Ranking Systems for D1 College Hockey (2011-2012)

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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.

Team Record RPI KRACH PWR
Rk W-L-T Pct. Rk Rating Rk Rating RRWP Rk Rating
Boston Coll 1 33-10-1 .7614 1 .5846 1 565.0 .8247 1 30
Union 2 26-8-7 .7195 2 .5566 13 248.3 .6880 2 29
Minn-Duluth 3 25-10-6 .6829 7 .5474 5 290.1 .7171 7 24
Ferris State 4T 26-12-5 .6628 5 .5529 4 303.0 .7250 5 26
Minnesota 4T 28-14-1 .6628 6 .5518 6 287.9 .7158 6 25
North Dakota 6 26-13-3 .6548 4 .5538 3 315.2 .7322 4 27
Mass-Lowell 7 24-13-1 .6447 11 .5423 10 261.1 .6975 11 20
Cornell 8 19-9-7 .6429 14 .5376 19 165.0 .6060 14 18
Michigan 9 24-13-4 .6341 3 .5548 2 316.0 .7326 3 28
Air Force 10 21-11-7 .6282 24 .5103 37 67.32 .4170 25 7
Denver U 11 25-14-4 .6279 12 .5412 12 249.6 .6890 12 19
Maine 12 23-14-3 .6125 10 .5424 8 267.8 .7023 10 21
Miami 13 24-15-2 .6098 9 .5428 7 272.3 .7054 8 22
Boston Univ 14 23-15-1 .6026 8 .5433 9 264.0 .6996 9 21
RIT 15 20-13-6 .5897 31 .5009 42 59.83 .3931 31 1
Western Mich 16 21-14-6 .5854 13 .5378 11 257.4 .6948 13 19
Merrimack 17T 18-12-7 .5811 16 .5301 17 208.1 .6534 15 16
Niagara 17T 17-11-9 .5811 30 .5019 43 58.85 .3898 30 1
Quinnipiac 19 20-14-6 .5750 26 .5071 34 93.62 .4860 27 3
Holy Cross 20 20-15-4 .5641 41 .4824 48 41.92 .3243
Mercyhurst 21 20-16-4 .5500 38 .4868 46 45.82 .3409
Harvard 22 13-10-11 .5441 19 .5161 28 121.1 .5408 21 10
Northern Mich 23 17-14-6 .5405 17 .5285 15 215.6 .6604 17 14
Mich State 24 19-16-4 .5385 15 .5311 14 226.8 .6704 16 15
CO College 25 18-16-2 .5278 21 .5142 22 155.0 .5930 20 11
Colgate 26 19-17-3 .5256 28 .5052 33 97.12 .4938 26 5
Lake Superior 27T 18-17-5 .5125 22 .5128 21 160.5 .6003 22 8
Notre Dame 27T 19-18-3 .5125 18 .5232 16 208.2 .6535 18 13
Bentley 29T 16-16-8 .5000 46 .4683 52 31.86 .2757
Ohio State 29T 15-15-5 .5000 20 .5152 18 171.7 .6143 19 11
Robert Morris 29T 17-17-5 .5000 45 .4750 51 36.92 .3013
St Cloud 29T 17-17-5 .5000 23 .5123 20 160.9 .6007 23 8
Yale 29T 16-16-3 .5000 34 .4941 36 74.90 .4391
Clarkson 34 16-17-6 .4872 40 .4838 39 62.71 .4026
Bemidji State 35 17-18-3 .4868 29 .5023 25 136.2 .5658 29 2
Wisconsin 36 17-18-2 .4865 25 .5101 24 146.4 .5810 24 8
Connecticut 37T 16-19-4 .4615 48 .4602 53 29.40 .2623
Michigan Tech 37T 16-19-4 .4615 35 .4927 30 111.6 .5235
Northeastern 39 13-16-5 .4559 27 .5070 23 151.0 .5875 28 3
Dartmouth 40 13-16-4 .4545 42 .4802 40 61.76 .3995
NE-Omaha 41 14-18-6 .4474 37 .4887 32 100.9 .5019
New Hampshire 42 15-19-3 .4459 32 .4998 26 128.9 .5540
Mass-Amherst 43T 13-18-5 .4306 33 .4986 27 124.0 .5458
St Lawrence 43T 14-19-3 .4306 44 .4772 38 64.87 .4095
Providence 45 14-20-4 .4211 36 .4921 29 116.8 .5331
Princeton 46 9-16-7 .3906 47 .4668 45 51.14 .3620
AK-Fairbanks 47 12-20-4 .3889 39 .4842 31 106.3 .5130
Bowling Green 48 14-25-5 .3750 43 .4793 35 92.32 .4830
Brown 49 9-18-5 .3594 51 .4536 50 39.90 .3153
RPI 50 12-24-3 .3462 50 .4579 47 45.12 .3381
MSU-Mankato 51 12-24-2 .3421 49 .4588 41 61.51 .3986
Canisius 52 10-22-4 .3333 54 .4326 54 18.73 .1946
AK-Anchorage 53 9-25-2 .2778 52 .4467 44 52.58 .3674
American Intl 54 8-26-3 .2568 55 .4064 56 10.53 .1266
Army 55 4-23-7 .2206 56 .3974 57 8.387 .1052
Sacred Heart 56 6-28-3 .2027 58 .3932 58 7.859 .0997
Vermont 57 6-27-1 .1912 53 .4379 49 41.41 .3221
AL-Huntsville 58 2-28-1 .0806 57 .3970 55 10.92 .1303
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 (21%) and their opponents' opponents (54%), which is the most important of the NCAA's selection criteria. More information can be found on our RPI page. Note the value in our table includes the "bad wins" fudge but not the secret "quality wins" bonus. To calculate the ratings using a chosen value of the bonus, go to our Do-it-yourself ratings calculator.
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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