Ranking Systems for D1 College Hockey (2003-2004)

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Game results taken from US College Hockey Online's Division I composite schedule

Comparison Between Rankings

The following table lists the 58 teams eligible for the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament along with their rankings according to several rating systems, described below.

Team Record RPI KRACH PWR
Rk W-L-T Pct. Rk Rating Rk Rating RRWP Rk Rating
Maine 1 30-7-3 .7875 3 .5922 2 596.9 .8222 3 28
North Dakota 2 29-7-3 .7821 1 .6025 1 981.8 .8803 1 28
Boston Coll 3 27-8-4 .7436 2 .5927 3 575.6 .8173 2 28
Holy Cross 4 22-9-4 .6857 26 .5055 43 56.13 .3840 26 3
Minn-Duluth 5 26-12-4 .6667 5 .5675 5 503.5 .7985 5 25
Michigan 6 26-13-2 .6585 7 .5546 9 274.9 .6998 8 21
Minnesota 7 26-13-3 .6548 4 .5812 4 554.2 .8121 4 26
Denver U 8 23-12-5 .6375 8 .5492 6 397.7 .7627 7 23
Ohio State 9 26-15 .6341 6 .5634 10 269.2 .6960 6 23
Colgate 10 22-12-5 .6282 20 .5190 20 149.7 .5825 14 15
Miami 11 23-13-4 .6250 10 .5415 12 222.3 .6605 9 21
Wisconsin 12 21-12-8 .6098 9 .5420 7 343.4 .7387 10 20
Bemidji State 13 20-13-3 .5972 29 .5011 36 91.79 .4824 29 1
Cornell 14 16-10-6 .5938 19 .5190 22 140.2 .5693 16 14
Niagara 15 21-14-3 .5921 33 .4966 37 83.54 .4632
RPI 16 22-15-2 .5897 25 .5059 26 125.7 .5471 24 7
Mich State 17 23-16-2 .5854 12 .5352 14 211.7 .6511 12 18
Mercyhurst 18 20-14-2 .5833 35 .4895 46 44.85 .3417
Notre Dame 19 20-14-4 .5789 15 .5274 15 195.7 .6359 15 15
New Hampshire 20 20-14-6 .5750 11 .5409 13 218.9 .6575 11 19
Brown 21 15-11-5 .5645 31 .4998 30 110.8 .5210
Northern Mich 22 21-16-4 .5610 32 .4996 21 147.5 .5796
Harvard 23 18-14-3 .5571 23 .5108 24 129.5 .5531 21 9
CO College 24 20-16-3 .5513 13 .5322 8 279.7 .7030 13 16
Dartmouth 25 14-11-9 .5441 21 .5188 25 128.7 .5517 19 11
Mass-Amherst 26 17-14-6 .5405 17 .5266 16 181.2 .6209 18 12
Providence 27 16-14-7 .5270 18 .5231 17 179.3 .6188 20 11
St Cloud 28 18-16-4 .5263 14 .5298 11 260.8 .6903 17 13
Quinnipiac 29 15-14-6 .5143 43 .4681 48 30.71 .2755
Clarkson 30 18-18-5 .5000 28 .5023 33 94.36 .4881 28 2
Western Mich 31 17-18-4 .4872 27 .5037 28 114.9 .5285 27 3
Mass-Lowell 32 15-18-7 .4625 22 .5126 23 131.8 .5566 23 8
AK-Fairbanks 33T 16-19-1 .4583 37 .4821 29 112.9 .5250
Sacred Heart 33T 14-17-5 .4583 47 .4618 51 23.00 .2301
Union 33T 14-17-5 .4583 41 .4762 39 74.91 .4411
Connecticut 36 12-16-7 .4429 49 .4461 53 20.80 .2155
Boston Univ 37T 12-17-9 .4342 16 .5269 19 157.7 .5931 22 9
Ferris State 37T 15-20-3 .4342 38 .4798 35 92.78 .4846
Northeastern 39 11-16-7 .4265 24 .5076 27 124.7 .5453 25 5
AL-Huntsville 40 11-16-4 .4194 45 .4651 47 35.83 .3015
St Lawrence 41 14-21-6 .4146 40 .4772 40 71.40 .4315
Canisius 42 10-16-8 .4118 52 .4393 55 18.10 .1962
Bowling Green 43 11-18-9 .4079 36 .4866 34 93.32 .4858
Air Force 44 14-21-2 .4054 53 .4311 52 22.81 .2289
AK-Anchorage 45 14-23-3 .3875 30 .5001 18 158.9 .5946 30 1
Yale 46 12-19 .3871 44 .4655 42 59.00 .3937
Merrimack 47 10-20-6 .3611 34 .4897 38 80.94 .4568
Findlay 48 11-22-5 .3553 51 .4415 49 29.37 .2682
Lake Superior 49 9-20-7 .3472 46 .4635 41 65.59 .4145
Bentley 50 9-19-4 .3438 56 .4108 56 10.84 .1353
Army 51 8-18-3 .3276 57 .4000 57 8.982 .1167
MSU-Mankato 52 10-24-5 .3205 42 .4748 31 104.1 .5083
Vermont 53 9-22-4 .3143 50 .4458 45 46.73 .3493
Wayne State 54 9-24-3 .2917 55 .4167 54 20.01 .2100
Michigan Tech 55 8-25-5 .2763 39 .4774 32 96.21 .4921
NE-Omaha 56 8-26-5 .2692 48 .4472 44 53.52 .3749
American Intl 57 5-25-4 .2059 58 .3697 58 5.169 .0728
Princeton 58 5-24-2 .1935 54 .4179 50 25.23 .2441
Record
A team's winning percentage (Pct) is calculating by adding its wins to half its ties and dividing by the total number of games played. I.e., a tie counts as a half a win and half a loss, which is true for all the rating systems considered here.
RPI
The Ratings Percentage Index, a linear combination of a team's winning percentage (25%) with the winning percentages of their opponents (50%) and their opponents' opponents (25%), which is the most important of the NCAA's selection criteria. More information can be found on our RPI page.
KRACH
Ken's Rating for American College Hockey is an application of the Bradley-Terry method to college hockey; a team's rating is meant to indicate its relative strength on a multiplicative scale, so that the ratio of two teams' ratings gives the odds of each of them winning a game between them. The ratings are chosen so that the expected winning percentage for each team based on its schedule is equal to its actual winning percentage. The Round-Robin Winning Percentage (RRWP) is the winning percentage a team would be expected to accumulate if they played each other team an equal number of times. More information can be found on our KRACH page.
PWR
The PairWise Rating is determined by performing PairWise Comparisons (PWC) according to the NCAA's selection criteria between all teams with RPI's at or above .500 and totalling the number of comparisons each team wins. More information, including a breakdown of comparisons won and lost according to criteria, can be found on our PWC/PWR page.

See also

Last Modified: 2012 March 26

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