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. 15.
Rk Team                GP  W- L- T  Win%  Rk     RPI  Rk  PWR
 1 North Dakota        28 23- 4- 1 0.8393  1 | 0.6236  1 | 22
 2 Michigan            30 23- 6- 1 0.7833  5 | 0.6061  4 | 21
 3 New Hampshire       26 20- 5- 1 0.7885  4 | 0.6160  2 | 20
 4 Michigan State      30 22- 4- 4 0.8000  3 | 0.6004  5 | 19
 5 Boston University   27 20- 5- 2 0.7778  6 | 0.6152  3 | 18
 6 Yale                23 19- 4- 0 0.8261  2 | 0.5844  6 | 17
 7 Boston College      30 18- 8- 4 0.6667  7 | 0.5650  8 | 16
 8 Miami               29 17- 8- 4 0.6552  9 | 0.5689  7 | 15
 9 St Cloud            26 16- 8- 2 0.6538 10 | 0.5607  9 | 14
10 Wisconsin           28 18- 9- 1 0.6607  8 | 0.5529 10 | 13
11 Colgate             25 14- 8- 3 0.6200 12 | 0.5448 11 | 12
12 Ohio State          30 17-11- 2 0.6000 13 | 0.5436 12 | 11
13 Clarkson            23 13- 7- 3 0.6304 11 | 0.5291 13 |  9
14 Northern Michigan   29 14-11- 4 0.5517 18 | 0.5274 14 |  7
15 Colorado College    29 15-11- 3 0.5690 17 | 0.5202 15 |  7
16 Northeastern        28 15-11- 2 0.5714 15 | 0.5128 18 |  7
17 Cornell             22 11- 9- 2 0.5455 19 | 0.5185 16 |  6
18 Minnesota-Duluth    30 14-14- 2 0.5000 22 | 0.5087 20 |  6
19 Princeton           21 10- 7- 4 0.5714 15 | 0.5091 19 |  5
20 Lake Superior       29 13-12- 4 0.5172 21 | 0.5008 23 |  4
21 Rensselaer          25 13- 9- 3 0.5800 14 | 0.4928 26 |  3
22 Providence          29 13-13- 3 0.5000 22 | 0.4954 25 |  1
23 Dartmouth           23 10- 9- 4 0.5217 20 | 0.4688 30 |  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).
Only games against teams eligible for the NCAA tournament are counted.
 
The current PWR (updated constantly), can be found on the World Wide Web
at http://uscollegehockey.com/