Rk Team                GP  W- L- T  Win%  Rk     RPI  Rk  PWR
 1 Colorado College    38 28- 5- 5 0.8026  2 | 0.5923  1 | 29
 2 Cornell             31 26- 4- 1 0.8548  1 | 0.5902  2 | 28
 3 New Hampshire       38 25- 7- 6 0.7368  4 | 0.5893  3 | 27
 4 Boston University   40 24-13- 3 0.6375 13 | 0.5853  4 | 25
 5 Maine               38 24- 9- 5 0.6974  7 | 0.5805  6 | 24
   Ferris State        38 29- 8- 1 0.7763  3 | 0.5657  8 | 24
 7 Minnesota           39 22- 8- 9 0.6795  9 | 0.5837  5 | 23
 8 Boston College      37 23-10- 4 0.6757 11 | 0.5794  7 | 22
 9 Michigan            38 26- 9- 3 0.7237  5 | 0.5600  9 | 21
10 North Dakota        42 26-11- 5 0.6786 10 | 0.5598 10 | 19
   MSU-Mankato         38 20- 8-10 0.6579 12 | 0.5588 11 | 19
   Ohio State          40 25-10- 5 0.6875  8 | 0.5550 12 | 19
13 Harvard             31 21- 8- 2 0.7097  6 | 0.5545 13 | 16
14 Providence          36 19-14- 3 0.5694 20 | 0.5461 16 | 15
15 St. Cloud State     37 17-15- 5 0.5270 27 | 0.5527 14 | 14
   Michigan State      39 23-14- 2 0.6154 16 | 0.5425 17 | 14
17 Northern Michigan   39 21-16- 2 0.5641 21 | 0.5288 19 | 13
   Dartmouth           32 19-12- 1 0.6094 17 | 0.5246 20 | 13
19 Denver              41 21-14- 6 0.5854 19 | 0.5501 15 | 12
20 Massachusetts       37 19-17- 1 0.5270 27 | 0.5314 18 | 11
21 Minnesota-Duluth    40 21-14- 5 0.5875 18 | 0.5246 21 | 10
22 Notre Dame          40 17-17- 6 0.5000 30 | 0.5203 22 |  9
23 Yale                32 18-14- 0 0.5625 23 | 0.5138 24 |  6
24 Merrimack           36 12-18- 6 0.4167 40 | 0.5154 23 |  5
   Miami               41 21-17- 3 0.5488 26 | 0.5078 26 |  5
26 Western Michigan    38 15-21- 2 0.4211 39 | 0.5117 25 |  4
27 Mass.-Lowell        36 11-20- 5 0.3750 45 | 0.5056 27 |  3
   Brown               33 16-12- 5 0.5606 24 | 0.5008 28 |  3
29 Alaska-Fairbanks    36 15-14- 7 0.5139 29 | 0.5006 29 |  2
30 Wayne State         39 21-16- 2 0.5641 21 | 0.4796 37 |  0

The Pairwise Ranking (PWR) 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.

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.uscho.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.