Heal Point System Rank for Men's Division I College Hockey, through 03/14/1999.
Compiled by Wayne T. Smith
This report includes results from 841 Division I games.
Last
Rank Week School Played Record P.I. T.I.
1 1 North Dakota 37 31- 4- 2 34.59 169.10 L19,W19,W19
2 2 New Hampshire 36 28- 5- 3 32.78 156.56 W45,W45
3 3 Maine 34 25- 5- 4 31.76 150.32 W41,W41
4 4 Michigan State 37 26- 4- 7 31.89 143.15 W39,W39
5 5 Boston College 38 23-11- 4 26.32 132.32 W33,W33
6 6 Clarkson 34 23-10- 1 27.65 124.45 W37,W37
7 7 Colorado College 38 27-10- 1 28.95 121.17 W47,W47
8 8 Michigan 38 22-10- 6 26.32 119.25 W24,W24
9 9 St Lawrence 36 22-11- 3 26.11 118.04 W32,W32
10 12 Ohio State 39 21-14- 4 23.59 114.50 W22,W22
11 11 Princeton 31 19-10- 2 25.81 112.49 T28,W28
12 13 Denver 36 22-12- 2 25.56 110.35 W46,W46
13 10 Quinnipiac 24 18- 4- 2 31.67 107.31 W51
14 14 Notre Dame 38 19-14- 5 22.63 106.68 W16,L16,L16
15 17 Colgate 34 19-11- 4 24.71 105.68 W29,W29
16 18 Northern Michigan 39 21-13- 5 24.10 103.39 L14,W14,W14
17 16 Niagara 24 11-10- 3 20.83 103.15 -
18 15 Rensselaer 35 22-11- 2 26.29 102.39 L31,W31,W31
19 19 MSU-Mankato 32 14-14- 4 20.00 97.45 W1,L1,L1
20 22 Providence 37 20-16- 1 22.16 93.56 W23,L23,W23
21 24 Connecticut 24 15- 7- 2 26.67 92.58 W48
22 21 Ferris State 36 14-16- 6 18.89 90.00 L10,L10
23 23 Boston University 37 14-20- 3 16.76 89.44 L20,W20,L20
24 20 Bowling Green 36 16-17- 3 19.44 89.39 L8,L8
25 25 Holy Cross 24 13- 9- 2 23.33 86.84 W--
26 31 Minnesota 40 14-17- 9 18.50 80.45 W36,W36
27 33 St Cloud 36 14-17- 5 18.33 80.45 W30,W30
28 27 Cornell 31 12-15- 4 18.06 79.40 T11,L11
29 26 Yale 31 13-14- 4 19.35 77.00 L15,L15
30 28 Wisconsin 37 14-19- 4 17.30 76.83 L27,L27
31 32 Harvard 30 12-16- 2 17.33 75.73 W18,L18,L18
32 29 Vermont 33 13-18- 2 16.97 74.36 L9,L9
33 30 Mass Lowell 36 17-19- 0 18.89 73.73 L5,L5
34 34 Northeastern 34 11-20- 3 14.71 71.67 -
35 37 Miami 36 11-20- 5 15.00 68.60 -
36 36 Alaska-Anchorage 36 13-18- 5 17.22 66.04 L26,L26
37 35 Brown 31 9-16- 6 15.48 65.19 L6,L6
38 39 Dartmouth 27 9-16- 2 14.81 63.16 -
39 38 Lake Superior 38 11-23- 4 13.68 60.74 L4,L4
40 41 Air Force 21 6-13- 2 13.33 59.11 -
41 40 Mass Amherst 35 12-21- 2 14.86 57.97 L3,L3
42 42 Western Michigan 34 6-20- 8 11.76 54.55 -
43 44 Alaska-Fairbanks 32 9-22- 1 11.88 50.28 -
44 45 Canisius 23 7-12- 4 15.65 50.13 W--
45 43 Merrimack 36 11-24- 1 12.78 48.21 L2,L2
46 46 Michigan Tech 36 9-26- 1 10.56 44.08 L12,L12
47 47 Minnesota-Duluth 38 7-27- 4 9.47 37.40 L7,L7
48 48 Iona 23 8-13- 2 15.65 33.10 L21
49 49 Union 32 3-26- 3 5.63 25.08 -
50 50 Army 19 2-15- 2 6.32 20.43 -
51 51 Fairfield 23 0-23- 0 1.00 0.00 L13
Average ranking of each league(#teams):
This week Last week
WCHA(09): 25.78 26.89
HEA(09): 22.89 22.44
CCHA(11): 23.36 23.45
ECAC(12): 25.25 24.58
MAAC(06): 33.67 33.83
IND(04): 31.50 31.50
Average rating of each league(#teams):
This week Last week
WCHA(09): 87.28 88.26
HEA(09): 97.04 99.12
CCHA(11): 90.91 92.33
ECAC(12): 85.19 86.53
MAAC(06): 61.63 62.38
IND(04): 70.00 69.48
On this week's ranking ...
(1) With the exception of the MAAC teams, this HEAL ranking is only a
few tweaks away from a straight winning percentage ranking.
(2) By the numbers!
Of the top 20 teams, only 2 lost in play last week (#14 Notre Dame
lost to #16 Northern Michigan, and #19 MSU Mankato lost to #1 North
Dakota). Even these 2 teams won 1 of the 3 each played.
Of the other 20 teams that played (D-I games), only _ won their last
game last week (#26 Minnesota beat #36 Alaska-Anchorage and #27 St.
Cloud beat #30 Wisconsin).
It might say this shows HEAL doing well, but it might also say that
the first round of conference tournaments is just a tuneup for the
better teams now eagerly awaiting the Big (conference) Dance.
On this ranking ...
This ranking uses games played by NCAA Division I teams eligible for
consideration to the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championships.
Specifically excluded this season are the University of Nebraska-Omaha,
as they are in their last year as an "emerging" NCAA Division I program,
and the two Division II teams from the MAAC (Sacred Heart and American
International).
On "The Heal Point System" ...
The Heal Point System is used to rank secondary schools in Maine in
several sports. The Heal Point System was developed many years ago by
Durwood Heal to rank Maine secondary school basketball teams.
On the Maine secondary school calculation ...
"P.I." stands for "Preliminary Index". "P.I." is calculated for each
team by giving a team 40 points for each win and 20 points for each tie,
and then dividing by the number of scheduled games. Minimum "P.I." is
1.00.
"T.I." stands for "Tournament Index" and is used to rank the teams.
"T.I." is calculated for each team by summing the "P.I." of the
opponents for each win, one half the "P.I." for each tie, then dividing
by the number of games scheduled and then multiplying by 10.
Note: This Division I college hockey "Heal Point System" ranking uses
the number of games played instead of the number of games scheduled.
Since all games in Division I college hockey are normally played,
there is no difference between this and the traditional Heal Point
System at end of season and this method produces better preliminary
results.
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://www.uscollegehockey.com/
in the section marked schedules and then Division I composite schedule.
Special thanks this week to Lynn Burke and John Whelan for assistance
in obtaining and verifying game scores.
Copyright 1999 by Wayne T. Smith [log in to unmask]
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