On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Paul Gentile wrote:
 
> What is wrong with a top-20? If the original post was that silly and foolish
> then you should easily be able to answer this question.
 
From my point of view, it would be numbers. A Top 20 would list roughly
40% of the Division I schools. That is out of whack. Compare this with
football, whose Top 25 polls list just under 25% of the possible teams,
and basketball, which would rank less than 10%.
 
I think you dilute the "importance" of a poll (where are those ceramic
dalmatians anyways?) if you list too many teams for it to be truly a
ranking of the top teams. If it becomes simply a listing of anybody who
is decent, it becomes irrelevant.
 
If I were to expand the hockey polls, I would go to 15. Given that the
NC$$ Tournament is twelve teams, a Top-15 gives you the likely tournament
teams, and some bubble teams. That said, one could argue that that
happens already, with the "Others receiving votes" category.
 
See you later,
John
 
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