The College Hockey Computer Rating
compiled by Keith Instone
 
Includes games on 12/15/90. Last week's ranking includes games on 12/9/90.
 
     Last                      Division I          Schedule Schedule
Rank Week Team                   Record    Rating  Strength   Rank
  1    1  Lake Superior         14  3  3   100.00    72.98      4
  2    2  Michigan              12  5  3    91.11    75.29      2
  3    4  Ferris State          12  3  5    87.29    67.03      9
  4    3  Boston College        10  4  0    83.05    64.00     10
  5    6  Boston University     10  3  1    81.84    56.19     18
  6    7  Minnesota             14  1  3    81.68    49.29     30
  7    5  Bowling Green         11  7  2    80.16    72.34      5
  8    9  Northern Michigan     11  3  2    79.82    55.82     19
  9   10  Maine                 11  4  1    77.12    56.23     17
 10   13  Michigan State         8  8  4    76.92    74.79      3
 11    8  Providence             8  3  1    75.63    56.67     15
 12   12  New Hampshire         12  4  0    68.88    44.88     36
 13   18  Wisconsin             12  5  2    68.67    51.83     25
 14   11  Cornell                6  1  2    68.48    43.99     40
 15   16  Western Michigan       8  9  3    66.42    69.98      6
 16   21  North Dakota          10  7  1    65.02    57.12     14
 17   14  Clarkson               8  3  1    64.95    45.39     35
 18   15  Harvard                8  4  0    61.42    42.76     42
 19   20  Ohio State             5 10  3    61.38    76.39      1
 20   17  St Lawrence            8  4  1    61.14    48.01     33
 21   19  RPI                    7  5  0    59.94    51.64     26
 22   22  Colgate                7  4  2    57.71    47.04     34
 23   25  Merrimack              7  5  1    55.69    50.22     29
 24   24  Illinois-Chicago       6 13  1    52.21    67.85      8
 25   23  Yale                   4  4  1    51.89    52.28     24
 26   31  St Cloud               7  8  3    49.65    51.04     27
 27   27  Michigan Tech          6 10  2    48.93    58.21     13
 28   29  Miami                  4 13  3    46.10    68.67      7
 29   26  Minnesota-Duluth       6 10  4    45.21    54.80     21
 30   30  Alaska-Anchorage       5  7  3    44.66    50.35     28
 31   28  Vermont                4  6  1    39.20    48.90     31
 32   32  Lowell                 4  9  1    38.66    56.43     16
 33   35  Alaska-Fairbanks       4  5  0    35.02    40.15     44
 34   34  Notre Dame             3  5  1    34.63    44.51     38
 35   38  Colorado College       4 14  1    32.44    55.07     20
 36   36  Northeastern           2 12  1    27.88    60.11     12
 37   33  Princeton              3  9  0    27.86    48.30     32
 38   40  Denver                 2 16  2    27.52    60.93     11
 39   37  Brown                  1  7  2    23.10    53.31     23
 40   39  Air Force              1  6  1    23.00    54.55     22
 41   41  Army                   1  7  3    20.01    44.24     39
 42   43  Kent State             2  7  1    19.01    40.34     43
 43   42  Alabama-Huntsville     2 10  1    18.12    44.65     37
 44   44  Dartmouth              0  7  1     0.00    43.10     41
 
The College Hockey Computer Rating uses a connected schedule graph and a
least squares optimization to rate the 44 Division I college hockey teams.
This method considers a team's opponents, and their opponents, etc., until
all 327 Division I games are included.
 
In addition to rating the teams, a strength of schedule is calculated for
each team. The schedule strength can be computed by averaging the ratings
of a team's opponents for each game.
 
The ratings are normalized so that the #1 team receives a 100.00 and #44
gets a 0.00. Thus, the ratings are purely relative numbers, rating a team
based on the rest of college hockey and not on any absolute basis.
 
For every game game, the teams are evaluated based on: the outcome (win,
lose, tie); the margin of victory; the site of the game (home, away, neutral
ice); and overtime or regulation time.
 
Only games against other Division I teams are considered.