Various rankings for Men's Division I College Hockey, through 2004-03-20.

   This report includes results from 1077 Division I games and completes
   the regular season and all conference tournaments.

Compiled by Wayne T. Smith



          School               KRACH  RHEAL   HEAL    RPI   PWR
      ---------------------------------------------------------
       1   North Dakota            1      1      2      1     1t
       2   Maine                   2      3      1      3     1t
       3   Boston College          3      2      3      2     1t
       4   Minnesota               4      4      4      4     4
       5   Minnesota-Duluth        5      5      7      5     5
       6   Denver                  6     10     10      8     6t
       7   Wisconsin               7      9      9      9    10t
       8   Colorado College        8     14     17     13    13t
       9   Michigan                9      7      6      7     8
      10   Ohio State             10      6      5      6     6t
      11   St. Cloud State        11     15     22     14    17
      12   Miami                  12      8      8     10     9
      13   New Hampshire          13     13     12     11    10t
      14   Michigan State         14     12     14     12    12
      15   Notre Dame             15     11     13     15    13t
      16   Massachusetts          16     18     19     17    18
      17   Providence             17     23     28     18    19
      18   Alaska-Anchorage       18     26     36     30    31
      19   Boston University      19     21     30     16    20t
      20   Colgate                20     17     11     19    13t
      21   Northern Michigan      21     16     25     32
      22   Cornell                22     19     16     20    16
      23   Mass.-Lowell           23     25     32     22    23t
      24   Harvard                24     22     18     23    22
      25   Dartmouth              25     27     20     21    20t
      26   Rensselaer             26     29     23     25    23t
      27   Northeastern           27     32     33     24    25t
      28   Western Michigan       28     20     29     27    27
      29   Alaska-Fairbanks       29     24     37     37
      30   Brown                  30     30     27     31
      31   Minnesota State        31     38     50     42
      32   Michigan Tech          32     42     54     39
      33   Clarkson               33     33     24     28    28t
      34   Bowling Green          34     31     38     36
      35   Ferris State           35     28     35     38
      36   Bemidji State          36     39     26     29    30
      37   Niagara                37     35     21     33    25t
      38   Merrimack              38     41     46     34
      39   Union                  39     36     40     41
      40   St. Lawrence           40     34     39     40
      41   Lake Superior          41     37     47     46
      42   Yale                   42     40     43     44
      43   Holy Cross             43     48     15     26    28t
      44   Nebraska-Omaha         44     43     53     48
      45   Vermont                45     44     52     50
      46   Mercyhurst             46     45     31     35
      47   Alabama-Huntsville     47     46     42     45
      48   Quinnipiac             48     50     34     43
      49   Findlay                49     47     48     51
      50   Princeton              50     52     57     54
      51   Sacred Heart           51     54     41     47
      52   Air Force              52     51     49     53
      53   Connecticut            53     53     44     49
      54   Wayne State            54     49     55     55
      55   Canisius               55     55     45     52
      56   Bentley                56     56     51     56
      57   Army                   57     57     56     57
      58   American Int'l         58     58     58     58


(*) Special note for this week:

   Mass.Lowell has admitted to unknowingly using an ineligible player
   in games from 2003-12-27 through 2004-01-24.  UML won 5 of those games:

      12/28/03 Union               3 vs Mass.-Lowell        5      nc
      01/03/04 Massachusetts       0 at Mass.-Lowell        3      he
      01/04/04 Mass.-Lowell        1 at Massachusetts       0      he
      01/10/04 Mass.-Lowell        3 at Michigan State      2      nc
      01/16/04 Mass.-Lowell        4 at Merrimack           3  ot  he

   There seems to be some question as to whether the forfeited games
   will be (1) treated as wins by the opposition, (2) ignored (no
   contest) or (3) remain as played for purposes of ranking for the NCAA
   tournament.

   Treatment (1) is exactly what most people think of when they hear
   "forfeit".  Treatment (2) seems most fair to this reporter, as the
   opposition didn't earn a win while UML's use of an ineligible player
   should mean the opposition shouldn't have a loss.  Treatment (3)
   seems to have little or no rationale, but ... will probably apply
   in this case.  Since the NCAA Infractions Committee will almost
   certainly not rule on the UML administrative lapse before the NCAA
   Tournament selection, NCAA rules seem clear:

      NCAA Tournament selection will include these forfeits AS PLAYED.

   So I'm reversing my previous several weeks treatment (2) to this week

      USING ALL GAME RESULTS AS PLAYED

   This matches current USCHO.com treatment and the opinion of several
   people that know more of this business than I!

   For your information, here is the current NCAA Bylaw 31.10.5:

      NCAA Bylaw 31.10.5 Forfeits

      Neither the outcome nor the statistics in any completed contest
      are reversible by a forfeit due to postgame administrative
      actions, except as provided in Bylaw 31.10.5.4 or by Committee on
      Infractions decisions.  The actual results of the contest and the
      statistics shall be entered as such in both teams all-time
      records, as well as in the coaches records and in individual
      statistics.  Contests later forfeited shall be denoted by the
      institution with an asterisk and a footnote.

   For more information, go to ncaa.org, select rules and eligibility,
   and search for "abrogated".

   Finally, I'll note that Hockey East has and will use treatment (1):

   For Hockey East purposes, UML lost the forfeited games and their
   opponents won them.

   Whew! .. wts


The above RPI rankings are unofficial and do not contain NCAA "fiddling".
PWR (from USCHO.com) uses "fiddled" RPI, but ignores possible good wins
bonuses.

For individual rankings and season composites, please visit

      http://Maine.edu/HEAL/

Game scores for these rankings have been provided by US College Hockey
Online, sometimes supplemented by other sources.  USCHO's composite of
all Division I men's ice hockey games is available at

      http://uscho.com/

in the section marked Men's Division I schedules.  In addition, USCHO
has extensive information about KRACH, its underlying methods and
history, as well as the methods used by the NCAA.

This ranking report is available for republication without restriction.
It may be reformatted or used in part without restriction.  Reference
to the HEAL web site or the author (Wayne T. Smith;  [log in to unmask]) is
appreciated.