A Line Mover is a team that
Simple put, if a line mover wins it conference tournament the cutline currently located between ranked teams 14 and 15 will move up one position, thus eliminating a team that would have received an NCAA Tournament bid based upon its rank. If your team is ranked on the bubble you want line-moving teams to lose in their conference tournament. The list contains 21 teams in 4 conferences, thus the cutline could theoretically move up 4 spots. The list size will quickly contract during the individual conference tournaments.
| Rank | Team | ConferenceConf | MWP | RPI | Record | Probability of Winning Its Conference Tournament |
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| 32 | Wisconsin | Big 10Big 10 | 32 | 0.4994 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1% |
| 36 | Penn State | Big 10Big 10 | 28 | 0.4956 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1% |
| 38 | Notre Dame | Big 10Big 10 | 27 | 0.4934 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1% |
| 28 | Bemidji State | CCHACCHA | 36 | 0.5139 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 21% |
| 30 | Michigan Tech | CCHACCHA | 34 | 0.5032 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14% |
| 35 | Lake Superior | CCHACCHA | 29 | 0.4956 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 12% |
| 45 | St. Thomas | CCHACCHA | 19 | 0.4734 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 5% |
| 47 | Bowling Green | CCHACCHA | 17 | 0.4694 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5% |
| 54 | Ferris State | CCHACCHA | 10 | 0.4373 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2% |
| 63 | Northern Michigan | CCHACCHA | 1 | 0.3733 | 1 | 14 | 1 | <1% |
| 17 | ConnecticutUConn | EastEast | 47 | 0.5467 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2% |
| 21 | MassachusettsMass. | EastEast | 42 | 0.5286 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2% |
| 22 | NortheasternN. Eastern | EastEast | 42 | 0.5286 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2% |
| 37 | Vermont | EastEast | 28 | 0.4955 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1% |
| 48 | Merrimack | EastEast | 16 | 0.4642 | 4 | 10 | 1 | <1% |
| 15 | Arizona St. | NCHCNCHC | 49 | 0.5468 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 7% |
| 19 | Colorado College | NCHCNCHC | 46 | 0.5382 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 13% |
| 26 | North Dakota | NCHCNCHC | 38 | 0.5181 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 6% |
| 41 | Nebraska-OmahaNebr-Omaha | NCHCNCHC | 23 | 0.4807 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3% |
| 42 | Minnesota-DuluthMN-Duluth | NCHCNCHC | 22 | 0.4798 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1% |
| 61 | Miami | NCHCNCHC | 4 | 0.404 | 3 | 13 | 2 | <1% |