Whether or not one includes the games against emerging programs in one's Ratings
Percentage Index Figures makes a HUGE difference in telative rankings
(and PWR as well) Here's the data. Make of it what you will...
Similar results occur with the Pair Wise comparisons. I believe it would
impact who would get the second bye in the west.
cdash
without emerging programs with emerging programs
1 New Hampshire 1 North Dakota
2 Boston University 2 New Hampshire
3 North Dakota 3 Boston University
4 Michigan 4 Michigan State
5 Michigan State 5 Michigan
6 Miami 6 Wisconsin
7 Boston College 7 Boston College
8 Wisconsin 8 Miami
9 Colgate 9 Colgate
10 Yale 10 St Cloud
11 St Cloud 11 Yale
12 Northern Michigan 12 Northern Michigan
13 Cornell 13 Colorado College
14 Notre Dame 14 Cornell
15 Northeastern 15 Northeastern
16 Providence 16 Providence
17 Ohio State 17 Notre Dame
18 Lake Superior 18 Minnesota-Duluth
19 Colorado College 19 Ohio State
20 Minnesota-Duluth 20 Maine
21 Maine 21 Princeton
22 Clarkson 22 Lake Superior
23 Princeton 23 Clarkson
24 Ferris State 24 Mass Lowell
25 Mass Lowell 25 Rensselaer
26 Rensselaer 26 Minnesota
27 Harvard 27 Ferris State
28 Merrimack 28 Harvard
29 Michigan Tech 29 Mankato State
30 Minnesota 30 Michigan Tech
31 Alaska-Fairbanks 31 Merrimack
32 Western Michigan 32 Alaska-Fairbanks
33 Dartmouth 33 Dartmouth
34 Vermont 34 Western Michigan
35 St Lawrence 35 Vermont
36 Brown 36 Alaska-Anchorage
37 Denver 37 St Lawrence
38 Alaska-Anchorage 38 Brown
39 Bowling Green 39 Denver
40 Union 40 Bowling Green
41 Mass Amherst 41 Union
42 Army 42 Army
43 Air Force 43 Nebraska-Omaha
44 Mass Amherst
45 Air Force
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