PWR Released

PWR Released - January 9th, 2005

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Forget the polls, the PWR (pairwise ranings) have now been released. For those of you unfimiliar, PWR is the system used by NCAA hockey to determine which 16 teams qualify for the tournament. Here's a ranking system that (BCS listen up!) makes sense...

PWR is a team by team comparison of all teams under consideration (TUC's). These are the teams with an RPI (ratings percentage index) of .500 or better. Each team is compared with every other TUC in four areas, record against common opponents, head-to-head competition, record against other TUC's, and RPI ranking. For each criteria won, a team recieves 1 point. The team with the majority of points in the comparison gets the PWR point. In the case of a tie, the team with the better RPI wins the PWR point. The teams are then ranked in order of PWR points. Say there are 30 TUC's, the maximum PWR score would be 29. A more complete (and probably more clear) explanation can be found at PWR Explained

Current PWR standings (as of January 9, 2005)

1 Colorado College 29
2 Michigan 27
3t Boston College 26
3t Minnesota 26
5 Boston University
6 New Hampshire 24
7 Denver 23
8 Harvard 22
9t Mass.-Lowell 19
9t Ohio State 19
11t Wisconsin 18
11t North Dakota 18
13t Colgate 17
13t Cornell 17
15 Michigan State 15
16 Vermont 14
17t Maine 12
17t St. Lawrence 12
19t Northeastern 11
19t Bowling Green 11
21t Nebraska-Omaha 10
21t Minnesota State 10
23 Northern Michigan 7
24 Ferris State 6
25t Massachusetts 5
25t Brown 5
27 Miami 3
28t Alaska-Anchorage 2
28t Western Michigan 2
30 Union 0

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