8 UNH 7 Ohio State 9 Yale 10 colorado college 1 North Dakota 2 Michigan State 4 Michigan 3 BU 5 clarkson 6 BC 12 st cloud 11 wisconsin obviously, this won't happen because there WILL be 2 eastern byes and 2 western byes st Cloud UNH Michigan cc/wisc winner North Dakota Michigan State Clarkson BU BC Ohio State cc/wisc loser yale the top two in each league go to their respective regionals #1 WCHA v #2 CCHA and #1 CCHA v #2 WCHA #1 ECAC v #2 HE and #1 HE v #2 ECAC league third place goes to other region only 1 potential intra conference matchup Estimated NCAA Division 1 Ice Hockey PAIRWISE COMPARISONS based on 744 games played through 03/19/98 Game scores for this calculation provided by www.uscollegehockey.com index team games win % last 20 being considered rpi won ----- ---- ----- ----- ------- ---------------- --- --- 1 North Dakota 36 81.94 85.00 (10- 5- 1) 65.62 61.96 19 2 Michigan State 38 81.58 82.50 ( 9- 2- 3) 75.00 61.55 18 3 Boston University 36 77.78 80.00 (12- 5- 2) 68.42 59.52 17 4 Michigan 39 73.08 70.00 ( 7- 7- 0) 50.00 58.73 16 5 Clarkson 31 72.58 82.50 ( 4- 6- 1) 40.91 57.32 15 6 Boston College 36 70.83 75.00 ( 9- 6- 3) 58.33 57.82 14 7 Ohio State 36 66.67 77.50 ( 7- 6- 1) 53.57 56.20 13 8 New Hampshire 34 66.18 57.50 (11-10- 1) 52.27 55.99 11 9 Yale 32 76.56 77.50 ( 6- 1- 0) 85.71 55.66 11 10 Colorado College 38 67.11 67.50 ( 3- 9- 2) 28.57 54.98 10 11 Wisconsin 36 62.50 62.50 ( 8- 6- 1) 56.67 54.66 10 12 St Cloud 36 58.33 50.00 ( 7- 8- 0) 46.67 54.21 8 13 Northern Michigan 36 55.56 52.50 ( 7- 8- 1) 46.88 52.91 6 14 Maine 31 51.61 47.50 ( 7- 9- 3) 44.74 52.42 6 15 Minnesota-Duluth 38 52.63 60.00 ( 7- 8- 1) 46.88 51.66 5 16 Northeastern 37 55.41 47.50 ( 7-11- 2) 40.00 51.99 4 17 Miami 36 55.56 35.00 ( 5- 8- 2) 40.00 51.74 3 18 Mass Lowell 35 50.00 55.00 ( 6-13- 2) 33.33 50.80 2 19 Rensselaer 34 55.88 60.00 ( 3- 5- 1) 38.89 49.97 2 20 Princeton 31 56.45 55.00 ( 2- 4- 1) 35.71 50.07 0 Teams can earn points for each of the following criteria: 1. Head to head Competition (one point per game) 2. Record against common opponents 3. Record against teams under consideration 4. Record in last 20 games 5. Ratings percentage index The record in the last 20 games, the record against teams under consideration, the ratings percentage index, and the number of pairwise comparisons won are listed above. (for individual comparisons, subtract head to head record from the overall 'being considered' record given above.) The Ratings percentage index is used as a tiebreaker. 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. Summaries of head to head competition results, record against common opponents, and overall pairwise comparisons are given in 3 tables below. Head To Head (row team wins over column team) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 total - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ----- 1 North Dakota 3 3 2 2 10 2 Michigan State 4 2 1 1 1 9 3 Boston University 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 12 4 Michigan 3 1 2 1 7 5 Clarkson 1 1 1 1 4 6 Boston College 1 2 1 2 3 9 7 Ohio State 1 1 3 2 7 8 New Hampshire 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 11 9 Yale 1 1 2 2 6 10 Colorado College 2 1 3 11 Wisconsin 1 2 1 1 3 8 12 St Cloud 2 2 1 2 7 13 Northern Michigan 1 1 1 4 7 14 Maine 1 3 1 2 7 15 Minnesota-Duluth 2 1 1 3 7 16 Northeastern 1 1 2 2 1 7 17 Miami 2 1 1 1 5 18 Mass Lowell 1 1 4 6 19 Rensselaer 1 1 1 3 20 Princeton 1 1 2 Common Opponents ('<' - row wins '^' - column wins 't' - tie) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 North Dakota ^ < < < ^ t < < < < < < < < < < 13 2 2 Michigan State < ^ < ^ < < < < < < < < < ^ < < 13 3 3 Boston University t ^ < < < < < t ^ < < < ^ < < < 11 3 4 Michigan ^ < t < < ^ < < < < < < < < < < ^ < < 15 3 5 Clarkson ^ ^ < ^ < t < < t ^ ^ < < ^ < < < < < 11 6 6 Boston College < ^ ^ ^ ^ < < < ^ < < < < < < < < < 13 5 7 Ohio State ^ ^ ^ < t < ^ < < < t ^ ^ ^ < ^ < ^ 7 9 8 New Hampshire < ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ < < ^ t < ^ < < < < < < 10 7 9 Yale t ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ t ^ ^ < < ^ < < < 5 11 10 Colorado College ^ ^ ^ ^ t ^ < < < < < < < < ^ < < < 11 6 11 Wisconsin ^ ^ t ^ < < ^ t t ^ < < t < ^ < t < 7 6 12 St Cloud ^ ^ ^ < ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ < t < ^ ^ 3 10 13 Northern Michigan ^ ^ < ^ ^ ^ t < < ^ ^ ^ < ^ ^ ^ < < 6 11 14 Maine ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ < ^ < ^ t t ^ < ^ ^ ^ < ^ 4 13 15 Minnesota-Duluth ^ ^ ^ ^ < ^ < ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ < ^ ^ t ^ < t 4 13 16 Northeastern ^ < ^ ^ ^ ^ < ^ ^ ^ < < < < < < < ^ ^ 9 10 17 Miami ^ ^ < ^ ^ ^ ^ < < ^ < < < t ^ < < < 9 8 18 Mass Lowell ^ < ^ ^ < ^ ^ ^ ^ < < ^ ^ ^ < 5 10 19 Rensselaer ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ t ^ ^ ^ < ^ < < 3 14 20 Princeton ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ < ^ ^ ^ ^ < t < ^ ^ ^ 3 12 Total points ('<' - row wins '^' - column wins) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 North Dakota < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < 19 0 2 Michigan State ^ < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < 18 1 3 Boston University ^ ^ < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < 17 2 4 Michigan ^ ^ ^ < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < 16 3 5 Clarkson ^ ^ ^ ^ < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < 15 4 6 Boston College ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ < < < < < < < < < < < < < < 14 5 7 Ohio State ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ < < < < < < < < < < < < < 13 6 8 New Hampshire ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ < < ^ < < < < < < < < < 11 8 9 Yale ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ < < < < < < < < < < < 11 8 10 Colorado College ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ < < < < < < < < < < 10 9 11 Wisconsin ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ < ^ ^ < < < < < < < < < 10 9 12 St Cloud ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ < < < < < < < < 8 11 13 Northern Michigan ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ < ^ < < < < < 6 13 14 Maine ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ < < < < < < 6 13 15 Minnesota-Duluth ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ < ^ ^ < < < < 5 14 16 Northeastern ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ < < ^ < < 4 15 17 Miami ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ < < < 3 16 18 Mass Lowell ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ < ^ ^ < 2 17 19 Rensselaer ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ < < 2 17 20 Princeton ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 0 19 This information is freely available for personal use. 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