Ok, UMinn is 3-2, beat UMass-Amherst 1-0, but earned 343 pts for a #6
ranking.

UMass-Amherst is 4-2, lost to UMinn, but also lost to UConn (Atlantic
Hockey!) 3-2, and earned 2 pts for a #26 ranking.

UConn is 1-1, beat UMass-Amherst by the same margin as did UMinn, but
earned 0 pts to remain unranked. So, what's up with that?

Thom Davis
UNH71 Go Cats! Go Falcons (Bentley)!!


On Wednesday, October 27, 2004, at 10:26  AM, Josh Gibney wrote:
> Sure it's just a poll, but it's supposedly the most credible poll that
> the college hockey community has, and I think it takes some credibility
> away from it, personally... does it mean THAT much?  No.  Will I lose
> sleep over it?  (no I'll lose sleep over baseball!)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: - Hockey-L - The College Hockey Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bill Fenwick
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 9:29 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: USCHO Poll 10/25/04
>
> At 11:02 PM 10/26/2004 -0400, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>> Hmmm...  Anyone have a take on how "Bob's College" (aka Robert Morris)
> rates
>> a vote?
>
> Easy:
>
> 1.  It's just a poll.
>
> 2.  Robert Morris won their first game at D-I, against a D-I opponent
> (Canisius) last weekend, on the road -- pretty good for a varsity
> program
> that didn't exist until recently.
>
> 3.  It's just a poll!

I don't think one person sliding a 15th-place vote to Robert Morris
really has any effect on the credibility of the USCHO poll.

Early-season polls, in any sport, always have some real howlers at the
top and bottom ends. Teams who shouldn't be getting first-place votes
get them, and teams who shouldn't be there are getting last-place votes.

I nominate Robert Morris for this year's Ceramic Dalmation.

John

P.S. Cards in 7.

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