Ok, most of this makes (somewhat) sense, but I'm still unclear of 1 thing:
How was Michigan State able to pass Maine last night? How could Northern
Michigan tie a team like Michigan Tech help move Michigan State past
Maine?

On a related topic, since no words are necessary to emphasize the
significance of getting victories (plural as in 2) in Providence this
weekend, I'll just leave it at that. Get. it. Done.

--- james acheson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> the other kind of bizzarre thing that figures in, besides your
> opponent's winning percentage is that opponent's opponent's winning
> percentage..
>
> so when Maine beats Providence (hope, hope hope), Maine's Rpi will be
> negatively affected because of Providence's low wiinning percentage, but
> I bet that it will be positively affected by the winning percentage of
> Providence's opponents.
>
>
>
> "D. B. Doucette" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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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