May 9, 2025
What the Shift to NPI Means for the NCAA Regionals Debate
by Adam Wodon/Managing Editor (@chn-adam-wodon)
After putting it on hold last year, the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Committee is planning to replace the Pairwise/RPI system with “NPI” starting next season.
I’ve probably spilled more virtual ink writing about the Pairwise in the last 30 years than anyone since the Benadictine monks transcribed bibles.
But I won’t be sad to see it go.
Not because it wasn’t a good system anymore — it was still doing fine. It’s just that, it’s boring now. There were so many changes made over the years, that essentially what we know as the Pairwise, became just the RPI (Ratings Percentage Index). The remaining components of the Pairwise were like Milton Waddams in Office Space, hanging around in…
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