And now for something completely different...
 
I've been working on this for a while, and it is now ready to present to
the list.  Please look it over and fire away with your questions.  I will
do my best to answer them.  Please note that I did not devise the rating
method; it is based on published information.
 
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Rating Percentage Index for College Hockey, compiled by Erik Biever
 
RPICH is an attempt to rate college hockey teams by objective methods.
The formula is that used as one of the tools for evaluating teams for
the national tournaments in college baseball, basketball, and hockey.
This implementation of the formula is derived from information published
in The Sporting News and Let's Play Hockey.  RPICH is calculated by
summing each team's winning percentage, the average winning percentage
of its opponents, and the average winning percentage of its opponents'
opponents, multiplied by 20%, 40%, and 40% respectively.  Factors such
as home ice and margin of victory are not included.  No individual game
is weighted more heavily than any other.  Only the 678 Division 1
games through 3/3/92  are included.
 
RPICH IS BASED ON SCORES COMPILED AND CALCULATIONS PERFORMED
INDEPENDENT OF THE NCAA AND ANY AGENTS THEREOF.
                                                 Opp     OppOpp
                         G    W  L  T    Win%    Win%    Win%   RPICH
 1  Maine               31   26- 3- 2   .8710   .5085   .5071   .5804
 2  Minnesota           36   28- 8- 0   .7778   .5341   .5163   .5757
 3  Michigan            38   28- 7- 3   .7763   .5301   .5205   .5755
 4  Boston University   32   21- 7- 4   .7188   .5093   .5138   .5530
 5  Michigan State      34   18- 9- 7   .6324   .5399   .5252   .5525
 6  Lake Superior       32   19- 9- 4   .6563   .5255   .5267   .5522
 7  Alaska-Anchorage    27   19- 7- 1   .7222   .5161   .4800   .5429
 8  Wisconsin           32   19-11- 2   .6250   .5225   .5129   .5392
 9  New Hampshire       33   20-11- 2   .6364   .5254   .4982   .5367
10  Providence          34   20-12- 2   .6176   .5209   .5117   .5365
11  Northern Michigan   36   20-13- 3   .5972   .5169   .5150   .5322
12  Western Michigan    32   16-10- 6   .5938   .5039   .5225   .5293
13  Harvard             26   14- 6- 6   .6538   .5072   .4850   .5276
14  St Lawrence         28   19- 8- 1   .6964   .4736   .4907   .5250
15  Clarkson            28   19- 8- 1   .6964   .4589   .4892   .5185
16  Miami               34   15-14- 5   .5147   .5082   .5185   .5136
17  Yale                25   12- 6- 7   .6200   .4876   .4861   .5135
18  Boston College      33   13-17- 3   .4394   .5475   .5070   .5097
19  Michigan Tech       34   14-19- 1   .4265   .5391   .5117   .5056
20  UMass-Lowell        31    9-18- 4   .3548   .5825   .5020   .5048
21  Ferris State        34   11-16- 7   .4265   .5302   .5177   .5045
22  Colorado College    34   15-15- 4   .5000   .5031   .5078   .5044
23  Minnesota-Duluth    32   13-17- 2   .4375   .5288   .5104   .5032
24  Illinois-Chicago    32   10-16- 6   .4063   .5272   .5195   .4999
25  North Dakota        34   16-17- 1   .4853   .4710   .5177   .4925
26  Bowling Green       32    8-19- 5   .3281   .5413   .5246   .4920
27  Ohio State          34   10-19- 5   .3676   .5265   .5185   .4915
28  St Cloud            30   12-17- 1   .4167   .5006   .5154   .4897
29  Vermont             30   15-12- 3   .5500   .4607   .4805   .4865
30  Northeastern        31   12-19- 0   .3871   .5199   .5024   .4863
31  RPI                 30   12-14- 4   .4667   .4940   .4774   .4819
32  Cornell             26   12-10- 4   .5385   .4560   .4769   .4808
33  Brown               29   10-15- 4   .4138   .5071   .4766   .4762
34  Princeton           26   12-13- 1   .4808   .4616   .4775   .4718
35  Denver              34    9-24- 1   .2794   .5112   .5111   .4648
36  Colgate             29   12-16- 1   .4310   .4662   .4803   .4648
37  Kent                26   10-14- 2   .4231   .4658   .4803   .4631
38  Merrimack           32   12-20- 0   .3750   .4593   .5004   .4589
39  Alaska-Fairbanks    29   13-16- 0   .4483   .4398   .4639   .4511
40  Alabama-Huntsville  19    8-11- 0   .4211   .4172   .4717   .4398
41  Notre Dame          25    8-17- 0   .3200   .4270   .4726   .4238
42  Dartmouth           26    3-21- 2   .1538   .4972   .4792   .4213
43  Union               24    2-21- 1   .1042   .4792   .4800   .4045
44  Army                18    2-16- 0   .1111   .4144   .4541   .3696
45  Air Force           24    3-21- 0   .1250   .3724   .4575   .3570
 
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