Criteria for Bowling Green
| Opponent | Strength | Overall | TUC | Last 16 |
| RPI | .4477 |
| Won-Lost-Tied | 9-25-6 | 4-17-5 | 3-11-2 |
| Denver U | .7414 | 0-1 | 0-1 | |
| Mich State | .6637 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-2 |
| Michigan | .6627 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Northern Mich | .6353 | 1-2-1 | 1-2-1 | 1-1 |
| Maine | .6309 | 0-1 | 0-1 | |
| AK-Fairbanks | .5925 | 0-2 | 0-2 | |
| Wayne State | .5784 | 1-0-1 | 1-0-1 | |
| RPI | .5589 | 0-1-1 | 0-1-1 | 0-1-1 |
| Ohio State | .5481 | 1-1 | 1-1 | |
| NE-Omaha | .5450 | 0-1-1 | 0-1-1 | |
| Western Mich | .5310 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
| Clarkson | .5197 | 0-0-1 | 0-0-1 | |
| Harvard | .4983 | 0-1 | 0-1 | |
| Notre Dame | .4668 | 1-3 | | 0-2 |
| Ferris State | .4291 | 0-2 | | 0-2 |
| Princeton | .3973 | 1-1 | | |
| Miami | .3921 | 1-1 | | |
| Lake Superior | .2915 | 2-1-1 | | 1-0-1 |