The College Hockey Discussion List Poll for November 24, 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.
Michigan, the lone undefeated team in Division I, maintained its position
atop the HOCKEY-L poll, picking up 22 of 24 first-place votes. Maine
remained comfortably in second, but the early-season shakeout continued in
the rest of the Top 15. RPI, despite not playing any games last weekend,
continued its slide, as the Engineers dropped right out of the poll this
week (though they only missed by one point). The Engineers were replaced by
St. Lawrence, making its first appearance of the year in the HOCKEY-L poll.
The week's biggest jumper was Wisconsin, which upped its ranking by six
spots on the strength of their sweep of Colorado College.
Oddity of the week: The New Hampshire Wildcats, despite splitting their
weekend series with Boston College and suffering their first loss of the
season in the process, actually *moved up* four spots.
Composite poll (24 responses):
Last
Record Pts. Week Range
1. Michigan (22) 9-0-1 358 1 1-2
2. Maine (1) 6-1-1 324 2 1-7
3. New Hampshire 8-1 260 7 2-9
4. Bowling Green 6-1-2 249 3 2-12
5. Lake Superior (1) 7-4 244 4 1-11
6. Wisconsin 6-3-1 218 12 3-14
7. Harvard 4-1 208 5 3-12
8. Boston University 5-3 206 8 3-14
9. Mass-Lowell 5-1-1 142 13 4-15
10. Colorado College 6-2-2 138 6 6-15
11. St. Lawrence 5-2 87 -- 2-15
12. Michigan State 6-2-3 84 14 6-15
13. Northeastern 5-1-1 78 15 4-15
14. Northern Michigan 6-3-1 72 10 5-15
15. Michigan Tech 4-3-3 62 9 6-15
Others receiving votes: RPI, Colgate, Brown, Notre Dame, Alaska-
Anchorage, Boston College, Western Michigan
Teams named on all responses: Michigan, Maine, New Hampshire, Bowling
Green, Wisconsin
Dropped out of Top 15: RPI (#11 last week)
A look at the Eastern-Western split reveals another strange occurrence in
this week's poll: RPI received enough votes to appear in both the Eastern
and Western polls, but the combined total was not quite enough to nudge
Michigan Tech out of the #15 spot. Close, though.
Eastern responses: Western responses:
1. Michigan (14) 224 1. Michigan (8) 134
2. Maine (1) 202 2. Maine 122
3. New Hampshire 163 3. New Hampshire 97
4. Bowling Green 162 4. Bowling Green 87
5. Lake Superior 161 5. Harvard 85
6. Boston University 144 6. Lake Superior (1) 83
7. Wisconsin 138 7. Wisconsin 80
8. Harvard 123 8. Colorado College 64
9. Mass-Lowell 97 9. Boston University 62
10. Colorado College 74 10. Mass-Lowell 45
11. St. Lawrence 70 11. Michigan Tech 41
12. Northern Michigan 50 12. Michigan State 40
13. Michigan State 44 Northeastern 40
14. Northeastern 38 14. RPI 26
15. RPI 35 15. Northern Michigan 22
Here's a composite of the HOCKEY-L poll and the four media polls that
appeared this week. For the most part, the media still doesn't know what to
make of New Hampshire and Bowling Green, while they still have a lot of
respect for BU (perhaps too much, says the HOCKEY-L poll.
Troy Spark
HOCKEY-L WMEB CH USA Record Mag.
Team Record Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank
Michigan 9-0-1 1 1 1 1 1
Maine 6-1-1 2 2 2 2 2
New Hampshire 8-1 3 8 7 8 4
Bowling Green 6-1-2 4 7 8 7 6
Lake Superior 7-4 5 4 3 3 8
Wisconsin 6-3-1 6 5 5 6 7
Harvard 4-1 7 6 6 5 5
Boston University 5-3 8 3 4 4 3
Mass-Lowell 5-1-1 9 (13) (14) 12
Colorado College 6-2-2 10 9 9 9 11
St. Lawrence 5-2 11 (12) (11) 10 13
Michigan State 6-2-3 12 10 (14) (11) 9
Northeastern 5-1-1 13 (15) (13)
Northern Michigan 6-3-1 14 (15) (14)
Michigan Tech 4-3-3 15 (14) (11) (13) 14
Note also that RPI appeared in all the media polls; the Engineers were
ranked 10th by College Hockey USA and Spark Magazine, 11th by WMEB, and 12th
by the Troy Record.
With the appearance of two of the rating systems on HOCKEY-L (thanks, Keith,
Tim, and Robin!), here's how they stack up against the poll -- or, perhaps,
how the poll stacks up against them:
HOCKEY-L TCHCR CHODR
Team Record Rank Rank Rank
Michigan 9-0-1 1 2 1
Maine 6-1-1 2 1 2
New Hampshire 8-1 3 4 6
Bowling Green 6-1-2 4 6 3
Lake Superior 7-4 5 9 4
Wisconsin 6-3-1 6 8 12
Harvard 4-1 7 12 7
Boston University 5-3 8 5 5
Mass-Lowell 5-1-1 9 7 9
Colorado College 6-2-2 10 10 14
St. Lawrence 5-2 11 14 10
Michigan State 6-2-3 12 17 25
Northeastern 5-1-1 13 3 20
Northern Michigan 6-3-1 14 13 21
Michigan Tech 4-3-3 15 11 18
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Colgate 4-3 15 16
Brown 3-2 26 8
Boston College 3-3-1 23 11
RPI 3-3 25 13
Alaska-Fairbanks 4-5-1 31 15
Below are this week's Tadpoll and Tad-rate, which uses the ratings systems
as voters. Tad-rate does not include the HOCKEY-L votes.
Tadpoll: Tad-rate:
1. Michigan (5) 75 1. Maine (1) 29
2. Maine 70 Michigan (1) 29
3. Boston University 58 3. Bowling Green 23
4. Lake Superior 57 4. Boston University 22
5. Harvard 51 New Hampshire 22
Wisconsin 51 6. Lake Superior 19
7. New Hampshire 50 7. UMass-Lowell 16
8. Bowling Green 48 8. Harvard 13
9. Colorado College 32 Northeastern 13
10. Michigan State 24 10. Wisconsin 12
11. St. Lawrence 22.5 11. Brown 8
12. RPI 21 Colorado College 8
13. Mass-Lowell 15.5 St. Lawrence 8
14. Michigan Tech 12.5 14. Boston College 5
15. Northeastern 7 Michigan Tech 5
Have a happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
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