There are 32 scenarios the 5 conference championship games.  I have a
shell script that generates the PWR statistics for each scenario, and
then counts how many times a team finishes in different positions.
That table is reproduced below.

There are at least 3 teams (ECAC champ, Atlantic Hockey Champ and
Niagara) that are not high in the PWRs who will get automatic bids.

Umass will get an automatic bid if they win Hockey East tomorrow.
Unfortunately, I can't tell you how many of those 32 scenarios
have each of two bubble teams finishing 13th

Two other caveats:
a)  i don't add in bonus rpi values
b)  i don't eliminate first round conference games that have negative
    RPI impact

Your mileage may vary.


    team          1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13
-------------------------------------------------------------------
North Dakota     32
Boston College       32
Maine                    32
Minnesota                    32
Minnesota-Duluth                  32
Michigan                              8   8  16
Denver                                8  24
Ohio State                           16                      16
Wisconsin                                    16      12   4
New Hampshire                                    20      12
Miami                                            12  20
Michigan State                                           16  16
Colorado College                                                 20
Colgate                                                          12

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