Ranking Systems for D1 College Hockey (2015-2016)

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

Comparison Between Rankings

The following table lists the 60 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
Quinnipiac 1 29-3-7 .8333 1 .6008 1 764.4 .8533 1 59
North Dakota 2 30-6-4 .8000 3 .5939 3 624.5 .8284 3 57
St Cloud 3 31-8-1 .7875 2 .5991 2 666.1 .8367 2 58
Providence 4 27-6-4 .7838 4 .5819 4 528.0 .8057 4 56
Boston Coll 5 26-7-5 .7500 5 .5785 6 443.4 .7802 5 55
Michigan 6 24-7-5 .7361 7 .5699 8 311.3 .7226 7 53
Mass-Lowell 7 24-9-5 .6974 8 .5587 7 320.2 .7274 8 52
Michigan Tech 8 23-9-5 .6892 16 .5358 19 172.1 .6115 16 44
Denver U 9 23-9-6 .6842 6 .5761 5 446.2 .7811 6 53
Yale 10 19-8-4 .6774 11 .5515 10 295.7 .7136 10 50
Robert Morris 11 24-11-4 .6667 19 .5264 31 96.78 .4932 21 39
Harvard 12 19-10-4 .6364 10 .5540 9 303.0 .7179 11 49
Notre Dame 13 19-10-7 .6250 12 .5513 12 281.9 .7052 12 48
Boston Univ 14 21-12-5 .6184 9 .5584 11 284.4 .7067 9 52
Northeastern 15 22-13-5 .6125 13 .5487 14 240.3 .6761 13 47
Air Force 16 20-12-5 .6081 28 .5097 36 70.48 .4274 28 32
Penn State 17 21-13-4 .6053 22 .5233 23 144.3 .5760 22 38
MSU-Mankato 18 21-13-7 .5976 25 .5196 25 141.3 .5716 24 36
Bowling Green 19 22-14-6 .5952 27 .5135 26 120.4 .5386 27 33
Cornell 20 16-11-7 .5735 15 .5366 15 209.3 .6499 15 45
Holy Cross 21 18-13-5 .5694 33 .4944 41 56.96 .3843 34 26
St Lawrence 22 19-14-4 .5676 20 .5244 17 180.0 .6204 19 40
Clarkson 23 20-15-3 .5658 23 .5210 24 144.1 .5756 23 37
Ferris State 24 19-14-6 .5641 29 .5081 28 108.2 .5163 30 30
RIT 25 18-14-6 .5526 36 .4893 43 51.80 .3655 36 23
Minnesota 26 20-17 .5405 17 .5296 18 175.3 .6152 18 41
Minn-Duluth 27 18-15-5 .5395 14 .5440 13 270.2 .6975 14 46
RPI 28 18-15-7 .5375 24 .5206 22 147.1 .5798 25 35
Dartmouth 29 18-16-1 .5286 21 .5234 21 158.1 .5945 20 39
Mercyhurst 30 17-15-4 .5278 37 .4842 46 47.50 .3486 37 23
NE-Omaha 31 18-17-1 .5139 18 .5268 16 200.3 .6414 17 42
Bemidji State 32 17-16-6 .5128 32 .4965 32 91.96 .4825 32 29
Army 33T 14-15-9 .4868 41 .4696 52 37.30 .3033 41 19
Northern Mich 33T 15-16-7 .4868 35 .4909 35 79.31 .4518 35 25
Union 35 13-14-9 .4861 30 .5025 27 117.4 .5334 29 31
Miami 36 15-18-3 .4583 26 .5153 20 162.9 .6005 26 34
Ohio State 37 14-18-4 .4444 31 .4988 30 98.84 .4976 31 29
Bentley 38 14-20-6 .4250 46 .4623 54 32.41 .2782 46 14
Merrimack 39 13-19-7 .4231 38 .4802 33 83.36 .4621 38 22
Vermont 40 15-22-3 .4125 34 .4927 29 103.4 .5070 33 27
Sacred Heart 41 13-20-4 .4054 48 .4547 56 27.63 .2512 48 12
Lake Superior 42 14-22-5 .4024 45 .4645 42 53.17 .3706 45 15
New Hampshire 43 11-20-6 .3784 39 .4742 37 64.29 .4087 39 21
Canisius 44 12-22-5 .3718 54 .4448 57 25.40 .2376 54 6
AK-Anchorage 45 11-20-3 .3676 51 .4486 49 41.47 .3228 51 9
Connecticut 46 11-21-4 .3611 44 .4647 44 51.69 .3651 44 15
Wisconsin 47 8-19-8 .3429 40 .4700 38 62.12 .4017 40 20
AK-Fairbanks 48 10-22-4 .3333 53 .4455 51 38.79 .3104 53 8
Colgate 49T 11-24-2 .3243 42 .4692 40 57.66 .3867 42 19
Mich State 49T 10-23-4 .3243 47 .4618 39 62.00 .4013 47 13
AL-Huntsville 51 7-21-6 .2941 56 .4324 53 33.69 .2850 56 4
Maine 52 8-24-6 .2895 52 .4458 47 44.82 .3375 52 9
Mass-Amherst 53 8-24-4 .2778 50 .4531 48 44.39 .3357 50 11
Brown 54 5-19-7 .2742 49 .4537 45 49.62 .3571 49 11
Western Mich 55 8-25-3 .2639 43 .4656 34 82.37 .4596 43 18
Niagara 56 6-25-6 .2432 58 .4145 58 13.25 .1475 58 2
American Intl 57 7-29-3 .2179 60 .4016 60 10.88 .1257 60 0
Princeton 58 5-23-3 .2097 57 .4322 55 28.62 .2570 57 3
CO College 59 6-29-1 .1806 55 .4443 50 41.33 .3222 55 5
Arizona State 60 3-22 .1200 59 .4026 59 12.21 .1381 59 1
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

Last Modified: 2020 February 1

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