Ranking Systems for D1 College Hockey (2014-2015)

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

Comparison Between Rankings

The following table lists the 58 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
MSU-Mankato 1 29-7-3 .7821 1 .5917 1 523.1 .8100 1 58
Michigan Tech 2 29-9-2 .7500 7 .5647 3 399.5 .7689 7 52
Boston Univ 3 25-7-5 .7432 3 .5720 5 375.5 .7587 3 56
North Dakota 4 27-9-3 .7308 2 .5797 2 487.2 .7996 2 57
Robert Morris 5 24-8-5 .7162 25 .5197 38 74.52 .4389 25 34
Quinnipiac 6 23-11-4 .6579 13 .5439 13 218.4 .6604 14 44
Bowling Green 7T 23-11-5 .6538 16 .5409 11 225.7 .6668 16 43
Miami 7T 25-13-1 .6538 4 .5690 4 386.4 .7634 4 55
Minnesota 9 23-12-3 .6447 10 .5499 10 238.4 .6773 10 49
Yale 10 18-9-5 .6406 14 .5415 18 190.3 .6332 13 45
Colgate 11T 22-12-4 .6316 17 .5392 17 194.0 .6370 17 42
Denver U 11T 23-13-2 .6316 5 .5678 6 364.4 .7537 5 54
Harvard 13 21-12-3 .6250 9 .5499 14 210.2 .6529 9 50
Providence 14 22-13-2 .6216 15 .5411 16 206.3 .6493 15 44
Mass-Lowell 15 21-12-6 .6154 18 .5374 15 208.5 .6513 18 42
Boston Coll 16 21-13-3 .6081 11 .5461 12 223.8 .6651 11 48
Michigan 17 22-15 .5946 20 .5288 20 165.8 .6053 19 39
AK-Fairbanks 18 19-13-2 .5882 24 .5202 23 154.5 .5908 24 35
Vermont 19 22-15-4 .5854 19 .5361 19 181.8 .6240 20 38
NE-Omaha 20 18-12-6 .5833 8 .5501 8 289.5 .7136 8 51
Canisius 21T 18-12-7 .5811 40 .4836 47 40.36 .3192 39 19
St Lawrence 21T 20-14-3 .5811 21 .5270 25 147.5 .5812 21 37
Dartmouth 23 17-12-4 .5758 22 .5205 26 143.4 .5754 22 37
Minn-Duluth 24T 20-15-3 .5658 6 .5656 7 339.5 .7417 6 53
RIT 24T 19-14-5 .5658 38 .4871 46 43.30 .3321 38 20
Penn State 26 18-15-4 .5405 32 .5037 31 111.0 .5219 32 27
Mercyhurst 27 19-16-4 .5385 39 .4844 48 38.66 .3114 40 19
Bentley 28 17-15-5 .5270 41 .4789 51 34.23 .2899 41 18
Mich State 29 17-16-2 .5143 31 .5046 30 111.8 .5233 31 28
St Cloud 30 19-18-1 .5132 12 .5460 9 267.8 .6992 12 47
Union 31 19-18-2 .5128 29 .5100 28 113.5 .5265 28 31
New Hampshire 32T 19-19-2 .5000 28 .5123 27 135.5 .5635 29 30
Northeastern 32T 16-16-4 .5000 23 .5202 24 150.6 .5856 23 37
Notre Dame 34 18-19-5 .4881 33 .5032 29 111.8 .5234 33 27
Bemidji State 35 16-17-5 .4868 27 .5143 22 156.0 .5928 27 32
Ferris State 36 18-20-2 .4750 34 .4987 33 103.5 .5073 34 25
Merrimack 37 16-18-4 .4737 30 .5073 32 107.5 .5152 30 30
Cornell 38 11-14-6 .4516 36 .4914 34 99.19 .4983 36 23
Northern Mich 39 14-18-6 .4474 35 .4951 36 90.43 .4790 35 24
Holy Cross 40T 14-18-5 .4459 48 .4541 56 21.91 .2182 48 11
Western Mich 40T 14-18-5 .4459 26 .5188 21 161.4 .5998 26 33
Air Force 42 16-21-4 .4390 49 .4524 54 22.85 .2244 49 9
Ohio State 43 14-19-3 .4306 37 .4890 35 91.45 .4813 37 23
Sacred Heart 44 13-19-6 .4211 50 .4519 53 23.11 .2261 50 9
Maine 45 14-22-3 .3974 42 .4772 37 77.60 .4472 43 17
Clarkson 46 12-20-5 .3919 44 .4722 41 59.63 .3938 44 16
Connecticut 47 10-19-7 .3750 43 .4765 39 69.03 .4232 42 17
Mass-Amherst 48 11-23-2 .3333 45 .4636 40 60.95 .3981 45 14
RPI 49 12-26-3 .3293 46 .4630 42 54.47 .3759 46 13
Brown 50 8-20-3 .3065 47 .4560 45 44.64 .3378 47 12
AK-Anchorage 51T 8-22-4 .2941 52 .4434 44 44.68 .3380 52 8
Army 51T 8-22-4 .2941 57 .4136 57 10.79 .1295 57 2
AL-Huntsville 53 8-26-4 .2632 53 .4412 49 38.44 .3104 53 6
Lake Superior 54 8-28-2 .2368 54 .4375 50 37.55 .3062 54 5
Niagara 55 7-28-4 .2308 58 .4028 58 9.624 .1181 58 1
CO College 56 6-26-3 .2143 51 .4487 43 52.08 .3672 51 8
American Intl 57 4-25-7 .2083 59 .3948 59 7.653 .0974 59 0
Wisconsin 58 4-26-5 .1857 55 .4252 52 31.51 .2757 55 4
Princeton 59 4-23-3 .1833 56 .4166 55 22.83 .2243 56 3
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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