The College Hockey Computer Rating
compiled by Keith Instone
 
NOTE: TCHCR is *not* used in conjunction with the NCAA selection process.
 
Includes games on 3/8/92. Last week's ranking includes games on 2/29/92.
 
     Last                      Division I          Schedule Schedule
Rank Week Team                   Record    Rating  Strength   Rank
  1    1  Michigan              28  7  3    84.03    62.99     10
  2    2  Minnesota             30  8  0    83.28    60.18     16
  3    3  Lake Superior         21  9  4    80.18    65.26      3
  4    4  Maine                 27  3  2    76.45    46.62     25
  5    5  Michigan State        19  9  8    76.17    64.68      6
  6    6  Northern Michigan     20 13  3    70.96    61.40     14
  7    8  Wisconsin             21 11  2    70.85    60.29     15
  8    7  Western Michigan      16 12  6    68.41    64.07      8
  9   10  Alaska-Anchorage      21  7  1    64.37    46.40     26
 10    9  Miami                 15 15  6    63.23    64.15      7
 11   11  Boston University     21  8  4    62.06    47.94     23
 12   13  Ferris State          13 16  7    60.63    65.02      5
 13   15  Providence            21 12  2    60.20    49.52     22
 14   12  Colorado College      16 15  5    59.98    58.94     18
 15   16  New Hampshire         21 11  2    59.37    47.17     24
 16   18  Clarkson              20  8  1    57.95    39.79     43
 17   21  St Lawrence           20  8  1    57.76    40.33     40
 18   19  Michigan Tech         15 20  1    57.05    63.05      9
 19   20  Minnesota-Duluth      14 18  2    56.58    61.96     13
 20   24  Ohio State            12 19  5    56.56    65.22      4
 21   14  Illinois-Chicago      10 18  6    56.09    65.52      2
 22   22  North Dakota          16 19  1    55.65    59.80     17
 23   17  Bowling Green          8 21  5    54.12    68.02      1
 24   23  Harvard               14  7  6    53.97    43.74     33
 25   25  St Cloud              12 19  1    53.24    62.37     11
 26   27  Boston College        14 17  3    48.07    52.04     20
 27   26  Yale                  12  7  7    47.96    42.33     36
 28   30  Cornell               13 10  4    45.91    39.67     44
 29   29  Denver                 9 25  2    44.62    62.04     12
 30   28  Vermont               15 12  3    44.37    40.14     42
 31   31  UMass-Lowell           9 19  4    42.03    54.84     19
 32   33  Alaska-Fairbanks      14 17  0    41.24    44.18     30
 33   32  Kent                  10 14  2    41.00    46.23     27
 34   37  RPI                   13 14  4    40.99    42.78     35
 35   34  Northeastern          12 20  0    39.44    50.29     21
 36   38  Princeton             12 14  1    38.01    40.43     38
 37   36  Brown                 10 16  4    37.04    44.11     31
 38   35  Colgate               12 16  1    36.70    41.10     37
 39   39  Merrimack             12 21  0    35.44    46.22     28
 40   40  Alabama-Huntsville     8 11  0    33.98    40.16     41
 41   41  Notre Dame             8 19  0    27.23    45.02     29
 42   42  Dartmouth              3 21  2    16.27    44.10     32
 43   44  Air Force              4 22  0    13.93    39.29     45
 44   43  Union                  2 21  1    12.05    42.86     34
 45   45  Army                   2 16  0     9.54    40.39     39
 
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 706 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.
 
Play-off games are weighted more than regular season games.