The College Hockey Discussion List Poll for December 15, 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.
Ah, consistency, thy name is Michigan, at least where the polls are con-
cerned. The Wolverines reside in the top spot in the HOCKEY-L poll for the
sixth week in a row, and once again they grabbed all the first-place votes.
No surprise who the big winners are this week. Kudos to Mass Lowell, who
knocked off Northeastern and Maine, a pair of ranked Hockey East teams, at
home last weekend, and to Northern Michigan, who went down to WCHA-leader
Colorado College and came away with a sweep, propelling themselves into a
share of the league lead. The Chiefs and the Wildcats both jumped seven
places in the poll as a result.
On the flip side, we have defending NC$$ champion Maine, which is continuing
its slide in the polls. Two weeks ago, the Black Bears were sitting at #2,
but they have gone 1-4 in their last five games, and they dropped six spots
after losses to New Hampshire and Mass Lowell last weekend, barely hanging
on to tenth place. Bowling Green also plunged half a dozen spots after
losing a pair at home to Alaska-Fairbanks -- which, by the way, makes its
first appearance of the year in the top 15.
Honorable (?) mention: As befitting RPI's up-and-down season, the Engineers
are once again out of the top 15 after losing to Princeton.
Composite poll (24 responses):
Last
Record Pts. Week Range
1. Michigan (24) 14-1-1 360 1 1
2. Boston University 10-3 319 2 2-6
3. Lake Superior 12-4 303 3 2-6
4. New Hampshire 11-3-1 264 6 2-9
5. Northern Michigan 11-4-1 247 12 3-10
6. Wisconsin 10-5-1 241 9 2-11
7. Harvard 6-2-1 209 8 3-11
8. Mass Lowell 8-3-2 176 15 3-15
9. Colorado College 10-4-2 169 5 4-15
10. Maine 8-5 112 4 7-15
11. Northeastern 7-3-2 100 11 4-15
12. Michigan State 9-5-3 89 10 4-15
13. Bowling Green 9-5-2 81 7 10-15
14. Brown 5-3-2 68 14 8-15
15. Alaska-Fairbanks 10-6-1 32 -- 7-15
Others receiving votes: Western Michigan, RPI, Denver, Boston College,
St. Lawrence, Clarkson, Minnesota, Colgate
Teams named on all responses: Michigan, Boston University, Lake
Superior, New Hampshire, Northern Michigan, Wisconsin, Harvard,
Colorado College
Dropped out of Top 15: RPI (#13 last week)
A pretty even split between Eastern and Western responses this week, and the
agreement between the two regions is quite close as well. One oddity,
though: Eastern voters were surprisingly more harsh on Bowling Green for
its losses to Alaska-Fairbanks than the Westerners were. In addition, most
of the support that put the Nanooks into the poll this week came from the
East.
Eastern responses: Western responses:
1. Michigan (13) 195 1. Michigan (11) 165
2. Boston University 180 2. Lake Superior 141
3. Lake Superior 162 3. Boston University 139
4. New Hampshire 142 4. New Hampshire 122
5. Northern Michigan 134 5. Northern Michigan 113
6. Wisconsin 128 Wisconsin 113
7. Mass Lowell 111 7. Harvard 105
8. Harvard 104 8. Colorado College 84
9. Colorado College 85 9. Mass Lowell 65
10. Northeastern 58 10. Maine 57
11. Maine 55 11. Bowling Green 45
12. Michigan State 49 12. Northeastern 42
13. Bowling Green 36 13. Michigan State 40
Brown 36 14. Brown 32
15. Alaska-Fairbanks 23 15. Denver 12
Not a terribly exciting composite this week, as the only poll I saw was the
NC$$ Office one posted by Bri Farenell. Hmm, an "Office" poll -- I keep
picturing people hanging around the water cooler tossing ideas back and
forth... "How 'bout Michigan #1 and Lake Superior #2, yeah, that sounds
good..."
NC$$
HOCKEY-L Office
Team Record Rank Rank
Michigan 14-1-1 1 1
Boston University 10-3 2 3
Lake Superior 12-4 3 2
New Hampshire 11-3-1 4 4
Northern Michigan 11-4-1 5 6
Wisconsin 10-5-1 6 5
Harvard 6-2-1 7 8
Mass Lowell 8-3-2 8 10
Colorado College 10-4-2 9 7
Maine 8-5 10 9
Northeastern 7-3-2 11 11
Michigan State 9-5-3 12 12
Bowling Green 9-5-2 13
Brown 5-3-2 14 14
Alaska-Fairbanks 10-6-1 15
In this week's ratings composite, note the rather close agreement between
the HOCKEY-L poll and TCHCR. The top six teams are identical in each, and
there is not too much difference among the remaining nine. As a matter of
fact, if we extend the HOCKEY-L poll and look at the top 16, we find that
the same teams appear there (in slightly different order) as are present in
this week's TCHCR. I guess Keith's rating system works pretty well :-)
HOCKEY-L TCHCR CHODR
Team Record Rank Rank Rank
Michigan 14-1-1 1 1 1
Boston University 10-3 2 2 3
Lake Superior 12-4 3 3 4
New Hampshire 11-3-1 4 4 5
Northern Michigan 11-4-1 5 5 9
Wisconsin 10-5-1 6 6 11
Harvard 6-2-1 7 12 2
Mass Lowell 8-3-2 8 10 6
Colorado College 10-4-2 9 8 14
Maine 8-5 10 9 12
Northeastern 7-3-2 11 7 15
Michigan State 9-5-3 12 15 17
Bowling Green 9-5-2 13 13 13
Brown 5-3-2 14 16 8
Alaska-Fairbanks 10-6-1 15 14 10
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Western Michigan 9-6-2 11 21
Boston College 6-5-1 21 7
With only one media poll, this week's Tadpoll won't be terribly exciting,
but here it is anyway, along with Tad-rate:
Tadpoll: Tad-rate
1. Michigan (2) 30 1. Michigan (2) 30
2. Boston University 27 2. Boston University 27
Lake Superior 27 3. Lake Superior 25
4. New Hampshire 24 4. New Hampshire 23
5. Northern Michigan 21 5. Harvard 18
Wisconsin 21 Northern Michigan 18
7. Harvard 17 7. Mass Lowell 16
8. Colorado College 16 8. Wisconsin 15
9. Mass Lowell 14 9. Maine 11
10. Maine 13 10. Colorado College 10
11. Northeastern 10 Northeastern 10
12. Michigan State 8 12. Boston College 9
13. Brown 4 13. Alaska-Fairbanks 8
14. Bowling Green 3 Brown 8
Western Michigan 3 15. Bowling Green 6
There won't be a HOCKEY-L poll between Christmas and New Year's, so next
week's poll will be the last of 1993.
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