The College Hockey Computer Rating
compiled by Keith Instone
 
NOTE: TCHCR is *not* used in conjunction with the NCAA selection process.
 
Includes games on 1/25/92. Last week's ranking includes games on 1/19/92.
 
     Last                      Division I          Schedule Schedule
Rank Week Team                   Record    Rating  Strength   Rank
  1    1  Minnesota             20  6  0    85.02    63.18     10
  2    2  Lake Superior         16  4  2    83.47    61.30     15
  3    3  Michigan              18  4  3    83.17    61.37     14
  4    4  Northern Michigan     15  8  3    76.11    64.14      8
  5    6  Michigan State        13  5  5    74.84    62.05     12
  6    5  Maine                 17  3  0    74.16    45.49     29
  7    7  Wisconsin             15  8  1    72.35    62.79     11
  8    8  Western Michigan      12  8  2    68.46    61.76     13
  9   10  Alaska-Anchorage      17  5  1    66.18    46.55     26
 10    9  Boston University     15  5  1    63.46    47.04     25
 11   13  Minnesota-Duluth      11 12  1    62.96    65.58      4
 12   12  Providence            16  7  1    62.74    48.61     23
 13   16  St Lawrence           13  4  1    61.97    41.78     39
 14   11  Miami                 11 10  3    61.27    59.86     17
 15   14  Michigan Tech         11 14  1    60.24    66.07      2
 16   15  North Dakota          13 12  1    59.86    58.88     18
 17   18  Harvard                8  3  3    58.77    44.26     33
 18   22  St Cloud               8 11  1    57.48    63.94      9
 19   17  Clarkson              12  5  1    57.20    41.03     40
 20   20  New Hampshire         14  8  0    56.91    46.00     27
 21   19  Illinois-Chicago       7 12  3    56.46    66.27      1
 22   23  Colorado College       8 12  4    54.23    60.80     16
 23   21  Yale                   8  3  3    54.18    41.87     38
 24   25  Ferris State           5 12  6    53.97    66.04      3
 25   24  Bowling Green          5 14  3    51.23    65.55      5
 26   26  Cornell                9  5  2    49.27    37.78     44
 27   28  Denver                 7 18  1    48.54    65.11      6
 28   30  UMass-Lowell           8 11  2    48.43    54.65     19
 29   27  Ohio State             6 15  3    48.25    65.06      7
 30   29  Boston College         9 11  3    46.98    51.19     21
 31   32  Vermont                9  9  1    40.56    37.76     45
 32   31  Alaska-Fairbanks       9 12  0    39.84    44.44     32
 33   33  RPI                    9 10  0    39.48    42.02     37
 34   35  Northeastern           8 13  0    39.24    49.67     22
 35   34  Merrimack             11 12  0    38.97    40.53     41
 36   38  Colgate                7 10  1    35.70    40.27     42
 37   37  Alabama-Huntsville     5 10  0    35.19    48.06     24
 38   36  Brown                  5 11  2    33.85    45.38     30
 39   40  Kent                   3 12  2    33.17    51.53     20
 40   39  Princeton              6  9  0    33.04    40.04     43
 41   41  Notre Dame             5 10  0    26.86    42.45     35
 42   42  Union                  1 12  1    12.76    42.25     36
 43   44  Air Force              1 15  0    10.92    43.23     34
 44   43  Dartmouth              1 15  0     9.74    44.83     31
 45   45  Army                   0 12  0     7.52    45.96     28
 
The College Hockey Computer Rating uses a connected schedule graph
and a least squares optimization to rate the 45 Division I college
hockey teams. This method considers a team's opponents, and their
opponents, etc., until all 461 Division I games are included.
 
In addition to rating the teams, a strength of schedule is calculated
for each team. The schedule strength can be computed by averaging
the ratings of a team's opponents for each game.
 
For every game, the teams are evaluated based on: the outcome (win,
lose, tie); the margin of victory; percentage of goals allowed;
the site of the game (home, away, neutral ice); and overtime or
regulation time.
 
Only games against other Division I teams are considered.