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| Reply To: | Wayne T. Smith |
| Date: | Sun, 7 Mar 2004 23:21:06 EST |
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Various rankings for Men's Division I College Hockey, through 2004-03-06.
Compiled by Wayne T. Smith
School KRACH RHEAL HEAL RPI PWR
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1 North Dakota 1 1 1 1 1t
2 Boston College 2 2 2 2 1t
3 Minnesota-Duluth 3 4 5 4 4
4 Maine 4 3 3 3 1t
5 Minnesota 5 9 9 5 5
6 Denver 6 12 7 7 6
7 Wisconsin 7 7 6 8 8t
8 Michigan 8 5 4 6 7
9 St. Cloud State 9 13 17 12 15
10 Colorado College 10 15 20 15 16t
11 New Hampshire 11 14 11 10 8t
12 Ohio State 12 10 10 9 11
13 Michigan State 13 11 14 13 12t
14 Miami 14 6 12 11 8t
15 Notre Dame 15 8 13 14 14
16 Providence 16 25 23 16 19
17 Cornell 17 20 15 17 16t
18 Colgate 18 18 8 18 12t
19 Massachusetts 19 24 22 21 21t
20 Mass.-Lowell 20 22 27 19 20
21 Northern Michigan 21 16 28 29
22 Alaska-Anchorage 22 30 41 36
23 Dartmouth 23 27 16 20 16t
24 Rensselaer 24 28 21 23 23t
25 Boston University 25 29 35 22 21t
26 Brown 26 26 19 25 25t
27 Alaska-Fairbanks 27 19 36 37
28 Northeastern 28 32 34 24 25t
29 Western Michigan 29 17 25 26 23t
30 Ferris State 30 21 33 38
31 Bowling Green 31 23 37 33
32 Harvard 32 31 31 30
33 Michigan Tech 33 40 52 39
34 Minnesota State 34 42 50 42
35 Bemidji State 35 37 24 27 27
36 Clarkson 36 36 30 31
37 Merrimack 37 39 44 35
38 Niagara 38 35 26 32
39 Union 39 38 38 40
40 St. Lawrence 40 34 39 41
41 Lake Superior 41 33 46 45
42 Yale 42 41 42 46
43 Holy Cross 43 48 18 28 28
44 Nebraska-Omaha 44 43 54 50
45 Mercyhurst 45 44 29 34
46 Vermont 46 46 53 49
47 Alabama-Huntsville 47 45 40 44
48 Quinnipiac 48 49 32 43
49 Findlay 49 47 48 51
50 Princeton 50 53 57 54
51 Air Force 51 51 49 52
52 Connecticut 52 52 45 48
53 Sacred Heart 53 55 43 47
54 Wayne State 54 50 56 55
55 Canisius 55 54 47 53
56 Bentley 56 56 51 56
57 Army 57 57 55 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 this week we're 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. Also, NCAA RPI rankings may vary
due to NCAA meddling.
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
to the HEAL web site or the author (Wayne T. Smith; [log in to unmask]) is
appreciated.
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