Final 1997 Pairwise Ratings

Rk Team                GP  W- L- T  Win%  Rk     RPI  Rk  PWR
 1 Michigan            42 34- 4- 4 0.8571  1 | 0.6247  1 | 20
 2 North Dakota        43 31-10- 2 0.7442  2 | 0.6027  2 | 19
 3 Clarkson            37 27-10- 0 0.7297  3 | 0.5922  3 | 18
 4 Cornell             35 21- 9- 5 0.6714  9 | 0.5702  8 | 16
 5 New Hampshire       39 28-11- 0 0.7179  4 | 0.5848  4 | 15
 6 Minnesota           42 28-13- 1 0.6786  7 | 0.5842  5 | 14
 7 Boston University   41 26- 9- 6 0.7073  5 | 0.5838  6 | 14
 8 Maine               32 21-10- 1 0.6719  8 | 0.5617 11 | 14
 9 Denver              41 24-13- 4 0.6341 11 | 0.5574 12 | 12
10 Vermont             36 22-11- 3 0.6528 10 | 0.5713  7 | 11
11 Colorado College    44 25-15- 4 0.6136 14 | 0.5683 10 | 11
12 Miami               38 26-11- 1 0.6974  6 | 0.5700  9 | 10
13 Michigan State      39 22-13- 4 0.6154 13 | 0.5411 14 |  8
14 Rensselaer          36 20-12- 4 0.6111 15 | 0.5364 15 |  7
15 St Cloud            40 23-13- 4 0.6250 12 | 0.5415 13 |  6
16 Union               32 16-13- 3 0.5469 18 | 0.5208 18 |  5
17 Princeton           34 18-12- 4 0.5882 16 | 0.5324 16 |  4
18 Colgate             33 16-14- 3 0.5303 19 | 0.5115 19 |  2
19 Minnesota-Duluth    38 18-16- 4 0.5263 20 | 0.4997 20 |  2
20 Lake Superior       38 19-14- 5 0.5658 17 | 0.5218 17 |  1
21 Bowling Green       37 16-16- 5 0.5000 21 | 0.4911 22 |  1