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2002-2003 Division I Men Pairwise Rankings (PWR)
Rk Team                GP  W- L- T  Win%  Rk     RPI  Rk  PWR
 1 Maine               24 19- 2- 3 0.8542  2 | 0.6211  1 | 28
 2 Cornell             17 14- 3- 0 0.8235  3 | 0.6126  2 | 26
   North Dakota        26 21- 2- 3 0.8654  1 | 0.6109  3 | 26
 4 Colorado College    24 17- 2- 5 0.8125  4 | 0.5974  8 | 25
 5 New Hampshire       23 16- 4- 3 0.7609  6 | 0.5976  7 | 24
 6 Minnesota           23 12- 6- 5 0.6304 14 | 0.6034  4 | 23
   St. Cloud State     22 11- 8- 3 0.5682 18 | 0.6024  5 | 23
 8 Boston College      22 14- 5- 3 0.7045  8 | 0.5980  6 | 21
 9 Ohio State          23 17- 4- 2 0.7826  5 | 0.5819  9 | 19
   Ferris State        24 17- 6- 1 0.7292  7 | 0.5740 10 | 19
11 Michigan            22 15- 6- 1 0.7045  8 | 0.5489 13 | 18
12 Denver              26 15- 7- 4 0.6538 12 | 0.5599 12 | 17
13 Boston University   24 13- 9- 2 0.5833 16 | 0.5632 11 | 16
14 Massachusetts       24 13-10- 1 0.5625 19 | 0.5436 14 | 14
   MSU-Mankato         24 10- 7- 7 0.5625 19 | 0.5436 15 | 14
16 Dartmouth           17  9- 7- 1 0.5588 22 | 0.5224 20 | 12
17 Harvard             19 12- 6- 1 0.6579 11 | 0.5410 16 | 11
18 Merrimack           22  8-10- 4 0.4545 33 | 0.5316 18 | 10
   Providence          22 11-10- 1 0.5227 25 | 0.5173 22 | 10
20 Western Michigan    24 11-12- 1 0.4792 28 | 0.5332 17 |  8
   Yale                18 10- 8- 0 0.5556 23 | 0.5264 19 |  8
22 Michigan State      23 13- 9- 1 0.5870 15 | 0.5185 21 |  7
23 Notre Dame          24  9-11- 4 0.4583 32 | 0.5130 24 |  5
   Northern Michigan   22 11-10- 1 0.5227 25 | 0.5040 29 |  5
25 Mass.-Lowell        23  9-13- 1 0.4130 41 | 0.5144 23 |  4
   Miami               26 14-10- 2 0.5769 17 | 0.5072 26 |  4
27 Alabama-Huntsville  22 13- 7- 2 0.6364 13 | 0.5081 25 |  3
   Wisconsin           24  8-13- 3 0.3958 44 | 0.5064 27 |  3
   Brown               16  8- 6- 2 0.5625 19 | 0.5051 28 |  3
The Pairwise Ranking is a system which attempts 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 with a
Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) at or above .500, judging them by four
criteria: record against common opponents, head to head competition,
record against other teams with RPIs at or above .500, and the 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.