U.S. College Hockey Online presents:
The 1997-98 PairWise Rankings (PWR)
 
Note: The PWR can be reformatted and redistributed by any media outlet or
person, provided USCHO's URL (http://uscollegehockey.com/) accompanies
the results.
 
These results include games through Sunday, Feb. 8.
Rk Team                GP  W- L- T  Win%  Rk     RPI  Rk  PWR
 1 North Dakota        26 21- 4- 1 0.8269  1 | 0.6196  2 | 22
 2 Michigan State      28 20- 4- 4 0.7857  4 | 0.6003  4 | 21
 3 Michigan            28 21- 6- 1 0.7679  6 | 0.5972  5 | 20
 4 Boston University   24 18- 4- 2 0.7917  3 | 0.6248  1 | 19
 5 New Hampshire       24 18- 5- 1 0.7708  5 | 0.6095  3 | 17
 6 Miami               27 17- 6- 4 0.7037  7 | 0.5858  6 | 17
 7 Yale                21 17- 4- 0 0.8095  2 | 0.5782  7 | 17
 8 Wisconsin           26 17- 8- 1 0.6731  8 | 0.5647  8 | 14
 9 St Cloud            24 14- 8- 2 0.6250 11 | 0.5522 10 | 13
10 Colgate             23 13- 8- 2 0.6087 13 | 0.5439 11 | 13
11 Boston College      27 15- 8- 4 0.6296 10 | 0.5635  9 | 12
12 Ohio State          28 16-10- 2 0.6071 14 | 0.5428 12 | 12
13 Clarkson            21 12- 6- 3 0.6429  9 | 0.5368 14 | 10
14 Northeastern        26 15- 9- 2 0.6154 12 | 0.5371 13 |  9
15 Cornell             20 10- 8- 2 0.5500 18 | 0.5247 16 |  8
16 Northern Michigan   27 13-10- 4 0.5556 17 | 0.5293 15 |  7
17 Colorado College    29 15-11- 3 0.5690 16 | 0.5178 17 |  6
18 Princeton           19  9- 6- 4 0.5789 15 | 0.5152 21 |  6
19 Lake Superior       27 12-11- 4 0.5185 21 | 0.5053 22 |  4
20 Notre Dame          30 13-13- 4 0.5000 22 | 0.5173 18 |  3
21 Rensselaer          23 11- 9- 3 0.5435 19 | 0.4780 27 |  2
22 Providence          27 13-11- 3 0.5370 20 | 0.4959 24 |  1
23 Dartmouth           21  9- 9- 3 0.5000 22 | 0.4526 32 |  0
 
The PairWise Ranking is the ranking system used the NCAA Selection
Committee in determining selections for the NCAA hockey tournament. The
PWR compares all teams at or above .500, judging them by five criteria:
common opponents, record in last 20 games, head to head meetings, record
against teams at or above .500, and the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI).
 
The current PWR (updated constantly), can be found on the World Wide Web
at http://uscollegehockey.com/