Nerding out to Pairwise fun facts

[StateofHockey78]

I had some free time this afternoon so I had some fun looking at the last 18 years of pairwise (excluding 2020 & 2021 due to pairwise not used or cancelled playoff). This goes back to the 2003 season. Some observations:

• It doesn't look good if you are the #10 seed! North Dakota gets the credit as the only FF #10 in 2007.
• I'm surprised the 5/6 seeds have never won
• The #3 band has 3 Natty's vs. only 2 Natty's for the #2 band
• The #2 overall seed has only 1 Natty (This will likely be either QU or a B1G school this year)
• Band #1 records 119-61
• Band #2 records 66-70
• Band #3 records 47-69
• band #4 records 38-70

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[TD="class: xl65"]Seeds[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]W[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]L[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]FF?[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]Champions[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]37[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]14[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]11[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]26[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]17[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]9[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]3[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]35[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]14[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]11[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]21[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]16[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]8[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]5[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]18[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]18[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]6[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]8[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]18[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]7[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]23[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]16[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]3[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]8[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]17[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]18[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]9[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]17[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]16[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]10[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]18[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]11[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]10[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]18[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]12[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]16[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]17[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]3[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]13[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]13[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]18[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]14[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]8[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]18[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]15[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]12[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]16[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]3[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]16[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64"]5[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64"]18[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64"]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]270[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]270[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]72[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]18[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

 

[giwan]

So what you are saying is that the pairwise rankings are a good indicator?

 

[StateofHockey78]

So what you are saying is that the pairwise rankings are a good indicator?

Just sharing what I found. I'll let everyone draw their own conclusions. All I know is, if your team gets #10 you might as well watch bowling on ESPN3.