2002-2003 Division I Men Pairwise Rankings (PWR)
Rk Team                GP  W- L- T  Win%  Rk     RPI  Rk  PWR
 1 Maine               20 16- 2- 2 0.8500  2 | 0.6270  1 | 30
 2 Cornell             15 12- 3- 0 0.8000  4 | 0.6184  2 | 28
   Colorado College    22 16- 2- 4 0.8182  3 | 0.6069  3 | 28
   North Dakota        22 18- 1- 3 0.8864  1 | 0.6065  4 | 28
 5 St. Cloud State     18  8- 7- 3 0.5278 24 | 0.5943  5 | 24
   Boston College      18 10- 5- 3 0.6389 15 | 0.5935  6 | 24
   New Hampshire       19 13- 4- 2 0.7368  7 | 0.5908  7 | 24
 8 Boston University   21 13- 6- 2 0.6667 13 | 0.5907  8 | 23
 9 Michigan            20 14- 5- 1 0.7250  9 | 0.5631 12 | 21
10 Minnesota           21 11- 5- 5 0.6429 14 | 0.5873 10 | 20
   Dartmouth           13  9- 4- 0 0.6923 11 | 0.5612 14 | 20
   Ferris State        20 15- 5- 0 0.7500  6 | 0.5606 15 | 20
13 Ohio State          21 15- 4- 2 0.7619  5 | 0.5895  9 | 19
14 Denver              22 14- 5- 3 0.7045 10 | 0.5628 13 | 18
15 Massachusetts       20 12- 7- 1 0.6250 16 | 0.5646 11 | 17
16 Miami               22 13- 8- 1 0.6136 17 | 0.5320 18 | 15
17 Harvard             17 11- 5- 1 0.6765 12 | 0.5517 16 | 13
   Northern Michigan   18 10- 7- 1 0.5833 18 | 0.5217 23 | 13
19 MSU-Mankato         20  7- 7- 6 0.5000 27 | 0.5298 19 | 12
20 Notre Dame          20  9- 8- 3 0.5250 26 | 0.5279 21 | 11
21 Merrimack           18  7- 8- 3 0.4722 29 | 0.5374 17 | 10
22 Mass.-Lowell        19  8-10- 1 0.4474 34 | 0.5283 20 |  8
   Yale                14  8- 6- 0 0.5714 20 | 0.5220 22 |  8
   Alaska-Fairbanks    18  8- 7- 3 0.5278 24 | 0.5215 24 |  8
25 Providence          18 10- 7- 1 0.5833 18 | 0.5168 26 |  7
26 Minnesota-Duluth    20  9- 7- 4 0.5500 23 | 0.5022 30 |  5
27 Wisconsin           20  7-12- 1 0.3750 44 | 0.5173 25 |  4
   Nebraska-Omaha      20  8-10- 2 0.4500 33 | 0.5100 28 |  4
29 Western Michigan    20  8-11- 1 0.4250 35 | 0.5156 27 |  2
30 Northeastern        18  6-10- 2 0.3889 42 | 0.5025 29 |  1
31 Quinnipiac          17 12- 4- 1 0.7353  8 | 0.5005 31 |  0

The Pairwise Ranking is a system which attempts to mimic the method used by
the NCAA Selection Committee to determine participants for the NCAA Division
I men's hockey tournament. The PWR compares teams with a Ratings Percentage
Index (RPI) at or above .500, judging them by four criteria: record against
common opponents, head to head competition, record against other teams with
RPIs at or above .500, and the 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.

A more complete explanation of the workings of the PWR is also available in
our FAQ. There is also a FAQ available explaining the NCAA Tournament
selection process.

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 six major conferences 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.