Ranking Systems for D1 College Hockey (2004-2005)

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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
Cornell 1 26-4-3 .8333 4 .5880 6 592.6 .8008 5 22
Michigan 2 30-7-3 .7875 5 .5754 5 619.7 .8069 6 21
CO College 3 29-8-3 .7625 1 .5953 1 1031 .8677 1 25
Boston Coll 4 25-6-7 .7500 3 .5885 3 642.5 .8117 3 25
Denver U 5 28-9-2 .7436 2 .5890 2 975.7 .8619 2 25
Ohio State 6 27-10-4 .7073 13 .5494 11 347.5 .7209 12 16
Colgate 7 25-10-3 .6974 14 .5468 17 222.5 .6452 14 13
New Hampshire 8 25-10-5 .6875 6 .5708 9 428.9 .7541 8 19
Harvard 9 21-9-3 .6818 9 .5660 12 314.7 .7047 9 18
Bemidji State 10 23-12-1 .6528 21 .5179 31 106.4 .5112 22 4
Minnesota 11 26-14-1 .6463 7 .5680 4 620.4 .8070 4 22
Northern Mich 12 22-11-7 .6375 20 .5239 14 266.3 .6765 18 8
AL-Huntsville 13T 18-10-4 .6250 25 .5044 37 73.31 .4442 25 2
Boston Univ 13T 23-13-4 .6250 8 .5675 10 384.4 .7371 10 16
Wisconsin 13T 23-13-4 .6250 12 .5527 7 486.9 .7730 13 14
Mass-Lowell 16 20-12-4 .6111 15 .5376 15 250.6 .6660 17 11
Quinnipiac 17 21-13-3 .6081 41 .4667 49 17.37 .2220
Maine 18 20-12-7 .6026 11 .5607 13 302.8 .6982 11 16
Dartmouth 19 20-13-2 .6000 19 .5240 26 151.5 .5760 15 12
North Dakota 20 22-14-5 .5976 10 .5610 8 469.1 .7676 7 19
Vermont 21 21-14-4 .5897 16 .5362 23 177.2 .6045 16 11
Mercyhurst 22 18-15-4 .5405 43 .4645 50 16.77 .2176
NE-Omaha 23 19-16-4 .5385 29 .4992 25 152.9 .5776
Mich State 24 20-17-4 .5366 17 .5348 18 220.1 .6433 19 8
Brown 25 16-14-3 .5303 28 .4993 32 104.9 .5087
Holy Cross 26 16-14-6 .5278 45 .4538 51 15.19 .2055
Canisius 27 16-15-4 .5143 48 .4472 52 13.98 .1957
AK-Fairbanks 28 17-16-4 .5135 24 .5080 24 172.3 .5994 24 4
Bowling Green 29 16-16-4 .5000 30 .4984 28 133.7 .5531
Minn-Duluth 30T 15-17-6 .4737 23 .5092 16 238.5 .6574 20 8
St Lawrence 30T 17-19-2 .4737 26 .5037 30 110.8 .5186 27 0
Miami 32T 15-18-5 .4605 32 .4912 29 124.0 .5393
Northeastern 32T 15-18-5 .4605 18 .5290 21 185.4 .6126 21 7
Wayne State 34 14-17-4 .4571 44 .4595 45 36.75 .3283
Niagara 35 15-19-2 .4444 38 .4787 44 39.22 .3386
Air Force 36 14-19-3 .4306 46 .4527 47 21.04 .2470
MSU-Mankato 37 13-19-6 .4211 22 .5169 19 218.4 .6419 23 4
AK-Anchorage 38T 12-19-6 .4054 31 .4964 20 203.1 .6290
Western Mich 38T 14-21-2 .4054 35 .4889 33 93.23 .4873
RPI 40 14-22-2 .3947 47 .4527 43 40.20 .3425
St Cloud 41 14-23-3 .3875 27 .5028 22 182.6 .6099 26 1
Sacred Heart 42 13-21-1 .3857 53 .4308 54 8.478 .1426
Ferris State 43 13-22-4 .3846 36 .4846 34 87.30 .4754
Providence 44T 12-21-4 .3784 37 .4805 36 83.30 .4670
Union 44T 13-22-2 .3784 42 .4653 41 44.04 .3572
Clarkson 46 13-23-3 .3718 40 .4708 39 52.19 .3854
Mass-Amherst 47 13-23-2 .3684 33 .4899 35 84.29 .4691
Connecticut 48 11-23-3 .3378 56 .3971 55 6.972 .1248
Lake Superior 49 9-22-7 .3289 39 .4728 38 71.92 .4408
Bentley 50 8-20-6 .3235 55 .4003 56 5.220 .1012
Princeton 51 8-20-3 .3065 51 .4332 46 31.04 .3024
Robert Morris 52 8-21-4 .3030 54 .4296 53 12.97 .1870
Army 53 7-21-3 .2742 57 .3861 57 3.699 .0774
Michigan Tech 54 8-25-4 .2703 34 .4894 27 135.9 .5560
Merrimack 55 8-26-2 .2500 49 .4436 42 40.56 .3439
Notre Dame 56 5-27-6 .2105 50 .4432 40 45.23 .3616
American Intl 57 4-23-4 .1935 58 .3563 58 2.368 .0527
Yale 58 5-25-2 .1875 52 .4324 48 20.82 .2456
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

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