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Various rankings for Men's Division I College Hockey, through 2004-03-14.
Compiled by Wayne T. Smith
School KRACH RHEAL HEAL RPI PWR
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1 North Dakota 1 1 1 1 1t
2 Boston College 2 2 3 2 1t
3 Maine 3 3 2 3 1t
4 Minnesota-Duluth 4 4 5 5 4
5 Minnesota 5 5 6 4 5
6 Denver 6 12 13 8 6
7 Wisconsin 7 8 10 10 10t
8 Colorado College 8 14 16 12 13t
9 Michigan 9 7 4 6 7
10 St. Cloud State 10 15 21 14 17t
11 New Hampshire 11 13 8 9 8t
12 Ohio State 12 10 7 7 10t
13 Michigan State 13 11 14 13 10t
14 Miami 14 6 9 11 8t
15 Notre Dame 15 9 11 15 13t
16 Providence 16 22 28 18 20t
17 Massachusetts 17 19 19 19 17t
18 Boston University 18 18 25 16 20t
19 Alaska-Anchorage 19 26 36 33
20 Colgate 20 17 12 20 15
21 Northern Michigan 21 16 24 31
22 Dartmouth 22 23 15 17 16
23 Cornell 23 21 17 21 17t
24 Mass.-Lowell 24 24 31 22 22
25 Rensselaer 25 29 23 24 23
26 Northeastern 26 32 33 23 24
27 Western Michigan 27 20 30 25 25
28 Harvard 28 27 22 26 26
29 Alaska-Fairbanks 29 25 37 37
30 Brown 30 30 29 30
31 Minnesota State 31 39 50 42
32 Michigan Tech 32 42 54 39
33 Bowling Green 33 31 38 36
34 Ferris State 34 28 35 38
35 Clarkson 35 33 26 29 28
36 Bemidji State 36 38 27 28 29
37 Niagara 37 35 20 32
38 Merrimack 38 40 46 34
39 Union 39 36 39 41
40 St. Lawrence 40 34 40 40
41 Lake Superior 41 37 47 45
42 Yale 42 41 43 44
43 Holy Cross 43 48 18 27 27
44 Nebraska-Omaha 44 43 53 48
45 Vermont 45 44 52 50
46 Mercyhurst 46 45 32 35
47 Alabama-Huntsville 47 46 42 46
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.
.. wts
The above RPI rankings are unofficial.
See the USCHO.com site for RPI with NCAA "fiddling".
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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