2001-2002 Division I Men Pairwise Rankings (PWR)
Rk Team                GP  W- L- T  Win%  Rk     RPI  Rk  PWR
 1 Denver              32 26- 5- 1 0.8281  1 | 0.6280  1 | 28
 2 New Hampshire       30 21- 6- 3 0.7500  4 | 0.6124  3 | 27
 3 St. Cloud           33 26- 5- 2 0.8182  2 | 0.6133  2 | 26
 4 Minnesota           33 22- 7- 4 0.7273  8 | 0.6121  4 | 24
 5 Boston University   30 21- 7- 2 0.7333  7 | 0.6111  5 | 24
 6 Colorado College    32 20- 9- 3 0.6719  9 | 0.5989  6 | 23
 7 Michigan State      32 21- 6- 5 0.7344  6 | 0.5985  7 | 22
 8 Maine               32 17- 9- 6 0.6250 13 | 0.5799  8 | 21
 9 Cornell             25 18- 6- 1 0.7400  5 | 0.5700 10 | 21
10 Michigan            32 18- 9- 5 0.6406 11 | 0.5738  9 | 19
11 Alaska-Fairbanks    30 18-10- 2 0.6333 12 | 0.5635 11 | 18
12 Northern Michigan   32 20-10- 2 0.6562 10 | 0.5602 13 | 17
13 Western Michigan    32 17-11- 4 0.5938 16 | 0.5585 14 | 16
14 UMass-Lowell        30 17-10- 3 0.6167 14 | 0.5629 12 | 14
15 Northeastern        32 17-12- 3 0.5781 17 | 0.5549 16 | 14
16 Nebraska-Omaha      34 19-12- 3 0.6029 15 | 0.5582 15 | 13
17 Mercyhurst          28 20- 5- 3 0.7679  3 | 0.5518 17 | 13
18 Ohio State          32 16-12- 4 0.5625 19 | 0.5345 18 | 11
19 Clarkson            30 12-12- 6 0.5000 28 | 0.5044 24 |  9
20 Dartmouth           25 12- 9- 4 0.5600 20 | 0.5016 26 |  8
21 Brown               25 12-11- 2 0.5200 25 | 0.5028 25 |  7
22 Rensselaer          28 14-10- 4 0.5714 18 | 0.4963 28 |  7
23 Boston College      32 16-14- 2 0.5312 24 | 0.5186 20 |  6
24 Wayne State         26 12-11- 3 0.5192 26 | 0.4779 37 |  6
25 Union               26 11-10- 5 0.5192 26 | 0.4748 38 |  5
26 Niagara             26 14-12- 0 0.5385 21 | 0.4868 33 |  4
27 Quinnipiac          30 14-12- 4 0.5333 23 | 0.4826 35 |  2
28 Sacred Heart        28 13-11- 4 0.5357 22 | 0.4718 40 |  1
29 Holy Cross          27 11-11- 5 0.5000 28 | 0.4562 44 |  0

The Pairwise Ranking is a system which attemps to mimic the method used by
the NCAA Selection Committee to determine participants for the NCAA Division
I men's hockey tournament. The PWR compares teams at or above .500, judging
them by five criteria: record against common opponents, record in last 16
games, head to head competition, record against other teams at or above
.500, and the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI).

For each comparison won, a team receives one point. The final PWR ranking is
based on the number of points (comparisons) won against teams at or above
.500. Ties are settled by the RPI.

You can see the complete list of all the individual comparisons.

A more complete explanation of the workings of the PWR is also available in
our FAQ. There is also a FAQ available explaining the NCAA Tournament
selection process.

The PWR can be reformatted and redistributed by any media outlet or person,
provided USCHO's URL (http://www.uscollegehockey.com/) accompanies the
results.

Note: A team's record is based only on games against other Division I hockey
schools which are eligible for the NCAA Tournament. In particular, only
non-exhibition matchups between schools in the six major conferences count
towards a team's record as used in the RPI and PWR. Other games, including
contests against Canadian schools and tournament-ineligible D-I programs,
are not counted.