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Pairwise Comparisons and PWR for D1 College Hockey (2014-2015)

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

Pairwise Comparisons (including games of 2015 March 21)

Pairwise Comparisons
Rk Team PWR RPI Comparisons Won
1 MSU-Mankato  (wc) 58 .5917 ND BU Mm DU MD MT NO Ha Mn BC SC Ya Qn Pv BG Cg ML Mi Vt SL Da NE Ak RM WM BS Un NH Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
2 North Dakota  (nt) 57 .5797 BU Mm DU MD MT NO Ha Mn BC SC Ya Qn Pv BG Cg ML Mi Vt SL Da NE Ak RM WM BS Un NH Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
3 Boston Univ  (he) 56 .5720   Mm DU MD MT NO Ha Mn BC SC Ya Qn Pv BG Cg ML Mi Vt SL Da NE Ak RM WM BS Un NH Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
4 Miami  (nt) 55 .5690     DU MD MT NO Ha Mn BC SC Ya Qn Pv BG Cg ML Mi Vt SL Da NE Ak RM WM BS Un NH Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
5 Denver U  (nt) 54 .5678       MD MT NO Ha Mn BC SC Ya Qn Pv BG Cg ML Mi Vt SL Da NE Ak RM WM BS Un NH Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
6 Minn-Duluth  (nt) 53 .5656         MT NO Ha Mn BC SC Ya Qn Pv BG Cg ML Mi Vt SL Da NE Ak RM WM BS Un NH Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
7 Michigan Tech (wc) 52 .5647           NO Ha Mn BC SC Ya Qn Pv BG Cg ML Mi Vt SL Da NE Ak RM WM BS Un NH Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
8 NE-Omaha  (nt) 51 .5501             Ha Mn BC SC Ya Qn Pv BG Cg ML Mi Vt SL Da NE Ak RM WM BS Un NH Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
9 Harvard  (ec) 50 .5499               Mn BC SC Ya Qn Pv BG Cg ML Mi Vt SL Da NE Ak RM WM BS Un NH Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
10 Minnesota  (bt) 49 .5499                 BC SC Ya Qn Pv BG Cg ML Mi Vt SL Da NE Ak RM WM BS Un NH Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
11 Boston Coll  (he) 48 .5461                   SC Ya Qn Pv BG Cg ML Mi Vt SL Da NE Ak RM WM BS Un NH Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
12 St Cloud  (nt) 47 .5460                     Ya Qn Pv BG Cg ML Mi Vt SL Da NE Ak RM WM BS Un NH Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
13 Yale  (ec) 45 .5415                         Pv BG Cg ML Mi Vt SL Da NE Ak RM WM BS Un NH Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
14 Quinnipiac  (ec) 44 .5439                       Ya Pv BG Cg   Mi Vt SL Da NE Ak RM WM BS Un NH   MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
15 Providence  (he) 44 .5411                           BG Cg ML Mi Vt SL Da NE Ak RM WM BS Un NH Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
16 Bowling Green (wc) 43 .5409                             Cg ML Mi Vt SL Da NE Ak RM WM BS Un NH Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
17 Colgate  (ec) 42 .5392                               ML Mi Vt SL Da NE Ak RM WM BS Un NH Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
18 Mass-Lowell  (he) 42 .5374                         Qn       Mi Vt SL Da NE Ak RM WM BS Un NH Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
19 Michigan  (bt) 39 .5288                                     SL Da NE Ak RM WM BS Un NH Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
20 Vermont  (he) 38 .5361                                   Mi SL Da NE Ak RM WM BS Un NH Mr MS     FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
21 St Lawrence  (ec) 37 .5270                                       Da   Ak RM WM BS Un NH Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
22 Dartmouth  (ec) 37 .5205                                         NE Ak RM WM BS Un NH Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
23 NorthEastern  (he) 37 .5202                                       SL   Ak RM WM BS Un NH Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
24 AK-Fairbanks  (wc) 35 .5202                                             RM WM BS Un NH Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
25 Robert Morris (ah) 34 .5197                                               WM BS Un NH Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
26 Western Mich  (nt) 33 .5188                                                 BS Un NH Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
27 Bemidji State (wc) 32 .5143                                                   Un NH Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
28 Union  (ec) 31 .5100                                                     NH Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
29 New Hampshire (he) 30 .5123                                                       Mr MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
30 Merrimack  (he) 30 .5073                         Qn                               MS PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
31 Mich State  (bt) 28 .5046                                                           PS Nt FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
32 Penn State  (bt) 27 .5037                                     Vt                       Nt FS NM Cr   RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
33 Notre Dame  (he) 27 .5032                                     Vt                         FS NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
34 Ferris State  (wc) 25 .4987                                                                 NM Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
35 Northern Mich (wc) 24 .4951                                                                   Cr OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
36 Cornell  (ec) 23 .4914                                                                     OS RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
37 Ohio State  (bt) 23 .4890                                                             PS         RT Ca Mh By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
38 RIT  (ah) 20 .4871                                                                         Ca Mh By Ct Me   MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
39 Canisius  (ah) 19 .4836                                                                           Mh By Ct   Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
40 Mercyhurst  (ah) 19 .4844                                                                             By Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
41 Bentley  (ah) 18 .4789                                                                               Ct Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
42 Connecticut  (he) 17 .4765                                                                                 Me Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
43 Maine  (he) 17 .4772                                                                           Ca       Ck MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
44 Clarkson  (ec) 16 .4722                                                                         RT           MA RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
45 Mass-Amherst  (he) 14 .4636                                                                                       RP Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
46 RPI  (ec) 13 .4630                                                                                         Bn HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
47 Brown  (ec) 12 .4560                                                                                           HC AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
48 Holy Cross  (ah) 11 .4541                                                                                             AF SH CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
49 Air Force  (ah) 9 .4524                                                                                               SH CC   AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
50 Sacred Heart  (ah) 9 .4519                                                                                                 CC AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
51 CO College  (nt) 8 .4487                                                                                                   AA AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
52 AK-Anchorage  (wc) 8 .4434                                                                                               AF     AH LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
53 AL-Huntsville (wc) 6 .4412                                                                                                       LS Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
54 Lake Superior (wc) 5 .4375                                                                                                         Wi Pn Ar Ni AI
55 Wisconsin  (bt) 4 .4252                                                                                                           Pn Ar Ni AI
56 Princeton  (ec) 3 .4166                                                                                                             Ar Ni AI
57 Army  (ah) 2 .4136                                                                                                               Ni AI
58 Niagara  (ah) 1 .4028                                                                                                                 AI
59 American Intl (ah) 0 .3948                                                                                                                  

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
MSU-Mankato 1 58 1 .5917
North Dakota 2 57 2 .5797
Boston Univ 3 56 3 .5720
Miami 4 55 4 .5690
Denver U 5 54 5 .5678
Minn-Duluth 6 53 6 .5656
Michigan Tech 7 52 7 .5647
NE-Omaha 8 51 8 .5501
Harvard 9 50 9 .5499
Minnesota 10 49 10 .5499
Boston Coll 11 48 11 .5461
St Cloud 12 47 12 .5460
Yale 13 45 14 .5415
Quinnipiac 14 44 13 .5439
Providence 15 44 15 .5411
Bowling Green 16 43 16 .5409
Colgate 17 42 17 .5392
Mass-Lowell 18 42 18 .5374
Michigan 19 39 20 .5288
Vermont 20 38 19 .5361
St Lawrence 21 37 21 .5270
Dartmouth 22 37 22 .5205
Northeastern 23 37 23 .5202
AK-Fairbanks 24 35 24 .5202
Robert Morris 25 34 25 .5197
Western Mich 26 33 26 .5188
Bemidji State 27 32 27 .5143
Union 28 31 29 .5100
New Hampshire 29 30 28 .5123
Merrimack 30 30 30 .5073
Mich State 31 28 31 .5046
Penn State 32 27 32 .5037
Notre Dame 33 27 33 .5032
Ferris State 34 25 34 .4987
Northern Mich 35 24 35 .4951
Cornell 36 23 36 .4914
Ohio State 37 23 37 .4890
RIT 38 20 38 .4871
Canisius 39 19 40 .4836
Mercyhurst 40 19 39 .4844
Bentley 41 18 41 .4789
Connecticut 42 17 43 .4765
Maine 43 17 42 .4772
Clarkson 44 16 44 .4722
Mass-Amherst 45 14 45 .4636
RPI 46 13 46 .4630
Brown 47 12 47 .4560
Holy Cross 48 11 48 .4541
Air Force 49 9 49 .4524
Sacred Heart 50 9 50 .4519
CO College 51 8 51 .4487
AK-Anchorage 52 8 52 .4434
AL-Huntsville 53 6 53 .4412
Lake Superior 54 5 54 .4375
Wisconsin 55 4 55 .4252
Princeton 56 3 56 .4166
Army 57 2 57 .4136
Niagara 58 1 58 .4028
American Intl 59 0 59 .3948

See also

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