Well I can't recall if a non-TUC team ever got an NCAA bid but I don't think so since TUC used to be winning percentage over .500, not RPI over .500. Now that this has happened with Wayne State, apparently you are now a TUC if you're in the tournament but don't have an RPI over .500. Makes sense.
http://www.uscho.com/polls/?data=pwr1m
Looking at RPI, it looks like if Mercyhurst or Quinnipiac wins the MAAC championship, they'll move into the #15 slot droping Wayne State to 16.
hmmm, i wonder how this will change the rankings, if in any way. i wonder if there are any teams whose TUC record will benefit enough to flip a comparison if they beat wayne state.
Looks like Ferris State and Dartmouth are the only top 18 PWR teams to have played Wayne State.
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Well of the 7 games against TUC's only Dartmouth and Ferris State are in the running and Ferris State both beat them and lost to them so Ferris State's TUC winning percentage drops a bit. Dartmouth beat them and their TUC % increases. Nearest I can tell, here's what changed.
Notre Dame goes from 21t to 21
Merrimack falls from 23t to 24
UAF up from 29 to 27t
Brown down from 27t to 29)
Dartmouth does surpass Providence in the TUC category but still loses the comparison to them thanks to RPI