Estimated NCAA Division 1 Ice Hockey ratings percentage index based on 501 games played through 02/01/98 Game scores for this calculation provided by www.uscollegehockey.com Weight 35% 50% 15% G W L T win% rank opp% rank opp-opp Total 1 North Dakota 24 19- 4- 1 81.25 ( 2) 53.13 ( 9) 50.78 (20) 62.62 2 New Hampshire 23 17- 5- 1 76.09 ( 5) 54.99 ( 6) 51.83 ( 4) 61.90 3 Boston University 22 16- 4- 2 77.27 ( 4) 54.29 ( 7) 50.98 (15) 61.84 4 Michigan State 26 20- 3- 3 82.69 ( 1) 47.99 (30) 51.47 ( 9) 60.66 5 Michigan 27 20- 6- 1 75.93 ( 6) 50.53 (18) 51.91 ( 3) 59.63 6 Wisconsin 24 17- 6- 1 72.92 ( 7) 51.07 (17) 52.10 ( 1) 58.87 7 Miami 25 16- 6- 3 70.00 ( 8) 52.32 (14) 51.97 ( 2) 58.46 8 Boston College 25 15- 7- 3 66.00 (10) 52.98 (10) 51.54 ( 8) 57.32 9 Yale 19 15- 4- 0 78.95 ( 3) 42.18 (41) 47.67 (40) 55.87 10 Colgate 21 13- 6- 2 66.67 ( 9) 49.39 (28) 48.51 (34) 55.31 11 St Cloud 24 14- 8- 2 62.50 (11) 49.92 (25) 51.76 ( 5) 54.60 12 Ohio State 26 15-10- 1 59.62 (14) 49.72 (27) 51.45 (10) 53.44 13 Northern Michigan 27 13-10- 4 55.56 (17) 52.58 (13) 50.95 (16) 53.38 14 Colorado College 27 15-10- 2 59.26 (15) 49.94 (24) 51.09 (13) 53.37 15 Northeastern 24 14- 8- 2 62.50 (11) 47.82 (32) 49.93 (23) 53.27 16 Notre Dame 28 12-13- 3 48.21 (23) 55.20 ( 5) 50.86 (17) 52.10 17 Clarkson 19 10- 6- 3 60.53 (13) 46.94 (36) 49.54 (25) 52.08 18 Maine 23 9-11- 3 45.65 (27) 56.57 ( 1) 51.69 ( 7) 52.02 19 Cornell 18 9- 7- 2 55.56 (17) 49.81 (26) 48.95 (30) 51.69 20 Princeton 17 8- 5- 4 58.82 (16) 46.54 (37) 47.33 (41) 50.96 21 Minnesota-Duluth 26 11-14- 1 44.23 (29) 55.42 ( 3) 49.82 (24) 50.66 22 Lake Superior 26 12-10- 4 53.85 (20) 47.64 (34) 51.25 (11) 50.35 23 Ferris State 26 11-12- 3 48.08 (24) 50.12 (22) 51.14 (12) 49.56 24 Providence 25 12-11- 2 52.00 (21) 46.96 (35) 49.05 (28) 49.04 25 Mass Lowell 23 9-11- 3 45.65 (27) 50.50 (20) 48.62 (33) 48.52 26 Harvard 17 6- 9- 2 41.18 (30) 53.47 ( 8) 48.49 (35) 48.42 27 Michigan Tech 24 10-12- 2 45.83 (25) 48.88 (29) 51.72 ( 6) 48.24 28 Rensselaer 21 10- 8- 3 54.76 (19) 42.98 (40) 48.68 (32) 47.96 29 Minnesota 26 10-16- 0 38.46 (31) 52.74 (12) 51.07 (14) 47.49 30 Alaska-Fairbanks 25 7-16- 2 32.00 (34) 52.89 (11) 50.79 (19) 45.26 31 Denver 24 8-16- 0 33.33 (33) 52.08 (15) 49.39 (27) 45.12 32 Mankato State 24 10-12- 2 45.83 (25) 43.07 (39) 49.53 (26) 45.00 33 Dartmouth 19 8- 8- 3 50.00 (22) 40.06 (44) 48.22 (38) 44.76 34 Merrimack 25 8-16- 1 34.00 (32) 50.52 (19) 48.94 (31) 44.50 35 St Lawrence 19 4-14- 1 23.68 (39) 55.27 ( 4) 48.49 (36) 43.20 36 Brown 18 5-12- 1 30.56 (36) 50.31 (21) 48.97 (29) 43.20 37 Alaska-Anchorage 26 6-17- 3 28.85 (37) 50.04 (23) 50.84 (18) 42.74 38 Western Michigan 28 5-22- 1 19.64 (41) 56.42 ( 2) 50.50 (21) 42.66 39 Vermont 22 6-14- 2 31.82 (35) 47.79 (33) 48.34 (37) 42.28 40 Bowling Green 27 4-21- 2 18.52 (42) 51.24 (16) 50.27 (22) 39.64 41 Union 20 3-14- 3 22.50 (40) 43.57 (38) 46.68 (42) 36.66 42 Mass Amherst 21 4-15- 2 23.81 (38) 40.90 (43) 47.91 (39) 35.97 43 Army 14 1-13- 0 7.14 (44) 47.93 (31) 44.64 (43) 33.16 44 Air Force 7 1- 6- 0 14.29 (43) 41.52 (42) 44.37 (44) 32.42 Average 49.00 49.69 49.77 49.46 Standard Deviation 19.47 4.22 1.84 7.49 range 7.14 40.06 44.37 to 82.69 56.57 52.10 This information is freely available for personal use. Copyright 1998 Charlie Shub. Republication without permission is prohibited. This calculation includes only teams eligible for the NCAA tournament. Since Nebraska-Omaha and Niagara both fit the definition of an Emerging Program, and the NCAA does not include emerging programs in their calculations, their games are not included. The total is calculated by the Rating Percentage Index method, used as a tool by the NCAA in selecting teams for national collegiate tournaments in several sports. Ratings are derived 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 the given weights. Factors such as importance of game, margin of victory, or home ice are not included in the calculations. charlie shub University of Colorado at Colorado Springs [log in to unmask] -or- [log in to unmask] -or- [log in to unmask] (719) 262-3492 (fax) 262-3369 http://www.cs.uccs.edu/~cdash HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.