Heal Point System Rank for Men's Division I College Hockey, through 2002-03-24.
Compiled by Wayne T. Smith

This report includes results from 1058 Division I games.
(end of NCAA Regionals; (*) Frozen Four teams)

     Last                                                    Recent
Rank Week School          Played   Record     P.I.    T.I.   games
  1 *  1  New Hampshire      39   30- 6- 3    32.31   158.41 W7
  2 *  2  Minnesota          42   30- 8- 4    30.48   151.79 W9
  3    3  Denver             41   32- 8- 1    31.71   141.92 L4
  4 *  7  Michigan           43   28-10- 5    28.37   140.14 W10,W3
  5 *  6  Maine              42   25-10- 7    27.14   137.80 W22,W8
  6    4  Michigan State     41   27- 9- 5    28.78   133.84 L9
  7    5  Cornell            35   25- 8- 2    29.71   132.13 W24,L1
  8    8  Boston University  38   25-10- 3    27.89   128.92 L5
  9   10  Colorado College   43   27-13- 3    26.51   126.60 W6,L2
 10    9  St. Cloud          42   29-11- 2    28.57   126.49 L4
 11   12  Northern Michigan  40   26-12- 2    27.00   121.60 -
 12   11  Alaska-Fairbanks   37   22-12- 3    25.41   121.41 -
 13   13  Western Michigan   38   19-15- 4    22.11   115.22 -
 14   14  UMass-Lowell       38   22-13- 3    24.74   112.34 -
 15   15  Mercyhurst         35   24- 8- 3    29.14   112.09 -
 16   16  Northeastern       39   19-17- 3    21.03   110.09 -
 17   17  Ohio State         40   20-16- 4    22.00   108.69 -
 18   18  Nebraska-Omaha     41   21-16- 4    22.44   106.40 -
 19   19  Rensselaer         37   20-13- 4    23.78   101.38 -
 20   21  Wayne State        32   17-11- 4    23.75    98.45 -
 21   22  Clarkson           38   17-15- 6    21.05    96.32 -
 22   20  Harvard            34   15-15- 4    20.00    95.78 L5
 23   23  Dartmouth          32   14-13- 5    20.63    95.16 -
 24   24  Quinnipiac         38   20-13- 5    23.68    91.24 L7
 25   25  North Dakota       37   16-19- 2    18.38    89.63 -
 26   26  Brown              31   14-15- 2    19.35    87.53 -
 27   27  Wisconsin          39   16-19- 4    18.46    87.27 -
 28   29  Notre Dame         38   16-17- 5    19.47    84.36 -
 29   28  Ferris State       36   15-20- 1    17.22    84.35 -
 30   30  Boston College     38   18-18- 2    20.00    84.13 -
 31   31  Holy Cross         32   15-12- 5    21.88    83.95 -
 32   32  Sacred Heart       34   16-14- 4    21.18    83.89 -
 33   33  Niagara            31   14-16- 1    18.71    82.24 -
 34   34  Providence         38   13-20- 5    16.32    80.86 -
 35   35  Union              30   12-13- 5    19.33    79.27 -
 36   36  Alaska-Anchorage   36   12-19- 5    16.11    75.68 -
 37   37  Air Force          28   12-14- 2    18.57    75.66 -
 38   38  Minnesota-Duluth   40   13-24- 3    14.50    75.52 -
 39   39  Alabama-Huntsville 32   14-17- 1    18.13    74.78 -
 40   40  Bemidji State      31   10-17- 4    15.48    74.10 -
 41   41  Canisius           33   14-15- 4    19.39    68.13 -
 42   42  MSU-Mankato        36   14-20- 2    16.67    67.74 -
 43   43  Colgate            34   13-19- 2    16.47    65.48 -
 44   44  Miami              36   12-22- 2    14.44    64.25 -
 45   45  Yale               31   10-19- 2    14.19    61.08 -
 46   46  Princeton          31   11-18- 2    15.48    60.69 -
 47   47  Iona               31   12-17- 2    16.77    59.52 -
 48   48  Connecticut        36   13-16- 7    18.33    59.43 -
 49   49  Bowling Green      40    9-25- 6    12.00    58.47 -
 50   50  St. Lawrence       34   11-21- 2    14.12    57.74 -
 51   52  Merrimack          36   11-23- 2    13.33    54.85 -
 52   51  Army               32    9-17- 6    15.00    54.51 -
 53   53  UMass-Amherst      34    8-24- 2    10.59    46.75 -
 54   54  Michigan Tech      38    8-28- 2     9.47    45.16 -
 55   55  Lake Superior      37    8-27- 2     9.73    43.04 -
 56   57  American Int'l     28    7-21- 0    10.00    33.44 -
 57   56  Fairfield          30    5-22- 3     8.67    33.40 -
 58   58  Vermont            31    3-26- 2     5.16    25.14 -
 59   59  Bentley            32    4-26- 2     6.25    19.98 -


Average ranking of each league:

           This week Last week
  WCHA:      24.60     24.60
   HEA:      23.56     23.78
  CCHA:      23.83     23.92
  ECAC:      32.92     32.67
  MAAC:      42.00     41.91
   CHA:      33.80     34.00



Average rating of each league:

           This week Last week
  WCHA:      98.78     99.38
   HEA:     101.57    101.15
  CCHA:      98.48     98.17
  ECAC:      79.81     80.39
  MAAC:      63.60     63.97
   CHA:      81.05     81.09



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

           This week Last week
  WCHA:      0.071     0.072
   HEA:      0.088     0.089
  CCHA:      0.092     0.093
  ECAC:      0.095     0.096
  MAAC:      0.114     0.114
   CHA:      0.078     0.078

Average tie-game rate for all D-I teams: 0.0907 (last week 0.0914)


Overall home ice advantage=0.758 (last week 0.758)


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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.

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