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.
 
Only games against teams eligible for the NCAA tournament are counted.
 
These results include games through Sunday, March 1.
Rk Team                GP  W- L- T  Win%  Rk     RPI  Rk  PWR
 1 Michigan State      34 26- 4- 4 0.8235  2 | 0.6213  1 | 23
 2 North Dakota        32 26- 5- 1 0.8281  1 | 0.6203  2 | 22
 3 Boston University   31 24- 5- 2 0.8065  3 | 0.6155  3 | 21
 4 Michigan            34 24- 9- 1 0.7206  5 | 0.5899  4 | 20
 5 New Hampshire       30 21- 8- 1 0.7167  6 | 0.5811  5 | 19
 6 Boston College      32 20- 8- 4 0.6875  7 | 0.5702  6 | 17
 7 Yale                27 20- 6- 1 0.7593  4 | 0.5598  7 | 17
 8 Clarkson            27 17- 7- 3 0.6852  8 | 0.5590  8 | 17
 9 Ohio State          32 19-11- 2 0.6250 10 | 0.5491 10 | 15
10 Wisconsin           32 19-12- 1 0.6094 11 | 0.5383 13 | 13
11 Colorado College    34 20-11- 3 0.6324  9 | 0.5437 11 | 12
12 Miami               33 18-11- 4 0.6061 12 | 0.5420 12 | 12
13 Northeastern        32 18-12- 2 0.5938 14 | 0.5300 14 | 11
14 St Cloud            30 17-11- 2 0.6000 13 | 0.5556  9 | 10
15 Minnesota-Duluth    32 15-15- 2 0.5000 20 | 0.5195 15 |  9
16 Colgate             29 14-11- 4 0.5517 17 | 0.5079 19 |  8
17 Notre Dame          36 16-16- 4 0.5000 20 | 0.5131 17 |  7
18 Lake Superior       33 15-14- 4 0.5152 18 | 0.5075 20 |  6
19 Northern Michigan   33 15-14- 4 0.5152 18 | 0.5104 18 |  5
20 Rensselaer          29 15-10- 4 0.5862 15 | 0.5037 21 |  5
21 Princeton           25 11- 8- 6 0.5600 16 | 0.5010 22 |  4
22 Cornell             26 12-12- 2 0.5000 20 | 0.4932 27 |  2
23 Providence          33 15-15- 3 0.5000 20 | 0.4997 24 |  1
24 Dartmouth           27 11-11- 5 0.5000 20 | 0.4685 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).
 
The current PWR (updated constantly), can be found on the World Wide Web
at http://uscollegehockey.com/