2001-2002 Division I Men Pairwise Rankings (PWR)
Rk Team                GP  W- L- T  Win%  Rk     RPI  Rk  PWR
 1 New Hampshire       37 28- 6- 3 0.7973  2 | 0.6197  3 | 26
 2 Minnesota           40 29- 7- 4 0.7750  4 | 0.6284  1 | 25
 3 Denver              39 31- 7- 1 0.8077  1 | 0.6204  2 | 24
 4 Michigan State      38 26- 7- 5 0.7500  5 | 0.5937  6 | 22
 5 Maine               39 23- 9- 7 0.6795 10 | 0.5913  7 | 21
 6 St. Cloud           40 29- 9- 2 0.7500  5 | 0.6011  4 | 20
 7 Boston University   37 25- 9- 3 0.7162  8 | 0.6002  5 | 20
 8 Cornell             32 24- 6- 2 0.7812  3 | 0.5884  8 | 20
 9 Colorado College    40 25-12- 3 0.6625 12 | 0.5771  9 | 18
10 Michigan            39 24-10- 5 0.6795 10 | 0.5734 10 | 18
11 Alaska-Fairbanks    37 22-12- 3 0.6351 13 | 0.5612 12 | 16
12 Northern Michigan   39 26-11- 2 0.6923  9 | 0.5607 13 | 16
13 UMass-Lowell        38 22-13- 3 0.6184 14 | 0.5613 11 | 13
14 Mercyhurst          34 24- 7- 3 0.7500  5 | 0.5478 14 | 13
15 Western Michigan    38 19-15- 4 0.5526 20 | 0.5426 15 | 13
16 Ohio State          39 20-15- 4 0.5641 18 | 0.5406 16 | 11
17 Nebraska-Omaha      41 21-16- 4 0.5610 19 | 0.5368 17 | 10
18 Northeastern        39 19-17- 3 0.5256 24 | 0.5359 18 |  9
19 Rensselaer          36 19-13- 4 0.5833 16 | 0.5114 22 |  8
20 Clarkson            37 17-14- 6 0.5405 22 | 0.5091 23 |  7
21 Boston College      38 18-18- 2 0.5000 26 | 0.5172 21 |  6
22 Wayne State         31 16-11- 4 0.5806 17 | 0.5043 24 |  5
23 Quinnipiac          36 19-12- 5 0.5972 15 | 0.4956 29 |  4
24 Harvard             32 14-14- 4 0.5000 26 | 0.4900 30 |  3
25 Dartmouth           32 14-13- 5 0.5156 25 | 0.4827 33 |  2
26 Sacred Heart        34 16-14- 4 0.5294 23 | 0.4815 35 |  1
27 Holy Cross          32 15-12- 5 0.5469 21 | 0.4760 36 |  0

The Pairwise Ranking is a system which attemps 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 at or above .500, judging
them by five criteria: record against common opponents, record in last 16
games, head to head competition, record against other teams at or above
.500, and the Ratings Percentage Index (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.