Heal Point System Rank for Men's Division I College Hockey, through 01/03/1999.
Compiled by Wayne T. Smith
This report includes results from 396 Division I games.
Dec.
Rank 21 School Played Record P.I. T.I. Last week
1 1 North Dakota 16 13- 2- 1 33.75 158.38 W12,L12
2 4 Maine 15 10- 1- 4 32.00 151.10 W24,T8
3 5 Boston College 18 11- 5- 2 26.67 142.91 W8,L24,W27,T27
4 6 New Hampshire 18 13- 4- 1 30.00 137.26 W8,L24
5 14 Niagara 13 7- 4- 2 24.62 137.16 W10,W18,W47
6 9 Michigan State 19 14- 3- 2 31.58 135.35 W26,W7,W41,W41,W41
7 3 Michigan 19 13- 4- 2 29.47 132.62 W40,L6,L15
8 2 Colorado College 20 14- 5- 1 29.00 130.33 L3,W44,L4,T2
9 8 Princeton 14 10- 3- 1 30.00 123.05 W27,W19,W42,L14
10 7 St Lawrence 17 10- 6- 1 24.71 121.74 L5,L39,W18,T21
11 12 Vermont 15 9- 5- 1 25.33 114.85 W25,W38,T32,L33
12 16 Notre Dame 18 10- 6- 2 24.44 112.38 L1,W1
13 10 Quinnipiac 8 7- 1- 0 35.00 110.28 -
14 23 Rensselaer 16 10- 5- 1 26.25 109.67 W34,W45,W43,W9
15 18 Ohio State 20 10- 8- 2 22.00 108.60 L19,W27,W7
16 11 Ferris State 17 9- 5- 3 24.71 107.08 W--,W--,W--
17 17 Connecticut 12 8- 4- 0 26.67 106.94 W50,L--
18 13 Colgate 17 11- 5- 1 27.06 104.96 W39,L5,L10,W20
19 20 Boston University 18 8- 9- 1 18.89 101.06 W15,L9
20 24 Clarkson 15 7- 7- 1 20.00 98.91 W21,L18
21 19 Cornell 13 7- 4- 2 24.62 97.71 L23,W35,L20,T10
22 26 St Cloud 18 9- 8- 1 21.11 97.41 W25,W25
23 27 Bowling Green 17 9- 7- 1 22.35 96.48 W21,W43,W--,L--
24 29 Denver 16 8- 8- 0 20.00 94.31 W44,W3,L2,W4
25 15 MSU-Mankato 14 7- 6- 1 21.43 86.20 L11,W46,L22,L22
26 22 Northern Michigan 22 13- 9- 0 23.64 86.20 L6,W40,W44,W--
27 21 Minnesota 20 7-10- 3 17.00 85.57 L9,L15,L--,L3,T3
28 25 Northeastern 16 5-10- 1 13.75 81.30 -
29 28 Providence 15 7- 8- 0 18.67 81.29 -
30 31 Alaska-Anchorage 18 8- 8- 2 20.00 68.79 -
31 34 Mass Lowell 17 8- 9- 0 18.82 66.77 W48,W45
32 44 Brown 10 2- 5- 3 14.00 62.98 T11,W38
33 46 Harvard 13 4- 8- 1 13.85 60.55 W38,W11
34 33 Merrimack 17 8- 9- 0 18.82 58.62 L14,W42
35 32 Wisconsin 17 5-10- 2 14.12 58.08 L43,L21,W--,L--
36 35 Mass Amherst 17 5-11- 1 12.94 56.03 L37,W37
37 36 Western Michigan 17 2- 9- 6 11.76 54.68 W36,L36
38 30 Dartmouth 11 4- 7- 0 14.55 54.50 W46,L11,L33,L32
39 42 Miami 21 4-13- 4 11.43 52.68 L18,W10
40 38 Michigan Tech 18 4-13- 1 10.00 45.19 L7,L26
41 37 Alaska-Fairbanks 17 5-12- 0 11.76 44.24 L6,L6,L6
42 39 Union 15 2-12- 1 6.67 42.12 L45,L34,L9,L43
43 48 Yale 12 4- 8- 0 13.33 40.53 W35,L23,L14,W42
44 40 Lake Superior 18 3-12- 3 10.00 38.73 L24,L8,L26
45 43 Minnesota-Duluth 20 5-13- 2 12.00 36.92 W42,L14,W46,L31
46 41 Air Force 10 2- 7- 1 10.00 33.00 L38,L25,L45,W48
47 45 Holy Cross 12 4- 6- 2 16.67 31.18 L5
48 47 Army 10 2- 8- 0 8.00 17.67 L31,L46
49 49 Canisius 8 0- 7- 1 2.50 10.42 -
50 50 Iona 9 5- 4- 0 22.22 8.89 L17,L--
51 51 Fairfield 9 0- 9- 0 1.00 0.00 -
Average ranking of each league(#teams):
This week Last week
WCHA(09): 25.78 22.30
HEA(09): 20.67 21.11
CCHA(11): 24.18 26.10
ECAC(12): 24.25 26.08
MAAC(06): 37.83 37.00
IND(04): 31.00 23.40
On this week's ranking ...
- It's still early for any ranking system, folks. Continue to
expect substantial variations in rankings for a few more weeks.
- This year's HEA "elite" (Maine, UNH, BC) all made slight gains
from last week's ranking. The major victim in this climb was
CC who dropped from 2nd to 8th place.
- Independent Niagra had a superb week, leaping to #5. This cannot
last through the end of season though, as Niagra's remaining schedule
is relatively weak.
- Some words about Ferris State's 3 wins and drop of 5 places might
be in order. Ferris State beat three non-NCAA teams, so none of
the games count in this ranking. Their rating and ranking fell
slightly, as the teams they have beaten (and tied) generally fared
poorly since the Heal 12/21/98 ranking.
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 Mike Machnik and US
College Hockey Online, sometimes supplemented by other sources. Mr.
Machnik'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.
Copyright 1999 by Wayne T. Smith [log in to unmask]
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