Various rankings for Men's Division I College Hockey, through 2004-03-14.

Compiled by Wayne T. Smith



          School               KRACH  RHEAL   HEAL    RPI   PWR
      ---------------------------------------------------------
       1   North Dakota            1      1      1      1     1t
       2   Boston College          2      2      3      2     1t
       3   Maine                   3      3      2      3     1t
       4   Minnesota-Duluth        4      4      5      5     4
       5   Minnesota               5      5      6      4     5
       6   Denver                  6     12     13      8     6
       7   Wisconsin               7      8     10     10    10t
       8   Colorado College        8     14     16     12    13t
       9   Michigan                9      7      4      6     7
      10   St. Cloud State        10     15     21     14    17t
      11   New Hampshire          11     13      8      9     8t
      12   Ohio State             12     10      7      7    10t
      13   Michigan State         13     11     14     13    10t
      14   Miami                  14      6      9     11     8t
      15   Notre Dame             15      9     11     15    13t
      16   Providence             16     22     28     18    20t
      17   Massachusetts          17     19     19     19    17t
      18   Boston University      18     18     25     16    20t
      19   Alaska-Anchorage       19     26     36     33
      20   Colgate                20     17     12     20    15
      21   Northern Michigan      21     16     24     31
      22   Dartmouth              22     23     15     17    16
      23   Cornell                23     21     17     21    17t
      24   Mass.-Lowell           24     24     31     22    22
      25   Rensselaer             25     29     23     24    23
      26   Northeastern           26     32     33     23    24
      27   Western Michigan       27     20     30     25    25
      28   Harvard                28     27     22     26    26
      29   Alaska-Fairbanks       29     25     37     37
      30   Brown                  30     30     29     30
      31   Minnesota State        31     39     50     42
      32   Michigan Tech          32     42     54     39
      33   Bowling Green          33     31     38     36
      34   Ferris State           34     28     35     38
      35   Clarkson               35     33     26     29    28
      36   Bemidji State          36     38     27     28    29
      37   Niagara                37     35     20     32
      38   Merrimack              38     40     46     34
      39   Union                  39     36     39     41
      40   St. Lawrence           40     34     40     40
      41   Lake Superior          41     37     47     45
      42   Yale                   42     41     43     44
      43   Holy Cross             43     48     18     27    27
      44   Nebraska-Omaha         44     43     53     48
      45   Vermont                45     44     52     50
      46   Mercyhurst             46     45     32     35
      47   Alabama-Huntsville     47     46     42     46
      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.

   .. wts


The above RPI rankings are unofficial.

See the USCHO.com site for RPI with NCAA "fiddling".

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
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