1999-2000 Pairwise Rankings as of February 13, 2000
 
Rk Team                GP  W- L- T  Win%  Rk     RPI  Rk  PWR
  1 Wisconsin           30 23- 6- 1 0.7833  1 | 0.6171  1 | 24
  2 New Hampshire       30 19- 6- 5 0.7167  6 | 0.6043  2 | 21
  3 North Dakota        30 20- 7- 3 0.7167  6 | 0.5951  4 | 21
  4 Niagara             21 15- 5- 1 0.7381  4 | 0.5897  6 | 21
  5 Maine               28 17- 7- 4 0.6786 11 | 0.5952  3 | 20
  6 Boston University   30 18- 6- 6 0.7000  9 | 0.5931  5 | 20
  7 Boston College      27 19- 7- 1 0.7222  5 | 0.5891  7 | 19
  8 Michigan            30 22- 7- 1 0.7500  3 | 0.5744  9 | 16
  9 Quinnipiac          23 16- 4- 3 0.7609  2 | 0.5728 10 | 16
10 Colgate             24 16- 7- 1 0.6875 10 | 0.5589 12 | 15
11 St Lawrence         24 16- 6- 2 0.7083  8 | 0.5855  8 | 14
12 Michigan State      30 19- 9- 2 0.6667 12 | 0.5587 13 | 13
13 Minnesota           30 15-13- 2 0.5333 22 | 0.5597 11 | 12
14 St Cloud            26 14-10- 2 0.5769 16 | 0.5414 17 | 12
15 Rensselaer          27 17- 8- 2 0.6667 12 | 0.5534 14 | 10
16 Ferris State        30 16-12- 2 0.5667 17 | 0.5421 16 | 10
17 Northeastern        27 12-10- 5 0.5370 21 | 0.5502 15 |  8
18 Colorado College    31 16-13- 2 0.5484 20 | 0.5327 18 |  7
19 Northern Michigan   30 19- 9- 2 0.6667 12 | 0.5174 19 |  6
20 Providence          30 15-14- 1 0.5167 25 | 0.5144 20 |  5
21 Canisius            19 11- 7- 1 0.6053 15 | 0.5126 21 |  4
22 MSU-Mankato         26 14-11- 1 0.5577 19 | 0.5032 22 |  3
23 Lake Superior       30 15-13- 2 0.5333 22 | 0.5024 23 |  2
24 Sacred Heart        24 12- 9- 3 0.5625 18 | 0.4786 29 |  1
25 Iona                20  9- 8- 3 0.5250 24 | 0.4702 36 |  0
 
The Pairwise Ranking is the ranking system used by the NCAA Selection
Committee to determine participants for the NCAA Division I men's hockey
tournament. The PWR compares only those 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. Warning:
this file is very large.
 
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 five major conferences
and non-conference games (denoted "NC" in USCHO's schedules) against Air
Force, Army, MSU-Mankato and Niagara 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.