[This is the 1st published RHEAL of the season.  For more information
   on RHEAL, please see the HEAL web site at http://maine.edu/heal/ and
   discussions on Hockey-L, keyword RHEAL, late last winter .. wts]

RHEAL for Men's Division I College Hockey, through 2001-01-28.
Compiled by Wayne T. Smith

This report includes results from 700 Division I games.

     Last
Rank Week School          Played   Record    HEAL      RHEAL
  1    2  Boston College     26   19- 6- 1  94.08( 3) 100.00
  2    1  Michigan State     27   21- 2- 4 100.00( 1)  97.40
  3    3  North Dakota       28   18- 5- 5  95.32( 2)  87.81
  4    5  Michigan           29   19- 6- 4  89.69( 4)  85.54
  5    4  New Hampshire      28   16- 7- 5  81.18( 6)  79.93
  6    6  Colorado College   25   19- 5- 1  83.06( 5)  77.46
  7    7  Western Michigan   27   16- 6- 5  80.62( 7)  72.47
  8   11  Providence         24   13- 7- 4  72.46( 8)  67.64
  9    8  St. Cloud          26   19- 6- 1  66.39(13)  67.40
 10    9  Maine              25   10- 9- 6  64.17(16)  66.89
 11   20  Boston University  24   10-12- 2  61.32(19)  65.78
 12   13  Northeastern       24   10-10- 4  61.49(18)  64.77
 13   10  Minnesota          27   18- 7- 2  70.11(11)  64.43
 14   12  Wisconsin          26   14-11- 1  66.22(14)  64.40
 15   14  Denver             27   14-10- 3  70.66( 9)  60.21
 16   15  Nebraska-Omaha     28   15-11- 2  64.77(15)  59.09
 17   18  Dartmouth          19    9- 8- 2  61.76(17)  57.90
 18   17  Cornell            19    9- 6- 4  67.09(12)  57.42
 19   19  Ohio State         23   11-10- 2  59.76(22)  57.35
 20   16  Yale               19   10- 9- 0  60.10(20)  56.80
 21   26  Northern Michigan  26   11- 8- 7  55.04(33)  54.93
 22   21  Clarkson           21   11- 7- 3  70.38(10)  51.60
 23   22  Merrimack          28   12-14- 2  58.11(28)  51.24
 24   27  UMass-Lowell       25   12-10- 3  59.61(24)  50.84
 25   24  Harvard            18    9- 8- 1  54.73(34)  50.01
 26   23  MSU-Mankato        26   15-10- 1  55.50(32)  49.64
 27   31  Alaska-Fairbanks   24    8-10- 6  58.64(27)  48.60
 28   28  Miami              26   13-11- 2  52.67(37)  48.53
 29   29  St. Lawrence       21    9- 8- 4  55.63(31)  48.03
 30   25  Vermont            21   10-10- 1  53.12(36)  46.74
 31   30  Rensselaer         22   12- 9- 1  58.91(26)  44.93
 32   33  Ferris State       24    8-12- 4  48.55(39)  43.38
 33   32  Bowling Green      26    8-14- 4  49.19(38)  40.54
 34   34  UMass-Amherst      26    7-16- 3  39.30(46)  39.39
 35   35  Michigan Tech      24    6-16- 2  35.78(50)  36.72
 36   37  Notre Dame         30    6-19- 5  39.26(47)  34.43
 37   36  Alaska-Anchorage   24    5-17- 2  32.21(52)  31.37
 38   38  Princeton          19    5-11- 3  38.35(48)  31.21
 39   41  Lake Superior      27   10-17- 0  40.27(44)  30.16
 40   39  Union              22    7-12- 3  43.41(41)  29.21
 41   40  Alabama-Huntsville 22   12-10- 0  60.04(21)  28.05
 42   42  Brown              19    4-13- 2  31.93(53)  27.79
 43   44  Niagara            24    9-12- 3  42.62(42)  25.39
 44   43  Colgate            24    5-15- 4  34.58(51)  25.05
 45   45  Minnesota-Duluth   26    5-19- 2  20.79(57)  18.75
 46   46  Quinnipiac         24   12- 9- 3  53.35(35)  17.30
 47   47  Wayne State        21   12- 9- 0  59.42(25)  16.51
 48   48  Canisius           21   10- 8- 3  56.26(30)  14.53
 49   49  Mercyhurst         22   13- 7- 2  59.73(23)  14.52
 50   50  Sacred Heart       21    9- 9- 3  43.58(40)  14.02
 51   51  Iona               24   12- 9- 3  56.58(29)  12.97
 52   52  Air Force          18    8- 8- 2  40.27(43)  10.90
 53   53  Connecticut        24    9-12- 3  40.14(45)  10.74
 54   55  American Int'l     22    7-14- 1  37.53(49)   8.72
 55   54  Fairfield          21    7-13- 1  30.66(54)   7.26
 56   58  Army               21    7-14- 0  28.15(55)   6.53
 57   56  Holy Cross         23    6-16- 1  24.86(56)   5.43
 58   57  Bemidji State      22    1-19- 2  11.40(59)   3.84
 59   59  Bentley            20    2-16- 2  13.80(58)   3.09


Average ranking of each league:

           This week Last week
  WCHA:      20.30     19.20
   HEA:      14.22     15.78
  CCHA:      22.00     22.92
  ECAC:      29.67     28.50
  MAAC:      52.55     52.64
   CHA:      48.20     48.00



Average rating of each league:

           This week Last week
  WCHA:      55.82     56.84
   HEA:      65.16     62.78
  CCHA:      56.04     54.05
  ECAC:      43.89     44.03
  MAAC:      10.46      8.74
   CHA:      16.94     16.94



Average tie-game rate of each league(includes all games for each team):

           This week Last week
  WCHA:      0.077     0.082
   HEA:      0.130     0.121
  CCHA:      0.142     0.138
  ECAC:      0.115     0.124
  MAAC:      0.091     0.082
   CHA:      0.065     0.067

Average tie-game rate for all D-I teams: 0.1086 (was 0.1075 last week)


Overall home ice advantage=0.621 (was 0.565 last week)


Comments on HEAL and RHEAL may be found on the web at

      http://Maine.edu/HEAL/

Game scores for this ranking have been provided by US College Hockey
Online, sometimes supplemented by other sources.  USCHO's composite of
all Division I men's ice hockey games is available at

      http://uscho.com/

in the section marked Men's Division I schedules.

RHEAL is available for republication without restriction. RHEAL may be
reformatted or used in part without restriction.  Reference to the HEAL
web site or the author (Wayne T. Smith; [log in to unmask]) is appreciated.