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Various rankings for Men's Division I College Hockey, through 2004-03-20.
This report includes results from 1077 Division I games and completes
the regular season and all conference tournaments.
Compiled by Wayne T. Smith
School KRACH RHEAL HEAL RPI PWR
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1 North Dakota 1 1 2 1 1t
2 Maine 2 3 1 3 1t
3 Boston College 3 2 3 2 1t
4 Minnesota 4 4 4 4 4
5 Minnesota-Duluth 5 5 7 5 5
6 Denver 6 10 10 8 6t
7 Wisconsin 7 9 9 9 10t
8 Colorado College 8 14 17 13 13t
9 Michigan 9 7 6 7 8
10 Ohio State 10 6 5 6 6t
11 St. Cloud State 11 15 22 14 17
12 Miami 12 8 8 10 9
13 New Hampshire 13 13 12 11 10t
14 Michigan State 14 12 14 12 12
15 Notre Dame 15 11 13 15 13t
16 Massachusetts 16 18 19 17 18
17 Providence 17 23 28 18 19
18 Alaska-Anchorage 18 26 36 30 31
19 Boston University 19 21 30 16 20t
20 Colgate 20 17 11 19 13t
21 Northern Michigan 21 16 25 32
22 Cornell 22 19 16 20 16
23 Mass.-Lowell 23 25 32 22 23t
24 Harvard 24 22 18 23 22
25 Dartmouth 25 27 20 21 20t
26 Rensselaer 26 29 23 25 23t
27 Northeastern 27 32 33 24 25t
28 Western Michigan 28 20 29 27 27
29 Alaska-Fairbanks 29 24 37 37
30 Brown 30 30 27 31
31 Minnesota State 31 38 50 42
32 Michigan Tech 32 42 54 39
33 Clarkson 33 33 24 28 28t
34 Bowling Green 34 31 38 36
35 Ferris State 35 28 35 38
36 Bemidji State 36 39 26 29 30
37 Niagara 37 35 21 33 25t
38 Merrimack 38 41 46 34
39 Union 39 36 40 41
40 St. Lawrence 40 34 39 40
41 Lake Superior 41 37 47 46
42 Yale 42 40 43 44
43 Holy Cross 43 48 15 26 28t
44 Nebraska-Omaha 44 43 53 48
45 Vermont 45 44 52 50
46 Mercyhurst 46 45 31 35
47 Alabama-Huntsville 47 46 42 45
48 Quinnipiac 48 50 34 43
49 Findlay 49 47 48 51
50 Princeton 50 52 57 54
51 Sacred Heart 51 54 41 47
52 Air Force 52 51 49 53
53 Connecticut 53 53 44 49
54 Wayne State 54 49 55 55
55 Canisius 55 55 45 52
56 Bentley 56 56 51 56
57 Army 57 57 56 57
58 American Int'l 58 58 58 58
(*) Special note for this week:
Mass.Lowell has admitted to unknowingly using an ineligible player
in games from 2003-12-27 through 2004-01-24. UML won 5 of those games:
12/28/03 Union 3 vs Mass.-Lowell 5 nc
01/03/04 Massachusetts 0 at Mass.-Lowell 3 he
01/04/04 Mass.-Lowell 1 at Massachusetts 0 he
01/10/04 Mass.-Lowell 3 at Michigan State 2 nc
01/16/04 Mass.-Lowell 4 at Merrimack 3 ot he
There seems to be some question as to whether the forfeited games
will be (1) treated as wins by the opposition, (2) ignored (no
contest) or (3) remain as played for purposes of ranking for the NCAA
tournament.
Treatment (1) is exactly what most people think of when they hear
"forfeit". Treatment (2) seems most fair to this reporter, as the
opposition didn't earn a win while UML's use of an ineligible player
should mean the opposition shouldn't have a loss. Treatment (3)
seems to have little or no rationale, but ... will probably apply
in this case. Since the NCAA Infractions Committee will almost
certainly not rule on the UML administrative lapse before the NCAA
Tournament selection, NCAA rules seem clear:
NCAA Tournament selection will include these forfeits AS PLAYED.
So I'm reversing my previous several weeks treatment (2) to this week
USING ALL GAME RESULTS AS PLAYED
This matches current USCHO.com treatment and the opinion of several
people that know more of this business than I!
For your information, here is the current NCAA Bylaw 31.10.5:
NCAA Bylaw 31.10.5 Forfeits
Neither the outcome nor the statistics in any completed contest
are reversible by a forfeit due to postgame administrative
actions, except as provided in Bylaw 31.10.5.4 or by Committee on
Infractions decisions. The actual results of the contest and the
statistics shall be entered as such in both teams all-time
records, as well as in the coaches records and in individual
statistics. Contests later forfeited shall be denoted by the
institution with an asterisk and a footnote.
For more information, go to ncaa.org, select rules and eligibility,
and search for "abrogated".
Finally, I'll note that Hockey East has and will use treatment (1):
For Hockey East purposes, UML lost the forfeited games and their
opponents won them.
Whew! .. wts
The above RPI rankings are unofficial and do not contain NCAA "fiddling".
PWR (from USCHO.com) uses "fiddled" RPI, but ignores possible good wins
bonuses.
For individual rankings and season composites, please visit
http://Maine.edu/HEAL/
Game scores for these rankings 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. In addition, USCHO
has extensive information about KRACH, its underlying methods and
history, as well as the methods used by the NCAA.
This ranking report is available for republication without restriction.
It 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.
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