The College Hockey Computer Rating
compiled by Keith Instone
 
NOTE: TCHCR is *not* used in conjunction with the NCAA selection process.
 
Includes games on 12/22/91. Last week's ranking includes games on 12/16/91.
 
     Last                      Division I          Schedule Schedule
Rank Week Team                   Record    Rating  Strength   Rank
  1    3  Maine                 12  1  0    78.91    46.75     33
  2    1  Michigan               9  3  3    78.72    63.04      1
  3    4  Lake Superior         11  4  1    77.26    59.33      9
  4    2  Yale                   6  0  1    74.72    45.55     37
  5    9  Northern Michigan     13  5  2    74.47    57.05     14
  6    7  Minnesota             12  6  0    73.65    60.12      5
  7    5  Clarkson               9  2  0    69.78    45.27     41
  8    6  Michigan State         7  3  4    69.27    59.64      7
  9    8  Alaska-Anchorage      12  3  0    68.27    46.05     35
 10   10  St Lawrence            8  2  0    66.89    43.69     44
 11   11  Harvard                4  1  2    64.37    45.61     36
 12   12  New Hampshire          9  4  0    64.04    49.77     29
 13   13  Western Michigan       7  5  2    63.87    58.33     12
 14   16  Wisconsin              9  6  1    61.69    56.78     16
 15   15  Boston University      9  4  0    61.08    48.31     31
 16   14  Providence            11  5  0    59.94    45.22     42
 17   19  Minnesota-Duluth       7  8  1    57.07    60.45      3
 18   18  Miami                  7  7  2    56.66    57.02     15
 19   23  St Cloud               5  7  0    55.47    62.66      2
 20   21  North Dakota           9  7  0    55.16    50.60     28
 21   17  UMass-Lowell           6  5  0    54.69    52.40     24
 22   25  Michigan Tech          7  8  1    53.89    56.42     18
 23   20  Vermont                4  5  0    52.05    53.78     21
 24   22  Cornell                2  4  2    49.86    58.42     11
 25   28  Colorado College       5  9  3    48.17    56.73     17
 26   24  Boston College         7  9  1    46.94    52.64     23
 27   30  Illinois-Chicago       4  8  2    46.89    58.74     10
 28   27  Ferris State           2  7  5    46.79    59.71      6
 29   26  Brown                  3  4  1    46.52    51.87     27
 30   34  Bowling Green          4  9  1    45.20    59.57      8
 31   31  Northeastern           4  7  0    45.01    57.28     13
 32   29  RPI                    5  6  0    43.91    47.95     32
 33   33  Ohio State             4  8  2    42.71    54.84     20
 34   35  Alaska-Fairbanks       6  8  0    41.32    45.48     38
 35   32  Princeton              4  7  0    38.17    46.59     34
 36   36  Denver                 3 12  1    37.62    60.27      4
 37   37  Merrimack              6  8  0    33.16    37.88     45
 38   38  Kent                   2  8  1    31.74    48.60     30
 39   39  Alabama-Huntsville     2  9  0    30.68    53.76     22
 40   40  Colgate                1  6  1    29.72    52.39     25
 41   41  Dartmouth              1  5  0    25.31    52.16     26
 42   42  Notre Dame             3  8  0    25.10    45.47     39
 43   44  Air Force              1  6  0    20.61    44.16     43
 44   43  Union                  0  6  0    19.58    55.46     19
 45   45  Army                   0  7  0     8.06    45.28     40
 
 
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 282 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.