Unofficial RPI for Men's Division I College Hockey, through 12/29/1996.
Compiled by Wayne T. Smith
This report includes results from 344 of 718 Division I games. Only
games between teams with 20 or more Division I games scheduled are counted,
as 20 Division I games are required for eligibility to the NCAA tournament,
and only games between eligible teams are used in the NCAA selection
process. Though not eligible for post-season, Maine is included.
Rank School Record win% opp% oppopp% rpi
1 New Hampshire 15- 2- 0 88.24 47.89 55.69 0.6318
2 Vermont 10- 5- 0 66.67 63.36 49.16 0.6239
3 Michigan 16- 1- 1 91.67 42.86 49.92 0.6100
4 North Dakota 12- 4- 2 72.22 54.84 51.10 0.6036
5 Miami 14- 4- 0 77.78 48.97 49.96 0.5920
6 Minnesota 12- 6- 0 66.67 56.01 52.39 0.5920
7 Cornell 8- 3- 1 70.83 52.49 50.59 0.5863
8 St Cloud 12- 4- 2 72.22 49.56 53.95 0.5815
9 Colorado College 11- 6- 1 63.89 55.16 53.69 0.5799
10 Dartmouth 6- 3- 0 66.67 46.76 54.38 0.5487
11 Boston University 10- 4- 3 67.65 46.34 51.51 0.5457
12 Princeton 11- 3- 2 75.00 40.93 51.20 0.5440
13 Rensselaer 9- 4- 2 66.67 45.85 52.60 0.5415
14 Michigan State 11- 6- 0 64.71 46.73 49.19 0.5339
15 Denver 10- 6- 2 61.11 47.35 53.01 0.5302
16 Clarkson 9- 6- 0 60.00 49.25 48.19 0.5285
17 Wisconsin 7-10- 1 41.67 60.42 50.90 0.5243
18 Colgate 8- 7- 1 53.13 51.94 50.66 0.5216
19 Lake Superior 13- 8- 1 61.36 46.21 48.42 0.5184
20 Maine 7- 8- 1 46.88 56.46 46.89 0.5167
21 Minnesota-Duluth 11- 8- 1 57.50 45.31 53.34 0.5078
22 Union 4- 7- 1 37.50 58.03 49.99 0.4964
23 St Lawrence 6- 8- 1 43.33 53.71 48.25 0.4926
24 Boston College 7-10- 1 41.67 51.84 48.22 0.4774
25 Mass Lowell 8- 6- 0 57.14 38.97 54.25 0.4763
26 Harvard 5- 7- 2 42.86 49.15 49.95 0.4707
27 Mass Amherst 8-10- 0 44.44 48.60 47.41 0.4697
28 Western Michigan 7- 8- 2 47.06 45.48 45.87 0.4609
29 Yale 4- 6- 2 41.67 47.57 49.14 0.4574
30 Alaska-Anchorage 5- 9- 2 37.50 49.16 52.56 0.4559
31 Bowling Green 7-10- 2 42.11 45.94 46.51 0.4468
32 Merrimack 4-12- 1 26.47 56.58 47.13 0.4463
33 Northern Michigan 4-14- 2 25.00 55.12 52.59 0.4420
34 Brown 2-10- 1 19.23 55.99 47.64 0.4187
35 Northeastern 2-11- 2 20.00 55.50 46.84 0.4177
36 Providence 6-11- 1 36.11 41.93 52.35 0.4146
37 Army 1- 6- 1 18.75 55.94 44.21 0.4116
38 Notre Dame 4-11- 1 28.13 48.84 45.25 0.4105
39 Michigan Tech 2-13- 1 15.63 55.87 50.27 0.4094
40 Alaska-Fairbanks 4-15- 0 21.05 52.00 45.56 0.4020
41 Ferris State 5-11- 0 31.25 42.77 44.81 0.3904
42 Ohio State 5-14- 0 26.32 38.94 46.96 0.3572
43 Air Force 0- 5- 0 0.00 45.61 48.43 0.3007
Average ranking of each league:
WCHA: 18.20
HEA: 23.44
CCHA: 26.10
ECAC: 17.67
IND: 40.00
Comments on this RPI ranking:
o RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) has been part of the ranking of teams
for the NCAA men's D-I tournament.
o RPI and HEAL are very close this week, but then RPI and HEAL are
mathematicly first cousins :-)
o This RPI ranking is not done weekly and may or may not appear again
this season.
Holiday cheers,
Wayne T. Smith Systems Group -- CAPS
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