 22
Boston Coll 10 23-12-3 .6447 10 .5444 12 227.6 .6710 10 17
North Dakota 11 27-15-1 .6395 7 .5536 5 325.2 .7372 7 19
Sacred Heart 12 20-12-2 .6176 28 .4994 45 52.32 .3652
Mercyhurst 13 21-13-1 .6143 30 .4979 46 52.19 .3647
CO College 14 24-15-2 .6098 13 .5373 7 278.2 .7091 14 14
Dartmouth 15 19-12-2 .6061 14 .5373 21 151.7 .5886 16 10
New Hampshire 16 20-12-7 .6026 12 .5383 18 194.5 .6398 13 14
Bemidji State 17 20-13-3 .5972 32 .4945 29 104.6 .5097
Colgate 18 20-13-6 .5897 22 .5171 25 135.7 .5651 24 3
Michigan 19 21-14-5 .5875 9 .5468 8 268.3 .7024 9 18
Denver U 20 21-15-3 .5769 17 .5274 10 234.2 .6765 15 11
NE-Omaha 21T 20-14-6 .5750 15 .5350 13 224.3 .6681 11 16
Northern Mich 21T 22-16-2 .5750 20 .5233 16 214.6 .6594 18 10
St Cloud 23 22-16-4 .5714 18 .5263 11 228.4 .6716 17 10
Niagara 24 19-15-1 .5571 33 .4940 34 82.91 .4601
St Lawrence 25T 20-16-2 .5526 23 .5142 26 132.6 .5603 22 4
Vermont 25T 18-14-6 .5526 26 .5065 23 137.3 .5675 26 2
AL-Huntsville 27 15-13-2 .5333 42 .4735 40 68.43 .4198
AK-Fairbanks 28 18-16-5 .5256 21 .5211 17 207.9 .6531 20 7
Ferris State 29 17-15-8 .5250 19 .5235 19 173.6 .6166 19 8
Lake Superior 30T 15-14-7 .5139 27 .5059 20 154.9 .5929 27 2
Providence 30T 17-16-3 .5139 25 .5067 28 118.3 .5359 25 3
Clarkson 32 17-17-3 .5000 31 .4979 30 93.40 .4854
MSU-Mankato 33 17-18-4 .4872 29 .4988 22 151.5 .5883
Quinnipiac 34 17-18-1 .4861 35 .4887 36 78.27 .4479
Bentley 35 15-17-5 .4730 44 .4677 51 29.07 .2571
Union 36 14-16-6 .4722 39 .4740 41 68.26 .4193
Ohio State 37 15-19-5 .4487 24 .5081 24 137.0 .5671 23 4
RPI 38 13-17-6 .4444 37 .4812 39 68.46 .4199
Army 39T 12-18-6 .4167 48 .4529 54 23.92 .2256
Mass-Lowell 39T 14-20-2 .4167 36 .4858 35 80.66 .4543
Notre Dame 39T 13-19-4 .4167 34 .4900 27 121.8 .5421
Mass-Amherst 42 13-21-2 .3889 38 .4812 38 73.11 .4336
Princeton 43 10-18-3 .3710 46 .4653 43 55.89 .3784
Robert Morris 44 11-20-2 .3636 52 .4280 49 30.42 .2648
Bowling Green 45 12-23-2 .3514 43 .4726 32 84.84 .4650
Yale 46 10-20-3 .3485 47 .4595 47 49.49 .3542
Connecticut 47 11-23-2 .3333 53 .4278 56 16.25 .1705
Minn-Duluth 48T 11-25-4 .3250 40 .4739 33 82.92 .4601
Western Mich 48T 10-24-6 .3250 41 .4738 37 78.21 .4478
Air Force 50 9-19 .3214 57 .4198 53 24.38 .2285
Canisius 51 9-22-2 .3030 54 .4250 57 14.07 .1526
American Intl 52 6-20-5 .2742 55 .4231 58 12.26 .1366
Brown 53 5-20-7 .2656 50 .4489 48 35.62 .2924
Michigan Tech 54 7-25-6 .2632 45 .4673 42 63.87 .4055
Wayne State 55 6-23-6 .2571 58 .4118 55 22.78 .2181
Merrimack 56 6-23-5 .2500 56 .4230 52 28.44 .2534
AK-Anchorage 57 6-27-3 .2083 49 .4502 44 53.65 .3702
Northeastern 58 3-24-7 .1912 51 .4384 50 29.10 .2573
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.

See also

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