The College Hockey Discussion List Poll for March 31, 1993:
 
Teams were given 15 points for a first-place vote, 14 for a second-place
vote, and so on down to 1 point for a fifteenth-place vote.  Total first-
place votes are in parentheses.
 
Big Surprise department:  The Phinal Phour teams (Maine, Michigan, Boston
University, and Lake Superior) took the top four positions in this week's
HOCKEY-L poll as well.  In fact, of the 8 x 4 = 32 first- through fourth-
place votes that were sent in this week, 30 went to the Phinal Phour teams.
The other two, both fourth-place votes, went to Miami.
 
It doesn't make much of a difference now, but a couple of the teams that
were "on the bubble" and wound up not making the tournament have improved
their lot -- at least according to the HOCKEY-L voters.  Note that RPI has
jumped ahead of Brown and Michigan State is in front of Northern Michigan.
Some small consolation to Engineer and Spartan fans.
 
     Composite poll (8 responses):
 
                                                  Last
                              Record    Pts.      Week      Range
 
     1.   Maine (8)           40-1-2    120         1        1
     2.   Michigan            30-6-3    108         3        2-4
     3.   Boston University   29-8-2    101         2        2-5
          Lake Superior       29-7-5    101         3        2-5
     5.   Minnesota-Duluth    27-11-2    84         7        5-7
     6.   Miami               27-9-5     79         5        4-9
     7.   Minnesota           22-12-8    64         9        6-11
     8.   Clarkson            20-10-5    62         6        7-10
     9.   Wisconsin           24-15-3    61        10        7-11
     10.  Harvard             22-6-3     52         8        5-12
     11.  RPI                 20-11-4    30        13        9-14
     12.  Brown               16-12-3    28        11       10-14
          Michigan State      24-14-2    28        14       11-13
     14.  Northern Michigan   21-18-4    27        12        9-13
     15.  UMass-Lowell        20-17-2     7        15       14-15
 
     Others receiving votes:  St. Lawrence, Michigan Tech, Western Michigan
 
     Teams named on all responses:  Maine, Michigan, Boston University, Lake
     Superior, Minnesota-Duluth, Miami, Minnesota, Clarkson, Wisconsin,
     Harvard, RPI, Brown
 
No East-West split this week, as we had only one Western voter.  Also, no
media composite or Tadpoll, since there weren't any media polls.  Also also,
the only rating I saw this week was CHODR, which means the Tad-rate wouldn't
be terribly interesting either...
 
                                 HOCKEY-L    CHODR
     Team                Record    Rank      Rank
 
     Maine               40-1-2      1         1
     Michigan            30-6-3      2         2
     Boston University   29-8-2      3         4
     Lake Superior       29-7-5      3         3
     Minnesota-Duluth    27-11-2     5         5
     Miami               27-9-5      6         7
     Minnesota           22-12-8     7        14
     Clarkson            20-10-5     8         6
     Wisconsin           24-15-3     9         8
     Harvard             22-6-3     10         9
     RPI                 20-11-4    11        13
     Brown               16-12-3    12        18
     Michigan State      24-14-2    12        11
     Northern Michigan   21-18-4    14        12
     UMass-Lowell        20-17-2    15        16
     -------------------------------------------
     Michigan Tech       17-15-5              10
     New Hampshire       18-17-3              15
 
Next week's HOCKEY-L poll will be the last one for this season.  Thanks
again to all of you who have sent in responses and have helped make the poll
successful.
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