2001-2002 Division I Men Pairwise Rankings (PWR)
Rk Team                GP  W- L- T  Win%  Rk     RPI  Rk  PWR
 1 New Hampshire       32 23- 6- 3 0.7656  3 | 0.6116  3 | 29
 2 Denver              35 28- 6- 1 0.8143  1 | 0.6291  1 | 27
 3 Minnesota           36 25- 7- 4 0.7500  4 | 0.6170  2 | 26
 4 Michigan            35 21- 9- 5 0.6714  9 | 0.5837  7 | 25
 5 St. Cloud           36 27- 7- 2 0.7778  2 | 0.6109  4 | 24
 6 Boston University   33 23- 8- 2 0.7273  7 | 0.6058  5 | 24
 7 Cornell             28 20- 6- 2 0.7500  4 | 0.5748 10 | 24
 8 Michigan State      35 23- 7- 5 0.7286  6 | 0.5920  6 | 23
 9 Maine               35 20- 9- 6 0.6571 10 | 0.5826  8 | 23
10 Colorado College    35 21-11- 3 0.6429 12 | 0.5766  9 | 20
11 Alaska-Fairbanks    33 19-11- 3 0.6212 14 | 0.5652 12 | 19
12 Western Michigan    35 19-12- 4 0.6000 15 | 0.5606 13 | 18
13 Northern Michigan   35 22-11- 2 0.6571 10 | 0.5536 15 | 17
14 UMass-Lowell        34 20-11- 3 0.6324 13 | 0.5664 11 | 16
15 Nebraska-Omaha      37 20-13- 4 0.5946 16 | 0.5542 14 | 14
16 Northeastern        36 18-15- 3 0.5417 22 | 0.5411 16 | 14
17 Mercyhurst          31 21- 7- 3 0.7258  8 | 0.5379 17 | 14
18 Ohio State          36 17-15- 4 0.5278 24 | 0.5238 19 | 11
19 Brown               28 14-12- 2 0.5357 23 | 0.5061 24 | 11
20 Clarkson            33 14-13- 6 0.5152 27 | 0.5045 26 | 10
21 Boston College      34 18-14- 2 0.5588 18 | 0.5286 18 |  9
22 Rensselaer          31 15-12- 4 0.5484 21 | 0.4965 27 |  8
23 Wayne State         29 14-11- 4 0.5517 19 | 0.4893 30 |  8
24 Quinnipiac          34 17-12- 5 0.5735 17 | 0.4844 32 |  6
25 Dartmouth           28 12-11- 5 0.5179 25 | 0.4800 35 |  5
26 Sacred Heart        31 14-13- 4 0.5161 26 | 0.4769 38 |  4
27 Holy Cross          30 14-11- 5 0.5500 20 | 0.4797 36 |  3
28 Niagara             29 14-14- 1 0.5000 28 | 0.4742 39 |  2
29 Union               29 12-12- 5 0.5000 28 | 0.4718 41 |  1
30 Canisius            31 14-14- 3 0.5000 28 | 0.4571 45 |  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.



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