Maybe we're a little too crazy about national polls.  I know Western
Michigan deserves to be ranked (higher), but in reality, if they keep up
their current win percentage they will be rewarded come playoff time.
Every week I get four or five (sometimes six) different college hockey
polls.  Some have as many as 15 teams listed.  There are only 40 (or so)
Division I programs and of those 40, only 30 have a mathematical chance
to make the top 15 -- which is 50% of your teams.  Besides, the only
poll that relly matters is the NCAA selection committee poll, which we
never see.
 
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