The College Hockey Computer Rating
compiled by Keith Instone
 
Includes games on 12/1/91. Last week's ranking includes games on 11/24/91.
 
     Last                      Division I          Schedule Schedule
Rank Week Team                   Record    Rating  Strength   Rank
  1    2  Michigan               8  1  2    84.64    61.07      4
  2    3  Clarkson               7  1  0    77.51    48.42     34
  3    5  Yale                   4  0  1    76.70    51.07     29
  4    6  Michigan State         5  2  2    74.64    64.62      1
  5   10  Minnesota             10  4  0    74.60    56.37     12
  6    4  Lake Superior          9  3  0    74.14    53.11     20
  7    7  Maine                  9  1  0    72.89    42.79     43
  8    1  New Hampshire          8  2  0    70.32    47.28     39
  9   18  Alaska-Anchorage       7  2  0    69.54    50.57     30
 10   14  Western Michigan       6  3  1    68.69    56.68     11
 11    8  Harvard                4  1  1    68.68    47.66     37
 12   11  Northern Michigan      8  4  2    65.59    51.53     28
 13    9  St Lawrence            5  2  0    62.47    45.29     41
 14   13  Boston University      6  3  0    61.09    52.65     22
 15   15  Providence             8  3  0    59.16    41.53     45
 16   20  Minnesota-Duluth       5  6  1    54.91    58.82      6
 17   21  Wisconsin              7  6  1    54.46    53.73     16
 18   17  UMass-Lowell           5  4  0    54.39    51.57     27
 19   12  Vermont                4  5  0    54.34    56.19     13
 20   22  Miami                  6  5  1    54.05    52.68     21
 21   19  Boston College         6  5  1    53.84    52.46     23
 22   31  Brown                  3  3  0    51.74    53.30     18
 23   16  Cornell                2  4  0    50.84    61.33      2
 24   23  North Dakota           7  7  0    50.42    49.97     31
 25   24  Michigan Tech          5  6  1    50.18    53.14     19
 26   26  RPI                    5  4  0    48.75    46.63     40
 27   27  St Cloud               3  5  0    47.15    57.41      8
 28   28  Colorado College       4  6  2    46.78    53.36     17
 29   34  Illinois-Chicago       2  6  2    45.85    61.20      3
 30   36  Alaska-Fairbanks       5  7  0    42.66    47.32     38
 31   32  Ferris State           2  6  2    42.12    55.78     14
 32   29  Northeastern           2  6  0    39.74    60.04      5
 33   44  Princeton              2  4  0    38.30    48.24     35
 34   38  Bowling Green          2  7  1    36.39    56.96      9
 35   39  Ohio State             2  6  2    36.13    51.89     26
 36   25  Dartmouth              1  3  0    34.12    56.76     10
 37   33  Merrimack              4  7  0    33.86    42.08     44
 38   41  Denver                 2  9  1    33.48    58.50      7
 39   42  Kent                   2  6  1    31.73    43.66     42
 40   37  Notre Dame             3  6  0    31.65    48.58     33
 41   35  Alabama-Huntsville     1  6  0    31.00    54.86     15
 42   40  Colgate                1  6  1    29.74    52.41     24
 43   30  Air Force              1  5  0    26.73    48.21     36
 44   43  Union                  0  4  0    18.69    52.16     25
 45   45  Army                   0  6  0    10.27    48.88     32
 
The College Hockey Computer Rating uses a connected schedule graph
and a least squares optimization to rate the 45 Division I college
hockey teams. This method considers a team's opponents, and their
opponents, etc., until all 211 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.
 
For every game, the teams are evaluated based on: the outcome (win, lose,
tie); the margin of victory; percentage of goals allowed; the site of
the game (home, away, neutral ice); and overtime or regulation time.
 
Only games against other Division I teams are considered.