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Pairwise Comparisons and PWR for D1 College Hockey (2016-2017)

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

Pairwise Comparisons (including games of 2017 March 18)

Pairwise Comparisons
Rk Team PWR RPI Comparisons Won
1 Denver U  (nt) 59 .6041 MD Ha Mn ML WM BU Un PS ND Cr AF Nt Pv OS BC Vt Wi NO SC Qn NE SL Ck Ca RM MT Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
2 Minn-Duluth  (nt) 58 .6033 Ha Mn ML WM BU Un PS ND Cr AF Nt Pv OS BC Vt Wi NO SC Qn NE SL Ck Ca RM MT Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
3 Harvard  (ec) 57 .5968   Mn ML WM BU Un PS ND Cr AF Nt Pv OS BC Vt Wi NO SC Qn NE SL Ck Ca RM MT Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
4 Minnesota  (bt) 56 .5637     ML WM BU Un PS ND Cr AF Nt Pv OS BC Vt Wi NO SC Qn NE SL Ck Ca RM MT Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
5 Mass-Lowell  (he) 55 .5636       WM BU Un PS ND Cr AF Nt Pv OS BC Vt Wi NO SC Qn NE SL Ck Ca RM MT Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
6 Western Mich  (nt) 54 .5629         BU Un PS ND Cr AF Nt Pv OS BC Vt Wi NO SC Qn NE SL Ck Ca RM MT Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
7 Boston Univ  (he) 53 .5614           Un PS ND Cr AF Nt Pv OS BC Vt Wi NO SC Qn NE SL Ck Ca RM MT Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
8 Union  (ec) 52 .5570             PS ND Cr AF Nt Pv OS BC Vt Wi NO SC Qn NE SL Ck Ca RM MT Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
9 Penn State  (bt) 51 .5556               ND Cr AF Nt Pv OS BC Vt Wi NO SC Qn NE SL Ck Ca RM MT Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
10 North Dakota  (nt) 50 .5510                 Cr AF Nt Pv OS BC Vt Wi NO SC Qn NE SL Ck Ca RM MT Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
11 Cornell  (ec) 49 .5504                   AF Nt Pv OS BC Vt Wi NO SC Qn NE SL Ck Ca RM MT Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
12 Air Force  (ah) 48 .5476                     Nt Pv OS BC Vt Wi NO SC Qn NE SL Ck Ca RM MT Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
13 Notre Dame  (he) 47 .5464                       Pv OS BC Vt Wi NO SC Qn NE SL Ck Ca RM MT Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
14 Providence  (he) 45 .5472                         OS   Vt Wi NO SC Qn NE SL Ck Ca RM MT Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
15 Ohio State  (bt) 45 .5430                           BC Vt Wi NO SC Qn NE SL Ck Ca RM MT Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
16 Boston Coll  (he) 45 .5395                         Pv   Vt Wi NO SC Qn NE SL Ck Ca RM MT Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
17 Vermont  (he) 43 .5341                               Wi NO SC Qn NE SL Ck Ca RM MT Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
18 Wisconsin  (bt) 42 .5337                                 NO SC Qn NE SL Ck Ca RM MT Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
19 NE-Omaha  (nt) 41 .5308                                   SC Qn NE SL Ck Ca RM MT Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
20 St Cloud  (nt) 40 .5281                                     Qn NE SL Ck Ca RM MT Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
21 Quinnipiac  (ec) 39 .5270                                       NE SL Ck Ca RM MT Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
22 NorthEastern  (he) 38 .5267                                         SL Ck Ca RM MT Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
23 St Lawrence  (ec) 37 .5205                                           Ck Ca RM MT Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
24 Clarkson  (ec) 36 .5178                                             Ca RM MT Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
25 Canisius  (ah) 35 .5137                                               RM MT Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
26 Robert Morris (ah) 34 .5133                                                 MT Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
27 Michigan Tech (wc) 33 .5131                                                   Mk BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
28 MSU-Mankato  (wc) 32 .5121                                                     BS Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
29 Bemidji State (wc) 31 .5044                                                       Mr Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
30 Merrimack  (he) 30 .5029                                                         Mm Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
31 Miami  (nt) 29 .4971                                                           Ya Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
32 Yale  (ec) 28 .4963                                                             Pn Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
33 Princeton  (ec) 27 .4954                                                               Ct NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
34 Connecticut  (he) 26 .4927                                                                 NH Ar Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
35 New Hampshire (he) 24 .4920                                                                   Ar Mi BG   HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
36 Army  (ah) 24 .4916                                                                     Mi BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
37 Michigan  (bt) 23 .4899                                                                       BG CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
38 Bowling Green (wc) 22 .4891                                                                         CC HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
39 CO College  (nt) 22 .4834                                                                   NH       HC By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
40 Holy Cross  (ah) 20 .4771                                                                             By SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
41 Bentley  (ah) 19 .4742                                                                               SH Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
42 Sacred Heart  (ah) 18 .4733                                                                                 Da AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
43 Dartmouth  (ec) 17 .4705                                                                                   AS Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
44 Arizona State (in) 16 .4669                                                                                     Mh Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
45 Mercyhurst  (ah) 15 .4656                                                                                       Me MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
46 Maine  (he) 14 .4635                                                                                         MS NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
47 Mich State  (bt) 13 .4598                                                                                           NM FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
48 Northern Mich (wc) 12 .4583                                                                                             FS Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
49 Ferris State  (wc) 11 .4574                                                                                               Cg RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
50 Colgate  (ec) 10 .4561                                                                                                 RT Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
51 RIT  (ah) 9 .4529                                                                                                   Ak LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
52 AK-Fairbanks  (wc) 8 .4518                                                                                                     LS AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
53 Lake Superior (wc) 7 .4503                                                                                                       AI RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
54 American Intl (ah) 6 .4356                                                                                                         RP AH AA MA Bn Ni
55 RPI  (ec) 5 .4302                                                                                                           AH AA MA Bn Ni
56 AL-Huntsville (wc) 3 .4268                                                                                                             AA   Bn Ni
57 AK-Anchorage  (wc) 3 .4256                                                                                                               MA Bn Ni
58 Mass-Amherst  (he) 3 .4190                                                                                                             AH   Bn Ni
59 Brown  (ec) 1 .4150                                                                                                                   Ni
60 Niagara  (ah) 0 .3965                                                                                                                    

Explanation of the Table

The table above lists all of the Teams Under Consideration (TUCs) for the NCAA tournament. This includes all tournament-eligible Division 1 teams with a Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) of .500 or above. Each team has been compared to each other team on the basis of the NCAA selection criteria. Those criteria are:

RPI
The Ratings Percentage Index, described in detail on our RPI page.
TUC
Record vs other Teams Under Consideration. Head-to-head games are explicitly excluded from this criterion, which is judged on straight Winning Percentage (with ties as always counting as half a win and half a loss) in the relevant games.
COp
Record vs Common Opponents. As of the 2011-2012 season, this is now resolved using "averaged winning percentage", i.e., take the winning percentage against each opponent and average those numbers.
H2H
Head-to-head results. Each win in head-to-head competition carries the same weight as each of the other criteria.

A team gets one point towards the comparison for each of the first three criteria it wins, plus one point for each head-to-head victory. Whichever team has more points according to this method wins the criterion. In case of a tie, the team with the higher RPI wins the criterion.

In each team's row, in the "Comparisons Won" part of the grid, are listed the abbreviations of all the teams with which they win comparisons. Each of these cells is a link to a mini-table (which will appear in a pop-up window under most browser setups) detailing the results of the four criteria. The RPI row of the mini-table contains the overall record and RPI for each team, the TUC, and COp rows contain the record and winning percentage in the games relevant to each criterion, and the H2H row contains the head-to-head record of each team against the other.

The PWR column in the main table gives the total number of comparisons won by each team. The teams are ordered according the their PWR; if two or more teams are tied in the PWR, the tie is broken if possible according to the number of comparisons each wins against the other tied teams; if this fails to resolve the tie (which can be thought of a ro-sham-bo situation: Rock crushes Scissors, Scissors cut Paper, Paper covers Rock), the RPI is used to break the tie.

Breakdown of Criteria

The following table lists, for each Team Under Consideration, the two selection criteria which are more or less the same in each comparison: RPI and record vs TUCs. Each team's name in the table is a link to a rundown of the games contributing to these two criteria.

Note a team's record in the "vs TUCs" column is that against all TUCs; since head-to-head games are left out of this criterion, the record used in an actual comparison will be different if the two teams have played each other.

Team Comps Won RPI
Rk PWR Rk RPI
Denver U 1 59 1 .6041
Minn-Duluth 2 58 2 .6033
Harvard 3 57 3 .5968
Minnesota 4 56 4 .5637
Mass-Lowell 5 55 5 .5636
Western Mich 6 54 6 .5629
Boston Univ 7 53 7 .5614
Union 8 52 8 .5570
Penn State 9 51 9 .5556
North Dakota 10 50 10 .5510
Cornell 11 49 11 .5504
Air Force 12 48 12 .5476
Notre Dame 13 47 14 .5464
Providence 14 45 13 .5472
Ohio State 15 45 15 .5430
Boston Coll 16 45 16 .5395
Vermont 17 43 17 .5341
Wisconsin 18 42 18 .5337
NE-Omaha 19 41 19 .5308
St Cloud 20 40 20 .5281
Quinnipiac 21 39 21 .5270
Northeastern 22 38 22 .5267
St Lawrence 23 37 23 .5205
Clarkson 24 36 24 .5178
Canisius 25 35 25 .5137
Robert Morris 26 34 26 .5133
Michigan Tech 27 33 27 .5131
MSU-Mankato 28 32 28 .5121
Bemidji State 29 31 29 .5044
Merrimack 30 30 30 .5029
Miami 31 29 31 .4971
Yale 32 28 32 .4963
Princeton 33 27 33 .4954
Connecticut 34 26 34 .4927
New Hampshire 35 24 35 .4920
Army 36 24 36 .4916
Michigan 37 23 37 .4899
Bowling Green 38 22 38 .4891
CO College 39 22 39 .4834
Holy Cross 40 20 40 .4771
Bentley 41 19 41 .4742
Sacred Heart 42 18 42 .4733
Dartmouth 43 17 43 .4705
Arizona State 44 16 44 .4669
Mercyhurst 45 15 45 .4656
Maine 46 14 46 .4635
Mich State 47 13 47 .4598
Northern Mich 48 12 48 .4583
Ferris State 49 11 49 .4574
Colgate 50 10 50 .4561
RIT 51 9 51 .4529
AK-Fairbanks 52 8 52 .4518
Lake Superior 53 7 53 .4503
American Intl 54 6 54 .4356
RPI 55 5 55 .4302
AL-Huntsville 56 3 56 .4268
AK-Anchorage 57 3 57 .4256
Mass-Amherst 58 3 58 .4190
Brown 59 1 59 .4150
Niagara 60 0 60 .3965

See also

Last Modified: 2020 February 1

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