Just goes to show you rankings and polls don't win NATIONAL CHAMPONSHIPS!!
 
John Duffill
An original Friend of Maine Hockey
 
Wayne T. Smith wrote:
 
> Heal Point System Rank for Men's Division I College Hockey, Final 1998-99
> Compiled by Wayne T. Smith
>
> This report includes results from 871 Division I games.
>
>     * = NCAA Frozen Four participants
>
>      Last
> Rank Week School          Played   Record      P.I.     T.I.
>  1     1  North Dakota       40   32- 6- 2    33.00   159.55 -
>  2  *  3  Maine              39   29- 6- 4    31.79   158.08 W4,W3
>  3  *  2  New Hampshire      41   31- 7- 3    31.71   156.10 W5,L2
>  4  *  4  Boston College     43   27-12- 4    26.98   143.19 L2
>  5  *  5  Michigan State     40   27- 6- 7    30.50   138.56 L3
>  6     6  Clarkson           37   25-11- 1    27.57   127.26 -
>  7     7  Michigan           42   25-11- 6    26.67   123.81 -
>  8     8  Colorado College   42   29-12- 1    28.10   119.01 -
>  9     9  Denver             39   24-13- 2    25.64   116.46 -
> 10    10  St Lawrence        39   23-13- 3    25.13   114.68 -
> 11    11  Princeton          34   20-12- 2    24.71   108.73 -
> 12    12  Ohio State         41   21-16- 4    22.44   108.07 -
> 13    13  Notre Dame         38   19-14- 5    22.63   105.39 -
> 14    14  Quinnipiac         25   18- 5- 2    30.40   104.12 -
> 15    15  Northern Michigan  42   22-15- 5    23.33   102.88 -
> 16    16  Rensselaer         37   23-12- 2    25.95   102.85 -
> 17    17  Niagara            24   11-10- 3    20.83   102.63 -
> 18    18  Colgate            35   19-12- 4    24.00   101.86 -
> 19    19  MSU-Mankato        32   14-14- 4    20.00    96.39 -
> 20    20  Holy Cross         26   15- 9- 2    24.62    94.78 -
> 21    21  Providence         38   20-17- 1    21.58    91.08 -
> 22    24  Connecticut        25   15- 8- 2    25.60    88.87 -
> 23    22  Ferris State       36   14-16- 6    18.89    88.77 -
> 24    23  Boston University  37   14-20- 3    16.76    88.48 -
> 25    25  Bowling Green      36   16-17- 3    19.44    88.13 -
> 26    27  Cornell            31   12-15- 4    18.06    78.31 -
> 27    26  Minnesota          43   15-19- 9    18.14    78.06 -
> 28    28  St Cloud           37   14-18- 5    17.84    77.65 -
> 29    29  Yale               31   13-14- 4    19.35    76.45 -
> 30    30  Wisconsin          37   14-19- 4    17.30    75.84 -
> 31    31  Harvard            30   12-16- 2    17.33    75.47 -
> 32    32  Vermont            33   13-18- 2    16.97    73.41 -
> 33    33  Mass Lowell        36   17-19- 0    18.89    73.18 -
> 34    34  Northeastern       34   11-20- 3    14.71    70.99 -
> 35    35  Miami              36   11-20- 5    15.00    67.46 -
> 36    36  Alaska-Anchorage   36   13-18- 5    17.22    65.75 -
> 37    37  Brown              31    9-16- 6    15.48    64.70 -
> 38    38  Dartmouth          27    9-16- 2    14.81    62.28 -
> 39    39  Lake Superior      38   11-23- 4    13.68    60.52 -
> 40    40  Air Force          21    6-13- 2    13.33    59.42 -
> 41    41  Canisius           25    8-13- 4    16.00    58.33 -
> 42    42  Mass Amherst       35   12-21- 2    14.86    57.81 -
> 43    43  Western Michigan   34    6-20- 8    11.76    54.28 -
> 44    44  Alaska-Fairbanks   32    9-22- 1    11.88    49.80 -
> 45    45  Merrimack          36   11-24- 1    12.78    48.23 -
> 46    46  Michigan Tech      36    9-26- 1    10.56    43.53 -
> 47    47  Minnesota-Duluth   38    7-27- 4     9.47    37.01 -
> 48    48  Iona               23    8-13- 2    15.65    33.73 -
> 49    49  Union              32    3-26- 3     5.63    24.98 -
> 50    50  Army               19    2-15- 2     6.32    21.11 -
> 51    51  Fairfield          23    0-23- 0     1.00     0.00 -
>
> Average ranking of each league(#teams):
>
>                This week Last week
>   WCHA(09):      25.78     25.67
>    HEA(09):      23.11     23.00
>   CCHA(11):      23.73     23.64
>   ECAC(12):      25.25     25.33
>   MAAC(06):      32.67     33.00
>    IND(04):      31.50     31.50
>
> Average rating of each league(#teams):
>
>                This week Last week
>   WCHA(09):      85.83     87.12
>    HEA(09):      98.51     96.50
>   CCHA(11):      89.74     90.85
>   ECAC(12):      84.20     84.93
>   MAAC(06):      63.27     63.27
>    IND(04):      69.85     70.13
>
> 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.
>
> Copyright 1999 by Wayne T. Smith                         [log in to unmask]