The College Hockey Discussion List Poll for October 26, 1994:
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.
BU maintains its hold on the #1 spot, but defending champ Lake Superior,
thanks to a one-point weekend, slides eight places to #10. Michigan State
takes over the runner-up spot. Other teams making big moves on the week are
Colorado College (up three spots to #4 after a split at Michigan) and Ver-
mont (up six places after wins over New Hampshire and Providence). Wiscon-
sin and Bowling Green, absent from the preseason poll, make their presence
known this week at #11 and #15, respectively.
By the way, Wisconsin's absence from the top 15 in the preseason marks the
first time in the almost-three-year history of the HOCKEY-L poll that the
Badgers were not one of the ranked teams. Michigan and Lake Superior are
now the only two teams that have been ranked in every HOCKEY-L poll.
Administrative note: I received mail from a couple voters who were having
trouble reaching the "oldal" address. If you are getting reject messages
when sending mail to oldal, please let me know; you can send mail to
[log in to unmask] (that's W-C-F-ONE, not L), which should work. One of the
problems apparently was that Cornell is no longer a Bitnet node, and some
other sites were not aware of that. Anyway, hopefully no one else is having
any problems with oldal.
Composite poll (15 responses):
Last Poll
Record Pts. (10/11) Range
1. Boston University (9) 0-0 219 1 1-2
2. Michigan State (5) 3-0 202 5 1-11
3. Minnesota (1) 2-0 188 4 1-7
4. Colorado College 1-1 162 7 3-8
5. Michigan 2-1 139 3 3-14
6. Harvard 0-0 132 6 3-11
7. Northeastern 2-0 129 8 3-15
8. Vermont 2-0 98 14 4-14
9. Clarkson 1-0 97 10 3-13
10. Lake Superior 0-1-1 88 2 4-15
11. Maine 3-0 78 13 4-15
12. Wisconsin 3-0 59 -- 4-14
13. St. Cloud 1-1 55.5 9 3-15
14. Northern Michigan 1-1 39 12 6-15
15. Bowling Green 4-1 30 -- 5-15
Others receiving votes: Western Michigan, New Hampshire, RPI, Mass
Lowell, Michigan Tech, Brown, Boston College, Union, Ferris State
Teams named on all responses: Boston University, Michigan State,
Minnesota, Colorado College, Michigan, Harvard, Northeastern, Maine
Dropped out of Top 15: New Hampshire (#11 in preseason poll), Mass
Lowell (#15)
Usually, the East-West split is not too revealing, but this time there's a
bit of a surprise, as it shows Michigan State getting most of its support
(and #1 votes) from Eastern voters. The Spartans finish behind Minnesota
among Westerners. The West, however, was more forgiving of Lake Superior,
as the Lakers got more points from six Western voters than they did from the
nine Easterners.
Eastern responses: Western responses:
1. Boston University (5) 131 1. Boston University (4) 88
2. Michigan State (4) 129 2. Minnesota (1) 80
3. Minnesota 108 3. Michigan State (1) 73
4. Colorado College 97 4. Colorado College 65
5. Northeastern 88 5. Harvard 59
6. Michigan 84 6. Michigan 55
7. Harvard 73 7. Lake Superior 50
8. Vermont 70 8. Northeastern 41
9. Clarkson 60 9. Clarkson 37
10. Maine 48 10. Maine 30
11. Wisconsin 39 11. Vermont 28
12. Lake Superior 38 12. Northern Michigan 23
13. St. Cloud 37.5 13. Wisconsin 20
14. Bowling Green 20 14. St. Cloud 18
15. Northern Michigan 16 15. Western Michigan 16
Here is a composite of the HOCKEY-L and WMEB polls. Beyond the top six,
it's a bit of a wasteland...
HOCKEY-L WMEB
Team Record Rank Rank
Boston University 0-0 1 1
Michigan State 3-0 2 2
Minnesota 2-0 3 3
Colorado College 1-1 4 4
Michigan 2-1 5 5
Harvard 0-0 6 6
Northeastern 2-0 7 8
Vermont 2-0 8 (13)
Clarkson 1-0 9 7
Lake Superior 0-1-1 10 8
Maine 3-0 11 (12)
Wisconsin 3-0 12 10
St. Cloud 1-1 13 (14)
Northern Michigan 1-1 14
Bowling Green 4-1 15
And here's this week's Tadpoll:
1. Boston University (2) 30
2. Michigan State 28
3. Minnesota 26
4. Colorado College 24
5. Michigan 22
6. Harvard 20
7. Northeastern 16.5
8. Clarkson 16
9. Lake Superior 13.5
10. Vermont 11
11. Wisconsin 10
12. Maine 9
13. New Hampshire 5
St. Cloud 5
15. Northern Michigan 2
Note that New Hampshire was #11 in the WMEB poll.
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