Biggest NCAA Tournament upsets by Pairwise ranking:
-RIT (38) over Minnesota State (1) in 2015
-Bemidji State (37) over Notre Dame (2) in 2009
-AIC (31) over SCSU (1) in 2019
-Ferris State (30) over SCSU (2) in 2016
-Air Force (27) over SCSU (1) in 2018
-RIT (25) over Denver (2) in 2010
-Holy Cross (21) over MN (2) in 2006
- Nate Wells
EDIT:
14th consecutive year a No. 1 seed has lost to a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
St. Cloud State's senior class has been one of the top 2 overall seeds three times and ended with zero NCAA Tournament wins and Bob Motzko leaving to coach the Gophers.
Quoting an old post, I know. Been away for a while and catching up on this thread.
It's pretty crazy how much parity has crept into the college game. The Holy Cross loss was unthinkable when it happened, and now it's just a yearly occurrence, not even in the top 5 upsets all time.
Selfishly, as a fan of a big school, I kinda miss the days where the big boys were battling it out every year, haha. But it's certainly more intriguing now, and I'm sure the majority of college hockey would rather have it this way.