The College Hockey Discussion List Poll for February 2, 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.
The Groundhog's Day edition of the HOCKEY-L poll finds a bit of a shakeup
near the top, as Northern Michigan and Lake Superior, who were #3 and #4
last week, slipped down to fifth and seventh, respectively. This allowed
Harvard to percolate to the #3 spot despite not having played a game in
almost a month. Minnesota continues its surge, as their sweep of Northern
Michigan jumped them another four spots into #8.
And it looks like it pays to advertise -- Mass Lowell cracks the top ten
this week, settling in at #9. The Chiefs were in the top ten a couple of
times earlier this season, but not since the infamous RPI tournament.
Composite poll (27 responses):
Last
Record Pts. Week Range
1. Michigan (27) 25-2-1 405 1 1
2. Boston University 18-5 375 2 2-3
3. Harvard 11-3-2 308 4 2-10
4. Michigan State 16-7-3 271.5 6 3-10
5. Colorado College 17-7-2 249 8 3-14
Northern Michigan 16-9-1 249 3 4-10
7. Lake Superior 18-9-2 204.5 4 3-13
8. Minnesota 15-8-3 201 12 2-15
9. Mass Lowell 14-5-5 193 11 3-13
10. New Hampshire 16-8-1 173 7 5-15
11. RPI 13-5-2 172 10 4-14
12. Northeastern 15-6-3 157.5 13 3-15
13. Wisconsin 15-10-1 121 9 5-15
14. St. Cloud 13-8-3 53.5 15 9-15
15. Brown 9-5-3 23 14 10-15
Others receiving votes: Western Michigan, Miami, Alaska-Fairbanks,
Clarkson, Bowling Green, Maine
Teams named on all responses: Michigan, Boston University, Colorado
College, Northern Michigan, Mass Lowell
The HOCKEY-L poll is starting to get a rather homogeneous look; this week's
East-West split was very close:
Eastern responses: Western responses:
1. Michigan (18) 270 1. Michigan (9) 135
2. Boston University 250 2. Boston University 125
3. Harvard 204 3. Harvard 104
4. Michigan State 177 4. Michigan State 94.5
5. Colorado College 164 5. Northern Michigan 88
6. Northern Michigan 161 6. Colorado College 85
7. Lake Superior 142 7. Minnesota 69
8. Minnesota 132 8. Mass Lowell 68
9. Mass Lowell 125 9. Lake Superior 62.5
New Hampshire 125 10. Northeastern 50.5
11. RPI 122 11. RPI 50
12. Northeastern 107 12. New Hampshire 48
13. Wisconsin 75 13. Wisconsin 46
14. St. Cloud 29.5 14. St. Cloud 24
15. Brown 15 15. Brown 8
Composite of the HOCKEY-L, WMEB, and College Hockey USA polls:
HOCKEY-L WMEB CH USA
Team Record Rank Rank Rank
Michigan 25-2-1 1 1 1
Boston University 18-5 2 2 2
Harvard 11-3-2 3 3 4
Michigan State 16-7-3 4 5 5
Colorado College 17-7-2 5 7 6
Northern Michigan 16-9-1 5 8 7
Lake Superior 18-9-2 7 6 8
Minnesota 15-8-3 8 4 3
Mass Lowell 14-5-5 9 (11) 9
New Hampshire 16-8-1 10 (13) (11)
RPI 13-5-2 11 10 (12)
Northeastern 15-6-3 12 9 10
Wisconsin 15-10-1 13 (15) (14)
St. Cloud 13-8-3 14 (12) (14)
Brown 9-5-3 15 (13)
Thanks to Erik's correction in RPICH, Michigan is no longer the unanimous #1
in the ratings. Oh well, that was getting boring anyway...
HOCKEY-L TCHCR RPICH CHODR
Team Record Rank Rank Rank Rank
Michigan 25-2-1 1 1 2 1
Boston University 18-5 2 2 1 2
Harvard 11-3-2 3 13 18 3
Michigan State 16-7-3 4 7 9 5
Colorado College 17-7-2 5 3 8 16
Northern Michigan 16-9-1 5 5 5 8
Lake Superior 18-9-2 7 11 11 4
Minnesota 15-8-3 8 4 4 18
Mass Lowell 14-5-5 9 12 7 11
New Hampshire 16-8-1 10 10 3 7
RPI 13-5-2 11 17 16 6
Northeastern 15-6-3 12 9 6 10
Wisconsin 15-10-1 13 6 10 12
St. Cloud 13-8-3 14 8 13 9
Brown 9-5-3 15 20 17 21
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Western Michigan 14-9-2 14 12 22
Denver 11-13-2 15 20 23
Boston College 10-10-3 24 14 14
Maine 12-11-1 26 15 17
Alaska-Fairbanks 16-10-1 16 25 13
Miami 12-10-1 19 21 15
Tadpoll: Tad-rate:
1. Michigan (3) 45 1. Michigan (2) 44
2. Boston University 42 2. Boston University (1) 43
3. Harvard 38 3. Northern Michigan 30
4. Michigan State 34 4. New Hampshire 28
5. Minnesota 33 5. Michigan State 27
6. Colorado College 29.5 6. Minnesota 24
7. Northern Michigan 27.5 7. Northeastern 23
8. Lake Superior 27 8. Lake Superior 22
9. Mass Lowell 19 9. Colorado College 21
10. Northeastern 17 10. Wisconsin 20
11. RPI 15 11. Mass Lowell 18
12. New Hampshire 14 St. Cloud 18
13. St. Cloud 7.5 13. Harvard 16
14. Wisconsin 5.5 14. RPI 10
15. Brown 4 15. Western Michigan 6
And just to add fuel to the ongoing debate about what teams are or are not
deserving of respect, I did a quick comparison between the Tadpoll composite
of media polls and the Tad-rate composite of rating systems. Teams that
were ranked at least three places higher in Tadpoll than in Tad-rate were
put in the "overrated" category, while teams that were at least three places
lower were considered "underrated". The clear winner by far in the over-
rated category was Harvard, which is ranked third in Tadpoll and 13th in
Tad-rate. Conversely, New Hampshire can claim to be the most underrated
team, finishing 12th in Tadpoll and fourth in Tad-rate. Oddly enough, the
Wildcats get relatively high marks from the rating systems despite going
slightly above 0.500 in their last 18 games after starting the season 7-0.
Anyway, here's the breakdown, with "+X" indicating that the team was X
places higher in Tadpoll, and "-X" indicating they were X points lower:
Overrated Underrated
Harvard +10 New Hampshire -8
Brown +6 * Northern Michigan -4
Colorado College +3 Wisconsin -4
RPI +3 Northeastern -3
* Brown was not listed in Tad-rate but would finish 21st if the ratings
were extended past the top 15
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