Ranking Systems for D1 College Hockey (2001-2002)

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

See also

Comparison Between Rankings

The following table lists the 59 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 KPWR
Rk W-L-T Pct. Rk Rating Rk Rating RRWP Rk Rating Rk Rating
Denver U 1 32-7-1 .8125 1 .6259 1 1872 .9080 2 25 1 26
New Hampshire 2 29-6-3 .8026 3 .6239 4 933.3 .8419 1 26 4 23
Cornell 3 24-7-2 .7576 10 .5793 17 275.6 .6712 10 18 15 12
Minnesota 4 29-8-4 .7561 2 .6241 2 1462 .8873 3 24 2 25
Mich State 5 27-8-5 .7375 6 .5940 6 633.0 .7945 5 22 7 20
St Cloud 6 29-10-2 .7317 5 .5947 3 1043 .8540 8 19 3 23
Mercyhurst 7 24-8-3 .7286 14 .5426 48 21.50 .2724 15 11 24 3
Boston Univ 8 25-9-3 .7162 4 .5991 8 561.8 .7785 4 22 8 19
Michigan 9 26-10-5 .6951 8 .5826 7 565.6 .7795 6 21 6 21
Northern Mich 10 26-12-2 .6750 13 .5568 11 410.5 .7335 12 15 11 16
CO College 11 26-12-3 .6707 9 .5824 5 870.4 .8339 9 18 5 23
Maine 12 23-10-7 .6625 7 .5882 9 484.5 .7578 7 20 9 18
AK-Fairbanks 13 22-12-3 .6351 12 .5607 10 411.4 .7339 11 16 10 17
Mass-Lowell 14 22-13-3 .6184 11 .5611 14 320.1 .6952 14 13 12 15
Quinnipiac 15 20-12-5 .6081 25 .5032 50 10.12 .1922 23 4 25 2
RPI 16 20-13-4 .5946 22 .5157 30 113.3 .5211 18 10 20 7
Wayne State 17 17-11-4 .5938 23 .5088 29 114.2 .5225 21 6 19 8
NE-Omaha 18 21-16-4 .5610 17 .5361 16 284.5 .6764 17 10 14 13
Western Mich 19 19-15-4 .5526 15 .5415 19 264.9 .6647 13 13 16 11
Ohio State 20 20-16-4 .5500 16 .5364 18 272.5 .6694 16 11 13 14
Holy Cross 21 15-12-5 .5469 36 .4753 52 7.053 .1604 27 0 27 0
Sacred Heart 22 16-14-4 .5294 34 .4806 51 7.739 .1682 26 1 26 1
Clarkson 23 17-15-6 .5263 24 .5048 31 102.3 .5039 22 6 21 6
Northeastern 24 19-17-3 .5256 18 .5352 22 216.3 .6312 19 9 17 10
Dartmouth 25 14-13-5 .5156 32 .4823 36 77.20 .4569 25 2 23 4
Harvard 26 15-14-4 .5152 27 .4999 32 101.9 .5032 24 3 22 5
Boston Coll 27 18-18-2 .5000 20 .5168 20 233.6 .6440 20 6 18 9
Notre Dame 28 16-17-5 .4868 28 .4988 24 178.5 .5988
Canisius 29 14-15-4 .4848 45 .4505 53 5.351 .1387
Brown 30 14-15-2 .4839 31 .4852 33 83.96 .4707
Union 31 12-13-5 .4833 39 .4690 37 74.76 .4516
Niagara 32 14-16-1 .4677 41 .4643 46 42.82 .3647
Air Force 33 12-14-2 .4643 38 .4711 47 31.79 .3226
Wisconsin 34 16-19-4 .4615 19 .5190 13 355.9 .7118
North Dakota 35 16-19-2 .4595 21 .5165 12 379.0 .7215
Connecticut 36 13-16-7 .4583 52 .4343 54 4.764 .1303
AL-Huntsville 37 14-17-1 .4531 35 .4755 45 44.26 .3696
Ferris State 38 15-20-1 .4306 29 .4961 25 168.3 .5888
Iona 39 12-17-2 .4194 50 .4380 55 3.859 .1157
MSU-Mankato 40 14-20-2 .4167 37 .4713 21 217.7 .6323
Colgate 41 13-19-2 .4118 43 .4612 44 47.15 .3790
Providence 42 13-20-5 .4079 26 .5005 26 134.4 .5504
AK-Anchorage 43 12-19-5 .4028 30 .4956 15 292.4 .6808
Bemidji State 44 10-17-4 .3871 42 .4614 41 50.98 .3909
Princeton 45 11-18-2 .3871 51 .4367 43 47.54 .3803
Army 46 9-17-6 .3750 53 .4251 56 3.263 .1050
Minn-Duluth 47 13-24-3 .3625 33 .4822 23 206.9 .6237
Miami 48 12-22-2 .3611 40 .4654 28 117.7 .5277
Yale 49 10-19-2 .3548 48 .4467 40 52.45 .3952
St Lawrence 50 11-21-2 .3529 54 .4217 42 47.75 .3809
Merrimack 51 11-23-2 .3333 44 .4557 34 80.32 .4634
Bowling Green 52 9-25-6 .3000 47 .4477 35 79.34 .4613
Mass-Amherst 53 8-24-2 .2647 49 .4450 38 63.18 .4244
American Intl 54 7-21 .2500 57 .3526 57 1.034 .0480
Lake Superior 55 8-27-2 .2432 55 .4142 39 55.01 .4026
Michigan Tech 56 8-28-2 .2368 46 .4479 27 123.0 .5352
Fairfield 57 5-22-3 .2167 58 .3517 58 .9822 .0460
Bentley 58 4-26-2 .1562 59 .3360 59 .7357 .0360
Vermont 59 3-26-2 .1290 56 .3574 49 10.62 .1967
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 (35%) with the winning percentages of their opponents (50%) and their opponents' opponents (15%), 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 winning percentages 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.
KPWR
The KRACH-modified PairWise Rating is analogous to the PWR, except that comparisons are performed using a modified set of criteria which use the KRACH ratings to take into consideration the strength of a team's opponents. More information, including a breakdown of comparisons won and lost according to criteria, can be found on our KPWC/KPWR page.

Last Modified: 2012 March 25

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