One component of the overall PWR is winning percentage, therefore any result
affects that (including ties) and has the possibility to shuffle up the
rankings accordingly.

While wins will get you way more than losses in terms of moving up in the
rankings, particularly regarding the "bonus" calculation, you see from this
situation that ties or losses are not insignificant, when looking at teams
who are on either side of Maine in the full PWR grid.

Dan

William wrote:

>Can someone please explain the following to me:
>Prior to tonight's Northern Michigan-Michigan Tech game, Maine was tied
>for 16th in the PWR. Northern Michigan, I believe, was either 16th or
>15th, as well. Now, Northern and Tech tied tonight. Michigan Tech is
>8-19-3 on the season - including wins against Denver and Minnesota
>(twice). So, after seeing the result, I go check the rankings again (it's
>been a slow night) and, to my surprise, Maine DROPS to 17th in the PWR
>while 'Cats jump to 14th. How is this possible? How does a tie against a
>lowly team (record-wise) like Michigan Tech help you? Furthermore, why
>would Maine drop a ranking? It doesn't make sense, but maybe I'm missing
>something here.
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