The College Hockey Computer Rating
compiled by Keith Instone
 
Includes games on 12/2/90. Last week's ranking includes games on 11/25/90.
 
     Last                      Division I          Schedule Schedule
Rank Week Team                   Record    Rating  Strength   Rank
  1    1  Lake Superior         11  3  2   100.00    73.58      2
  2   12  Boston College         8  2  0    91.64    64.09     11
  3    3  Michigan              10  4  2    89.47    71.78      4
  4    6  Providence             8  1  1    86.84    52.88     24
  5    7  Maine                  9  2  1    83.11    54.17     22
  6    5  Bowling Green          9  5  2    82.25    70.21      5
  7    9  Ferris State           8  3  5    82.22    67.13      7
  8   13  Boston University      7  3  1    80.78    60.53     13
  9    8  Minnesota             12  1  2    80.77    46.04     36
 10   11  Northern Michigan      9  3  2    78.72    56.34     18
 11   10  Michigan State         6  7  3    74.37    75.55      1
 12    4  Cornell                4  1  2    70.70    50.75     31
 13   14  Wisconsin             10  4  1    68.98    49.10     35
 14   28  Harvard                6  3  0    68.89    49.60     34
 15   17  Western Michigan       7  7  2    66.50    67.21      6
 16    2  Clarkson               6  3  1    66.40    51.30     29
 17   18  North Dakota          10  5  1    65.97    51.82     25
 18   15  St Lawrence            7  4  0    65.90    54.58     21
 19   16  Colgate                6  3  2    64.63    49.88     32
 20   19  New Hampshire          9  3  0    64.55    37.50     42
 21   22  RPI                    5  4  0    63.52    58.91     15
 22   20  Ohio State             4  8  2    56.81    73.25      3
 23   24  Illinois-Chicago       6 10  0    53.91    66.17      9
 24   41  Yale                   3  3  1    51.37    53.53     23
 25   21  Merrimack              6  4  1    49.69    41.45     39
 26   25  Minnesota-Duluth       6  6  4    49.21    49.68     33
 27   23  Michigan Tech          5  8  1    48.81    59.59     14
 28   32  Vermont                4  5  1    45.36    51.40     28
 29   26  Alaska-Anchorage       2  6  3    44.90    58.63     17
 30   27  Princeton              3  5  0    42.13    51.57     26
 31   30  St Cloud               4  7  3    41.26    51.50     27
 32   29  Miami                  3 11  2    38.43    64.62     10
 33   34  Alaska-Fairbanks       4  5  0    32.24    37.69     41
 34   31  Lowell                 3  7  1    31.88    51.09     30
 35   35  Notre Dame             3  5  1    29.18    39.67     40
 36   33  Northeastern           1 10  1    28.63    66.38      8
 37   43  Brown                  1  5  2    26.45    55.23     19
 38   36  Denver                 1 13  2    23.49    62.89     12
 39   38  Colorado College       1 13  1    23.28    58.76     16
 40   39  Air Force              1  6  1    21.56    55.06     20
 41   37  Army                   1  6  2    18.68    44.26     37
 42   42  Alabama-Huntsville     2  7  1    12.23    35.64     43
 43   40  Kent State             2  7  1    11.42    34.06     44
 44   44  Dartmouth              0  5  1     0.00    42.15     38
 
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 264 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, 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.