It remains (as always) far too early to meaningfully look at the Pairwise rankings. But with the Beanpot getting underway next Monday and with nonconference play largely over, it certainly feels like the tournament push is well underway in college hockey. Let's have some fun and talk through what the bracket might look like if the season ended today.
Step One: Choose the 16 Teams who make the field
We start with the autobids, which I'm going to pick based on who is the highest ranked team in the PWR from each conference. Obviously the conference tournament champion isn't always the highest ranked regular season team, so things could get mixed up here.