Heal Point System Rank for Men's Division I College Hockey, through 01/28/1995.
Compiled by Wayne T. Smith
 
This report includes results from 507 of 721 Division I games.
Only games between teams with 20 or more Division I games scheduled are counted,
as 20 Division I games are required for eligibility to the NCAA tournament,
and only games between eligible teams are used in the NCAA selection process.
 
     Last
Rank Week School              Played     Record        P.I.       T.I.
 1     1  Michigan           23 of 33   18- 4- 1      32.17     156.97
 2     2  Maine              29 of 37   21- 2- 6      33.10     150.93
 3     3  Boston University  25 of 34   17- 5- 3      29.60     148.84
 4     4  Colorado College   28 of 38   21- 7- 0      30.00     132.17
 5     8  New Hampshire      25 of 34   16- 6- 3      28.00     125.85
 6     5  Minnesota          26 of 36   14-10- 2      23.08     125.48
 7     6  Clarkson           21 of 31   13- 5- 3      27.62     122.85
 8     7  Denver             26 of 36   16- 9- 1      25.38     120.18
 9    10  Michigan State     24 of 34   16- 6- 2      28.33     119.51
10     9  Bowling Green      24 of 34   16- 7- 1      27.50     116.71
11    12  Wisconsin          27 of 36   13-11- 3      21.48     112.74
12    13  Harvard            17 of 28   10- 6- 1      24.71     112.72
13    11  Brown              16 of 27   10- 5- 1      26.25     111.98
14    14  RPI                21 of 31   13- 8- 0      24.76     105.19
15    19  Northeastern       25 of 34   11-10- 4      20.80     101.40
16    17  Vermont            22 of 32   11- 9- 2      21.82     100.75
17    18  Michigan Tech      26 of 36   12-11- 3      20.77      97.96
18    22  Minnesota-Duluth   27 of 36   11-12- 4      19.26      97.30
19    16  Princeton          17 of 27    8- 7- 2      21.18      96.48
20    15  North Dakota       26 of 36   12-13- 1      19.23      94.65
21    20  Mass Lowell        28 of 37   12-12- 4      20.00      87.38
22    23  Northern Michigan  26 of 36   10-13- 3      17.69      85.92
23    21  Ferris State       26 of 34   10-13- 3      17.69      85.11
24    24  Colgate            22 of 31   11-10- 1      20.91      85.10
25    27  Western Michigan   27 of 36   12-12- 3      20.00      80.78
26    26  Miami              26 of 36   10-11- 5      19.23      78.22
27    30  Lake Superior      24 of 34    9-10- 5      19.17      77.78
28    33  Yale               18 of 28    7- 9- 2      17.78      73.91
29    25  St Cloud           26 of 36   10-16- 0      15.38      73.82
30    32  Merrimack          24 of 33   10-10- 4      20.00      72.50
31    29  Alaska-Anchorage   24 of 34    9-15- 0      15.00      72.12
32    28  St Lawrence        19 of 29    6-12- 1      13.68      67.52
33    31  Illinois-Chicago   26 of 35   10-13- 3      17.69      66.62
34    34  Providence         26 of 34    9-14- 3      16.15      59.64
35    36  Union              17 of 27    5- 9- 3      15.29      58.55
36    37  Boston College     25 of 34    8-15- 2      14.40      58.00
37    39  Cornell            15 of 25    4- 8- 3      14.67      55.88
38    35  Dartmouth          17 of 27    4-11- 2      11.76      53.65
39    38  Ohio State         23 of 33    4-17- 2       8.70      38.56
40    41  Alaska-Fairbanks   24 of 28    6-17- 1      10.83      36.21
41    44  Mass Amherst       23 of 33    5-17- 1       9.57      35.04
42    42  Notre Dame         25 of 33    5-19- 1       8.80      31.06
43    40  Army                9 of 20    1- 8- 0       4.44      27.51
44    43  Air Force          19 of 21    3-15- 1       7.37      23.78
 
 
Average ranking of each league:
 
   WCHA:      16.60
    HEA:      20.78
   CCHA:      25.00
   ECAC:      22.92
    IND:      43.50
 
Notes for this issue:
 
   1. The HEAL formula has been adjusted slightly to compensate for some
      teams having played more of their schedule at this point than
      others.  This is described below.
 
   2. Big movers in the top teams were New Hampshire (from #8 to #5 with
      a split with Boston University) and Northeastern (from #19 to #15
      with a two game drubbing of Mass-Lowell).  Of course, Mass-Amherst
      leaped out of the cellar.
 
   3. HEAL and RPICH have relative agreement this week (CHODR has a few
      "out-liers".  WMEB and Troy Record Polls have relative agreement,
      but are a jumble compared with any of the computed rankings.
 
On "The Heal Point System" ...
 
The Heal Point System is used to rank secondary schools in Maine in
several sports.  The Heal Point System was developed many years ago by
Durwood Heal to rank Maine secondary school basketball teams.
 
On the Maine secondary school calculation ...
 
"P.I." stands for "Preliminary Index".  "P.I." is calculated for each
team by giving a team 40 points for each win and 20 points for each tie,
and then dividing by the number of scheduled games.  Minimum "P.I." is
1.00.
 
"T.I." stands for "Tournament Index" and is used to rank the teams.
"T.I." is calculated for each team by summing the "P.I." of the
opponents for each win, one half the "P.I." for each tie, then dividing
by the number of games scheduled and then multiplying by 10.
 
Note: This Division I college hockey "Heal Point System" ranking uses
   the number of games played instead of the number of games scheduled.
   Since all games in Division I college hockey are normally played,
   there is no difference between this and the traditional Heal Point
   System at end of season and this method produces better preliminary
   results.
 
Game scores for this ranking have been provided by Mike Machnik and
HOCKEY-L, The College Hockey Discussion List, an internet mailing list
hosted by The University of Maine System.  Mr. Machnik's composite of
all Division I men's ice hockey games is available in the HOCKEY-L
([log in to unmask]) archives as file "9495COMP SCHEDULE".
 
Copyright 1995 by Wayne T. Smith.
 
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