U.S. College Hockey Online presents:
The 1997-98 PairWise Rankings (PWR)
 
Note: The PWR can be reformatted and redistributed by any media outlet or
person, provided USCHO's URL (http://uscollegehockey.com/) accompanies
the results.
 
These results include games through Sunday, Feb. 22.
Rk Team                GP  W- L- T  Win%  Rk     RPI  Rk  PWR
 1 North Dakota        30 25- 4- 1 0.8500  1 | 0.6273  1 | 23
 2 Michigan State      32 24- 4- 4 0.8125  2 | 0.6165  3 | 22
 3 Boston University   29 22- 5- 2 0.7931  4 | 0.6215  2 | 21
 4 New Hampshire       28 21- 6- 1 0.7679  5 | 0.5963  4 | 20
 5 Yale                25 20- 5- 0 0.8000  3 | 0.5755  6 | 19
 6 Michigan            32 23- 8- 1 0.7344  6 | 0.5954  5 | 18
 7 Boston College      30 18- 8- 4 0.6667  7 | 0.5643  7 | 16
 8 Clarkson            25 15- 7- 3 0.6600  8 | 0.5486  9 | 16
 9 St Cloud            28 16-10- 2 0.6071 11 | 0.5516  8 | 15
10 Ohio State          30 17-11- 2 0.6000 12 | 0.5431 11 | 14
11 Miami               31 17-10- 4 0.6129 10 | 0.5479 10 | 13
12 Wisconsin           30 18-11- 1 0.6167  9 | 0.5355 12 | 12
13 Colorado College    31 17-11- 3 0.5968 13 | 0.5333 13 | 10
14 Colgate             27 14-10- 3 0.5741 14 | 0.5222 15 | 10
15 Minnesota-Duluth    30 14-14- 2 0.5000 22 | 0.5076 20 |  8
16 Northern Michigan   31 15-12- 4 0.5484 17 | 0.5230 14 |  7
17 Northeastern        30 16-12- 2 0.5667 16 | 0.5138 18 |  7
18 Lake Superior       31 15-12- 4 0.5484 17 | 0.5095 19 |  7
19 Cornell             24 12-10- 2 0.5417 20 | 0.5149 17 |  6
20 Rensselaer          27 14-10- 3 0.5741 14 | 0.4955 25 |  5
21 Princeton           23 10- 8- 5 0.5435 19 | 0.4986 24 |  4
22 Mass Lowell         29 13-13- 3 0.5000 22 | 0.5013 22 |  2
23 Dartmouth           25 11-10- 4 0.5200 21 | 0.4658 32 |  1
24 Mankato State       26 12-12- 2 0.5000 22 | 0.4608 33 |  0
 
The PairWise Ranking is the ranking system used the NCAA Selection
Committee in determining selections for the NCAA hockey tournament. The
PWR compares all teams at or above .500, judging them by five criteria:
common opponents, record in last 20 games, head to head meetings, record
against teams at or above .500, and the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI).
Only games against teams eligible for the NCAA tournament are counted.
 
The current PWR (updated constantly), can be found on the World Wide Web
at http://uscollegehockey.com/