The College Hockey Computer Rating
compiled by Keith Instone
 
Includes games on 2/17/91. Last week's ranking includes games on 2/10/91.
 
     Last                      Division I          Schedule Schedule
Rank Week Team                   Record    Rating  Strength   Rank
  1    1  Lake Superior         29  3  4   100.00    57.66     23
  2    2  Northern Michigan     27  5  4    99.86    63.42     13
  3    3  Michigan              27  6  3    94.61    62.28     18
  4    5  Maine                 27  7  2    93.85    62.12     19
  5    4  Boston College        26  8  0    91.76    62.76     16
  6    6  Minnesota             22  6  5    90.47    62.96     14
  7    8  Boston University     21  9  2    87.61    64.27     12
  8    9  Wisconsin             24  9  3    84.80    62.60     17
  9    7  Providence            18  8  2    82.72    61.16     20
 10   10  Clarkson              20  6  1    79.16    50.37     29
 11   11  North Dakota          21 13  2    77.44    64.89     10
 12   13  New Hampshire         21  9  2    74.82    54.87     26
 13   12  Ferris State          20 11  5    69.49    56.70     25
 14   15  Michigan State        15 15  5    69.03    67.04      7
 15   14  Cornell               15  6  3    67.72    46.37     36
 16   17  Western Michigan      19 14  3    67.05    59.93     21
 17   16  St Lawrence           17 10  1    64.77    51.89     28
 18   19  Minnesota-Duluth      12 17  7    62.29    70.13      2
 19   20  St Cloud              13 17  4    61.21    68.36      5
 20   18  RPI                   15 10  0    60.32    48.68     33
 21   22  Bowling Green         14 20  2    57.59    68.69      4
 22   21  Michigan Tech         12 21  3    56.85    70.12      3
 23   26  Colgate               13 10  4    53.59    45.06     39
 24   25  Merrimack             13 15  1    51.92    56.86     24
 25   24  Alaska-Anchorage      12 12  4    51.85    50.15     30
 26   23  Harvard               11 11  2    51.57    47.22     35
 27   27  Vermont               14 11  2    50.13    45.47     38
 28   28  Illinois-Chicago      12 20  2    46.91    58.79     22
 29   30  Colorado College      11 23  1    46.35    65.34      9
 30   29  Ohio State             8 22  4    42.00    67.67      6
 31   31  Lowell                 9 22  1    41.38    64.72     11
 32   33  Alaska-Fairbanks      10 10  1    40.66    40.25     42
 33   35  Brown                  8 13  3    38.61    52.54     27
 34   34  Denver                 6 28  2    37.09    72.80      1
 35   32  Yale                   8 13  2    36.51    49.54     31
 36   36  Northeastern           6 23  2    32.67    62.79     15
 37   37  Princeton              7 16  1    27.63    48.08     34
 38   38  Miami                  4 28  3    25.93    66.87      8
 39   39  Notre Dame             6 10  1    23.29    35.30     44
 40   41  Alabama-Huntsville     5 16  2    14.09    39.59     43
 41   42  Kent State             5 19  1    11.24    42.33     41
 42   40  Army                   3 17  3    10.35    44.34     40
 43   43  Air Force              2 17  3     5.82    45.69     37
 44   44  Dartmouth              1 23  2     0.00    49.28     32
 
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 664 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.