2024-25 NCAA Division I Hockey Thread

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NCAA.com's posted Pairwise rankings for the DI women & DI men. They're getting serious now ...

DI Women's Pairwise (Through Games FEB 6, 2025)


Rank / School / Record / Conference / Pairwise / NPI / vs. Above / vs. Below / Overtime

1	Wisconsin	27-1-2	WCHA	43-0	67.946	0-0-0	27-1-2	1-0-2
2	Ohio St.	21-6-3	WCHA	42-1	61.912	1-2-1	20-4-2	3-0-3
3	Minnesota	22-6-1	WCHA	41-2	61.117	1-4-1	21-2-0	2-0-1
4	Cornell	17-4-4	ECAC Hockey	40-3	60.054	0-1-0	17-3-4	0-0-4
5	Colgate	24-6-0	ECAC Hockey	39-4	59.413	1-1-0	23-5-0	4-2-0
6	Minn. Duluth	15-11-2	WCHA	38-5	58.009	3-9-0	12-2-2	0-2-2
7	Penn St.	25-4-1	AHA	37-6	57.826	1-1-0	24-3-1	3-0-1
8	St. Lawrence	16-9-5	ECAC Hockey	36-7	56.770	1-4-1	15-5-4	0-3-5
9	Quinnipiac	18-8-4	ECAC Hockey	35-8	56.690	1-3-1	17-5-3	1-2-4
10	Boston U.	19-8-1	Hockey East	34-9	55.765	0-2-0	19-6-1	2-1-1
11	Northeastern	18-10-1	Hockey East	32-11	55.698	4-4-0	14-6-1	1-1-1
12	St. Cloud St.	13-10-5	WCHA	32-11	55.515	1-8-3	12-2-2	1-1-5
13	Princeton	16-8-1	ECAC Hockey	31-12	55.404	4-4-0	12-4-1	3-1-1
14	Clarkson	19-10-1	ECAC Hockey	30-13	55.300	3-6-1	16-4-0	3-2-1
15	Boston College	17-10-1	Hockey East	29-14	54.913	4-5-0	13-5-1	2-1-1
16	UConn	17-9-2	Hockey East	28-15	54.690	2-7-1	15-2-1	3-2-2
17	Yale	13-10-2	ECAC Hockey	27-16	53.861	4-8-2	9-2-0	2-1-2
18	Minnesota St.	11-16-1	WCHA	26-17	53.232	2-13-1	9-3-0	1-4-1
19	Brown	12-10-3	ECAC Hockey	25-18	52.939	4-6-3	8-4-0	3-1-3
20	Providence	16-9-3	Hockey East	25-18	52.932	5-7-0	11-2-3	4-1-3
21	Mercyhurst	16-12-2	AHA	23-20	52.540	2-9-1	14-3-1	1-0-2
22	St. Thomas (MN)	8-18-2	WCHA	22-21	50.813	5-15-2	3-3-0	2-2-2
23	RIT	13-13-4	AHA	21-22	50.531	2-8-2	11-5-2	1-1-4
24	Union (NY)	12-17-1	ECAC Hockey	20-23	49.929	4-13-1	8-4-0	2-2-1
25	Rensselaer	12-15-3	ECAC Hockey	19-24	49.913	2-13-2	10-2-1	1-2-3
26	New Hampshire	13-14-1	Hockey East	17-26	49.779	6-9-0	7-5-1	2-1-1
27	Sacred Heart	15-10-3	NEWHA	17-26	49.310	1-5-0	14-5-3	1-0-3
28	Maine	8-20-1	Hockey East	17-26	48.559	4-18-1	4-2-0	1-4-1
29	Syracuse	10-20-0	AHA	15-28	48.456	3-19-0	7-1-0	0-3-0
30	LIU	15-10-3	NEWHA	14-29	47.745	2-6-0	13-4-3	5-0-3
31	Franklin Pierce	13-10-1	NEWHA	13-30	47.552	0-6-0	13-4-1	2-1-1
32	Holy Cross	8-16-3	Hockey East	12-31	47.338	4-15-1	4-1-2	3-3-3
33	Dartmouth	4-17-3	ECAC Hockey	11-32	46.884	2-17-2	2-0-1	1-3-3
34	Vermont	6-20-2	Hockey East	10-33	46.872	5-18-2	1-2-0	0-3-2
35	Bemidji St.	5-23-1	WCHA	8-35	46.631	4-21-0	1-2-1	1-1-1
36	Merrimack	7-18-3	Hockey East	8-35	46.396	5-18-3	2-0-0	1-0-3
37	Robert Morris	8-19-3	AHA	8-35	45.941	5-19-2	3-0-1	2-1-3
38	Harvard	2-20-2	ECAC Hockey	6-37	45.909	2-20-2	0-0-0	0-6-2
39	Stonehill	10-16-3	NEWHA	5-38	45.819	5-13-1	5-3-2	0-1-3
40	St. Anselm	9-15-4	NEWHA	4-39	44.072	3-12-3	6-3-1	2-2-4
41	Post	9-16-3	NEWHA	3-40	43.846	5-12-3	4-4-0	2-1-3
42	Lindenwood	3-23-2	AHA	2-41	42.579	3-23-2	0-0-0	0-1-2
43	Assumption	6-19-3	NEWHA	1-42	42.375	4-19-3	2-0-0	1-3-3
44	Saint Michael's	3-25-0	NEWHA	0-43	39.165	3-25-0	0-0-0	0-4-0

DI Men's Pairwise (Through Games FEB 6, 2025)

Rank / School / Record / Conference / Pairwise / NPI / vs. Above / vs. Below / Overtime

1	Boston College	20-4-1	Hockey East	63-0	64.583	0-0-0	20-4-1	2-0-1
2	Michigan St.	21-4-3	Big Ten	62-1	62.722	1-1-0	20-3-3	3-1-3
3	Minnesota	21-6-3	Big Ten	61-2	59.686	0-2-2	21-4-1	1-2-3
4	Maine	17-5-3	Hockey East	60-3	59.256	0-2-0	17-3-3	1-0-3
5	Western Mich.	18-5-1	NCHC	59-4	58.838	0-2-0	18-3-1	3-2-1
6	UConn	14-9-3	Hockey East	57-6	58.228	2-1-1	12-8-2	1-2-3
7	Providence	16-6-4	Hockey East	57-6	57.925	1-3-1	15-3-3	4-1-4
8	Denver	19-6-1	NCHC	56-7	57.659	2-2-0	17-4-1	1-0-1
9	Boston U.	15-9-1	Hockey East	56-7	57.151	1-3-1	14-6-0	1-1-1
10	Ohio St.	16-8-2	Big Ten	53-10	56.828	2-4-0	14-4-2	2-2-2
11	UMass Lowell	14-8-3	Hockey East	53-10	56.821	3-6-2	11-2-1	1-1-3
12	Quinnipiac	16-8-2	ECAC Hockey	52-11	54.889	0-3-0	16-5-2	2-2-2
13	Arizona St.	16-9-1	NCHC	51-12	54.768	2-2-0	14-7-1	1-3-1
14	Michigan	15-11-2	Big Ten	50-13	54.603	6-5-1	9-6-1	5-0-2
15	New Hampshire	11-10-3	Hockey East	49-14	53.623	1-9-0	10-1-3	1-2-3
16	Massachusetts	14-11-2	Hockey East	48-15	53.590	2-4-1	12-7-1	0-1-2
17	Wisconsin	11-14-3	Big Ten	47-16	53.101	4-12-1	7-2-2	2-6-3
18	Minnesota St.	18-8-2	CCHA	46-17	52.917	1-1-0	17-7-2	3-1-2
19	Augustana (SD)	16-7-3	CCHA	45-18	52.618	0-0-0	16-7-3	2-1-3
20	Penn St.	12-11-3	Big Ten	44-19	52.420	2-11-2	10-0-1	2-1-3
21	Colgate	14-10-2	ECAC Hockey	43-20	52.360	1-7-0	13-3-2	2-1-2
22	North Dakota	13-10-2	NCHC	42-21	51.900	4-7-0	9-3-2	3-1-2
23	Dartmouth	11-9-2	ECAC Hockey	41-22	51.775	1-4-2	10-5-0	0-1-2
24	Northeastern	9-13-3	Hockey East	40-23	51.560	3-11-3	6-2-0	2-1-3
25	Cornell	8-7-6	ECAC Hockey	39-24	51.470	4-5-2	4-2-4	1-0-6
26	Sacred Heart	17-9-4	AHA	37-26	51.447	2-3-2	15-6-2	1-2-4
27	Merrimack	10-15-1	Hockey East	37-26	51.095	8-10-1	2-5-0	0-2-1
28	Michigan Tech	15-9-2	CCHA	36-27	50.717	1-5-0	14-4-2	4-2-2
29	St. Cloud St.	11-14-1	NCHC	34-29	50.668	3-8-1	8-6-0	1-3-1
30	Bentley	14-12-2	AHA	33-30	50.632	3-3-0	11-9-2	0-4-2
31	Holy Cross	15-11-2	AHA	33-30	50.505	6-6-0	9-5-2	4-3-2
32	Vermont	9-13-3	Hockey East	32-31	50.627	4-10-2	5-3-1	2-3-3
33	Clarkson	14-9-3	ECAC Hockey	31-32	50.401	4-2-2	10-7-1	1-1-3
34	Omaha	14-11-1	NCHC	31-32	50.368	7-10-1	7-1-0	4-0-1
35	Colorado Col.	13-12-1	NCHC	29-34	50.349	6-11-1	7-1-0	5-1-1
36	Princeton	10-10-1	ECAC Hockey	28-35	49.733	5-9-0	5-1-1	2-1-1
37	Minn. Duluth	10-13-1	NCHC	27-36	50.146	5-11-0	5-2-1	0-3-1
38	LIU	11-11-2	DI Independent	26-37	49.857	3-8-2	8-3-0	0-1-2
39	Alas. Fairbanks	9-11-5	DI Independent	26-37	49.634	3-9-3	6-2-2	2-2-5
40	Bowling Green	14-9-4	CCHA	23-40	49.630	0-7-2	14-2-2	4-2-4
41	Union (NY)	15-9-2	ECAC Hockey	23-40	49.583	0-9-1	15-0-1	2-0-2
42	Notre Dame	9-16-1	Big Ten	23-40	48.783	6-15-1	3-1-0	2-2-1
43	Harvard	7-12-2	ECAC Hockey	21-42	48.700	4-12-1	3-0-1	1-2-2
44	St. Thomas (MN)	11-12-5	CCHA	21-42	47.830	5-8-3	6-4-2	2-1-5
45	Brown	9-10-2	ECAC Hockey	20-43	47.271	4-9-1	5-1-1	2-0-2
46	Lake Superior St.	9-15-2	CCHA	18-45	47.026	3-12-1	6-3-1	0-3-2
47	Niagara	14-12-3	AHA	16-47	46.724	3-5-1	11-7-2	3-3-3
48	Rensselaer	10-14-2	ECAC Hockey	16-47	46.613	2-13-1	8-1-1	1-3-2
49	Ferris St.	10-16-2	CCHA	15-48	45.221	7-15-0	3-1-2	0-0-2
50	Bemidji St.	9-15-4	CCHA	14-49	46.001	8-10-4	1-5-0	2-1-4
51	American Int'l	8-17-1	AHA	13-50	44.989	2-14-1	6-3-0	0-2-1
52	Air Force	11-18-1	AHA	12-51	44.929	5-14-1	6-4-0	2-4-1
53	Army West Point	11-16-0	AHA	10-53	44.900	5-13-0	6-3-0	1-1-0
54	Yale	5-14-2	ECAC Hockey	10-53	44.789	3-14-2	2-0-0	0-0-2
55	Lindenwood	6-18-2	DI Independent	8-55	44.524	3-14-1	3-4-1	0-2-2
56	St. Lawrence	8-17-1	ECAC Hockey	8-55	43.474	7-16-1	1-1-0	2-1-1
57	Canisius	9-16-2	AHA	7-56	43.990	3-13-1	6-3-1	0-1-2
58	Alas. Anchorage	5-19-4	DI Independent	6-57	43.931	3-16-4	2-3-0	0-3-4
59	Robert Morris	9-15-4	AHA	6-57	43.358	4-12-3	5-3-1	0-2-4
60	Stonehill	9-21-0	DI Independent	5-58	42.344	9-21-0	0-0-0	3-0-0
61	Northern Mich.	4-23-1	CCHA	3-60	41.001	4-23-1	0-0-0	0-3-1
62	RIT	7-20-1	AHA	2-61	40.786	6-19-1	1-1-0	2-2-1
63	Miami (OH)	3-21-2	NCHC	2-61	39.970	3-21-2	0-0-0	0-2-2
64	Mercyhurst	4-20-4	AHA	0-63	38.391	4-20-4	0-0-0	1-1-4

 

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From: College Hockey Inc. > Mens Notes

Thursday, February 6, 2025

Men’s Notes: Races for Banners, Tourney Spots Anyone’s Guess

Home Stretch Arrives in Men’s College Hockey

Saturday, March 8, is the final day of the regular season for NCAA Division I men’s hockey, the day when Hockey East and the NCHC close out their league schedules, the last of the six conferences to do so.

That means only four weeks remain until college hockey fully switches to tournament mode. A glance at the conference standings offers the promise of thrilling league races likely going down to the wire.

Currently, the largest gap between first- and second-place teams is in Atlantic Hockey, where Sacred Heart holds a mere five-point edge on Holy Cross. In the NCHC, there’s a tie atop the standings. ECAC Hockey (one point), the Big 10 (two) and Hockey East (three) are also airtight. In the CCHA, which will be decided by winning percentage rather than points, a nascent Augustana program is trying to hold off perennial league power Minnesota State. ...


Read more at: Men’s Notes: Races for Banners, Tourney Spots Anyone’s Guess | CHI

 

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CHI looks at the 2025 women's DI conference championship formats ...

Thursday, January 23, 2025

Women’s Notes: An Early Glance into Postseason Format

Each Conferences Path to Secure an Automatic Qualifier

With just over a month remaining in the regular season, the race to secure postseason positioning is heating up, with conference matchups carrying more weight than ever. Here is how each conference controls its fate enroute to a national championship. ...

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Women’s Notes: An Early Glance into Postseason Format

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To read more about postseason conference tournaments, see here.