The college hockey season is at the unofficial halfway point, with most teams off until midseason tournaments and some teams already done until January. While it’s admittedly too early to take much from Bracketology at this point in the season, this seems like a good time for a check-in on the current state of things and a refresher on how the NCAA field is selected (or an introduction, if you’re new).
The steps:
STEP ONE
Set the 16 team field - six conference champions and 10 at large teams - based on the Pairwise rankings.