Criteria for Northeastern
| Opponent | Strength | Overall | TUC | Last 16 |
|---|
| RPI | .5352 |
|---|
| Won-Lost-Tied | 19-17-3 | 11-11-2 | 8-8 |
|---|
| New Hampshire | .7592 | 1-1-1 | 1-1-1 | 1-1 |
| Denver U | .7414 | 0-1 | 0-1 | |
| Mercyhurst | .6788 | 1-0 | 1-0 | |
| Boston Univ | .6719 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-1 |
| Maine | .6477 | 1-1-1 | 1-1-1 | |
| Mass-Lowell | .6157 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 2-3 |
| Holy Cross | .5347 | 1-0 | 1-0 | |
| Clarkson | .5301 | 1-0 | 1-0 | |
| Harvard | .5224 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Boston Coll | .4943 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-2 |
| Notre Dame | .4903 | 0-0-1 | | |
| Union | .4626 | 0-1 | | |
| Providence | .4477 | 2-1 | | 1-0 |
| Iona | .4372 | 1-0 | | |
| AK-Anchorage | .4234 | 0-1 | | |
| Princeton | .4133 | 1-0 | | |
| St Lawrence | .3828 | 1-0 | | |
| Merrimack | .3767 | 2-1 | | 2-0 |
| Mass-Amherst | .3002 | 1-2 | | 1-1 |