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Pairwise Comparison Ratings

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Rk Team PCWs RPI Rk QWB-† W-L-T PwWin % Wgtd Win % - ‡
1 Boston College 63 .6298 1 .0102 31-5-1 (2-0) .8333 .8324
2 Boston University 62 .6046 2 .0083 26-9-2 (2-3) .7387 .7467
3 Denver 61 .5976 3 .0076 28-9-3 (3-1) .7208 .7214
4 Michigan State 60 .5906 4 .0075 24-9-3 (0-1) .7176 .7226
5 Maine 58 .5739 6 .0053 23-11-2 (1-1) .6667 .6740
6 North Dakota 57 .5874 5 .0086 26-11-2 (3-4) .7009 .6909
7 Minnesota 57 .5713 7 .0077 22-10-5 (4-1) .6351 .6231
8 Wisconsin 56 .5709 8 .0051 26-11-2 (3-2) .6838 .6773
9 Quinnipiac 55 .5701 9 .0028 26-9-2 (1-5) .7658 .7729
10 Michigan 54 .5602 10 .0056 21-14-3 (1-1) .5921 .5866
11 Omaha 54 .5600 11 .0073 23-12-4 (7-1) .5897 .5858
12 Cornell 52 .5521 12 .0025 21-6-6 (2-2) .7273 .7221
13 Western Michigan 50 .5520 13 .0063 21-15-1 (1-5) .6171 .6229
14 Massachusetts 50 .5497 14 .0028 20-13-3 (4-3) .5880 .5863
15 Colorado College 48 .5493 15 .0075 21-13-3 (5-2) .5811 .5633
16 Providence 48 .5453 16 .0053 18-13-4 (3-2) .5619 .5601
17 St. Cloud State 48 .5429 17 .0057 17-16-5 (1-5) .5482 .5350
18 New Hampshire 46 .5414 18 .0041 20-15-1 (3-0) .5417 .5392
19 Northeastern 45 .5330 19 .0068 17-16-3 (4-3) .5046 .5046
20 Arizona State 45 .5308 20 .0024 24-8-6 (6-2) .6754 .6394
21 RIT 43 .5298 21 .0003 27-10-2 (3-3) .7179 .7036
22 Notre Dame 42 .5147 22 .0049 15-19-2 (2-1) .4352 .4120
23 Penn State 41 .5141 23 .0032 15-18-3 (0-1) .4676 .4608
24 Connecticut 40 .5114 24 .0024 15-19-2 (1-1) .4444 .4457
25 Alaska 39 .5094 25 .0003 17-14-3 (0-3) .5735 .5924
26 Ohio State 38 .5076 26 .0067 14-20-4 (1-0) .4123 .4152
27 American Int'l 37 .5075 27 .0003 20-16-4 (1-2) .5583 .5856
28 Holy Cross 36 .5068 28 .0000 21-14-4 (0-4) .6239 .6084
29 Dartmouth 35 .5061 29 .0013 13-10-9 (1-1) .5469 .5465
30 Minnesota-Duluth 34 .5057 30 .0030 12-20-5 (4-4) .3919 .3868
31 Bemidji State 33 .4976 31 .0007 20-16-2 (3-4) .5614 .5485
32 Michigan Tech 32 .4961 32 .0006 19-14-6 (3-2) .5556 .5439
33 Vermont 31 .4959 33 .0024 13-19-3 (2-1) .4048 .4106
34 Minnesota State 30 .4951 34 .0009 18-15-4 (3-2) .5315 .5349
35 Merrimack 29 .4950 35 .0010 13-21-1 (1-2) .3952 .3936
36 Colgate 27 .4924 36 .0022 16-16-4 (2-4) .5185 .5131
37 Clarkson 27 .4883 37 .0016 18-16-1 (6-3) .5000 .4971
38 Union 26 .4826 38 .0007 16-18-3 (1-2) .4820 .4871
39 Alaska-Anchorage 25 .4798 39 .0017 15-17-2 (2-1) .4608 .4714
40 Augustana 25 .4794 40 .0015 12-18-4 (3-4) .4216 .4435
41 Mass.-Lowell 23 .4793 41 .0007 8-24-4 (1-6) .3241 .3327
42 Niagara 22 .4785 42 .0002 18-18-3 (3-1) .4829 .5009
43 St. Lawrence 21 .4778 43 .0022 14-19-6 (1-2) .4444 .4483
44 Bentley 20 .4743 44 .0004 16-17-2 (2-3) .4952 .4980
45 Air Force 19 .4737 45 .0011 18-19-1 (4-1) .4605 .4549
46 Lake Superior 18 .4675 47 .0000 17-20-1 (3-2) .4518 .4635
47 St. Thomas 17 .4695 46 .0004 15-20-2 (1-4) .4595 .4583
48 Northern Michigan 16 .4610 48 .0000 12-16-6 (1-1) .4412 .4416
49 Miami 15 .4593 49 .0015 7-26-3 (1-4) .2639 .2638
50 Harvard 14 .4586 50 .0009 7-19-6 (1-3) .3333 .3282
51 Yale 13 .4585 51 .0005 10-18-2 (1-2) .3778 .3733
52 Long Island 12 .4542 53 .0003 15-19-1 (2-2) .4429 .4677
53 Sacred Heart 10 .4583 52 .0002 14-19-3 (2-2) .4306 .4222
54 Rensselaer 10 .4513 54 .0000 10-23-4 (1-0) .3153 .3321
55 Princeton 10 .4496 55 .0004 10-16-4 (5-0) .3444 .3539
56 Bowling Green 8 .4440 56 .0000 13-22-1 (1-2) .3843 .3875
57 Army 8 .4434 57 .0002 10-23-2 (0-3) .3429 .3506
58 Canisius 6 .4431 58 .0001 12-21-4 (2-1) .3694 .3598
59 Mercyhurst 5 .4336 59 .0003 9-22-4 (2-2) .3143 .3263
60 Robert Morris 4 .4334 60 .0000 11-25-3 (0-1) .3291 .3362
61 Brown 3 .4312 61 .0000 8-19-3 (2-3) .3278 .3149
62 Lindenwood 2 .4215 62 .0008 6-18-4 (2-1) .2738 .2893
63 Ferris State 1 .4171 63 .0002 10-24-2 (6-2) .2685 .2642
64 Stonehill 0 .3396 64 .0000 1-33-0 (0-2) .0490 .0522
*RPI has been adjusted because "bad wins" have been discarded. These are wins that cause a team's RPI to go down. (Explanation)
PwWin%'Pairwise Won-Loss Pct.' is the team's winning percentage when factoring that OTs (3-on-3) now only count as 2/3 win and 1/3 loss.
† QWB'Quality Win Bonus'. For complete explanation of this and other factors, see our complete primer.
‡ Wgtd Win %'Weighted Won-Loss Pct.' is the team's winning percentage after adjusting for home/road effects. See our complete primer.

Note: This chart represents the system used by the NCAA to select and seed teams for the NCAA Tournament. A detailed explanation can be found in our Primer. For the purposes of NCAA eligibility (and therefore KRACH), a team's record is based only on games against other Division I hockey schools which are eligible for the NCAA Tournament.

Note: CHN endorses KRACH as a replacement for the RPI.

Note: This chart represents the system used by the NCAA to select and seed teams for the NCAA Tournament. A detailed explanation can be found in our Primer. For the purposes of NCAA eligibility (and therefore KRACH), a team's record is based only on games against other Division I hockey schools which are eligible for the NCAA Tournament.

RkTeamPWsComparisons Won
1 Boston College 63 bu_ den msu mne ndk min wis qui mic uno cor wmu uma cc_ prv stc unh noe asu rit ndm psu con akf osu aic hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
2 Boston University 62 den msu mne ndk min wis qui mic uno cor wmu uma cc_ prv stc unh noe asu rit ndm psu con akf osu aic hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
3 Denver 61 msu mne ndk min wis qui mic uno cor wmu uma cc_ prv stc unh noe asu rit ndm psu con akf osu aic hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
4 Michigan State 60 mne ndk min wis qui mic uno cor wmu uma cc_ prv stc unh noe asu rit ndm psu con akf osu aic hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
5 Maine 58 min wis qui mic uno cor wmu uma cc_ prv stc unh noe asu rit ndm psu con akf osu aic hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
6 North Dakota 57 mne min wis qui mic cor wmu uma prv stc unh noe asu rit ndm psu con akf osu aic hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
7 Minnesota 57 wis qui mic uno cor wmu uma cc_ prv stc unh noe asu rit ndm psu con akf osu aic hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
8 Wisconsin 56 qui mic uno cor wmu uma cc_ prv stc unh noe asu rit ndm psu con akf osu aic hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
9 Quinnipiac 55 mic uno cor wmu uma cc_ prv stc unh noe asu rit ndm psu con akf osu aic hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
10 Michigan 54 uno cor wmu uma cc_ prv stc unh noe asu rit ndm psu con akf osu aic hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
11 Omaha 54 ndk cor wmu uma cc_ prv stc unh noe asu rit ndm psu con akf osu aic hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
12 Cornell 52 wmu uma cc_ prv stc unh noe asu rit ndm psu con akf osu aic hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
13 Western Michigan 50 uma cc_ prv unh noe asu rit ndm psu con akf osu aic hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
14 Massachusetts 50 cc_ prv stc unh noe asu rit ndm psu con akf osu aic hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
15 Colorado College 48 ndk prv stc unh noe rit ndm psu con akf osu aic hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
16 Providence 48 stc unh noe asu rit ndm psu con akf osu aic hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
17 St. Cloud State 48 wmu unh noe asu rit ndm psu con akf osu aic hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
18 New Hampshire 46 noe asu rit ndm psu con akf osu aic hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
19 Northeastern 45 asu rit ndm psu con akf osu aic hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
20 Arizona State 45 cc_ rit ndm psu con akf osu aic hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
21 RIT 43 ndm psu con akf osu aic hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
22 Notre Dame 42 psu con akf osu aic hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
23 Penn State 41 con akf osu aic hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
24 Connecticut 40 akf osu aic hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
25 Alaska 39 osu aic hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
26 Ohio State 38 aic hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
27 American Int'l 37 hcr dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
28 Holy Cross 36 dar mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
29 Dartmouth 35 mnd bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
30 Minnesota-Duluth 34 bmj mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
31 Bemidji State 33 mtu ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
32 Michigan Tech 32 ver mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
33 Vermont 31 mns mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
34 Minnesota State 30 mer clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
35 Merrimack 29 clg clk uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
36 Colgate 27 clk uni aka aug nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
37 Clarkson 27 uni aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
38 Union 26 aka aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
39 Alaska-Anchorage 25 aug uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
40 Augustana 25 cc_ uml nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
41 Mass.-Lowell 23 clg nia stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
42 Niagara 22 stl ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
43 St. Lawrence 21 ben afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
44 Bentley 20 afa lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
45 Air Force 19 lss stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
46 Lake Superior 18 stt nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
47 St. Thomas 17 nmu mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
48 Northern Michigan 16 mia har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
49 Miami 15 har yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
50 Harvard 14 yal liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
51 Yale 13 liu sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
52 Long Island 12 sac ren prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
53 Sacred Heart 10 ren bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
54 Rensselaer 10 prn bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
55 Princeton 10 sac bgs arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
56 Bowling Green 8 arm cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
57 Army 8 uml cns mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
58 Canisius 6 mrc rmu brn lin fsu stn
59 Mercyhurst 5 rmu brn lin fsu stn
60 Robert Morris 4 brn lin fsu stn
61 Brown 3 lin fsu stn
62 Lindenwood 2 fsu stn
63 Ferris State 1 stn
64 Stonehill 0

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As of 2022-23, OTs are all 3-on-3, and thus an OT win is only counted as 0.6666 of a win, and 0.3333 of a loss. Change the weightings here as you see fit.

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