The College Hockey Discussion List Poll for February 5, 1992:
Teams were given 15 points for a first-place vote, 14 for a second-place
vote, and so on down to 1 point for a fifteenth-place vote. Total first-
place votes are in parentheses.
A copule of ECAC teams are headed in opposite directions in the HOCKEY-L
poll. Clarkson has been in free fall mode since December, reflecting their
slumping play over that period. In the December 19th poll, the last one of
1991, the Golden Knights were ranked third; this week, they come in at #15.
Conversely, Harvard came back from their three-week layoff with three wins
in four days, and the Crimson jumped six spots in the poll.
Composite poll (12 responses):
Last
Record Pts. Week
1. Minnesota (7) 22-6 168 1
2. Michigan (2) 20-4-3 164 4
3. Maine (1) 20-3-1 160 3
4. Lake Superior (2) 17-6-2 152 2
5. Boston University 18-5-2 108 8
6. Wisconsin 16-8-2 104 5
7. Michigan State 15-6-5 94 7
8. Northern Michigan 15-10-3 81 6
9. Harvard 11-3-3 70 15
10. Providence 17-8-1 67 10
11. St. Lawrence 14-6-2 64 9
12. Alaska-Anchorage 21-5-1 60 11
Western Michigan 14-8-2 60 14
14. New Hampshire 15-9-1 28.5 12
15. Clarkson 15-6-1 24 13
Others receiving votes: Cornell, Yale, Michigan Tech, Minnesota-Duluth
Eastern responses: Western responses:
1. Minnesota (4) 86 1. Michigan (2) 83
2. Maine (1) 82 2. Minnesota (3) 82
3. Michigan 81 3. Lake Superior (1) 79
4. Lake Superior (1) 73 4. Maine 78
5. Boston University 55 5. Wisconsin 55
6. Wisconsin 49 6. Boston University 53
7. Michigan State 48 7. Michigan State 46
8. Harvard 45 Northern Michigan 46
9. St. Lawrence 40 9. Providence 38
10. Northern Michigan 35 10. Alaska-Anchorage 36
11. Providence 29 Western Michigan 36
12. Alaska-Anchorage 24 12. Harvard 25
Western Michigan 24 13. St. Lawrence 24
14. Clarkson 19 14. New Hampshire 23
15. Cornell 9 15. Yale 7
An astonishing *four* media polls were available this week -- thanks to
Keith Instone for posting them (note: The Cornell Daily Sun's poll was a
poll of sports editors of various college newspapers, and I haven't seen one
published this year). I almost hope there aren't any more, since I had a
heck of a time squeezing 'em all into the composite chart. Anyway, here
they are. The NCAA poll is a Top 15 poll, while the others are all Top 10.
The rankings in parentheses for the College Hockey USA and Albany Times-
Union rankings indicate where these teams would have been in the Top 15 for
those polls, based on the points listed under "Others receiving votes".
College
Hockey Times-
HOCKEY-L NCAA USA Union WMPL TCHCR
Team Record Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank
Minnesota 22-6 1 2 1 1 1 2
Michigan 20-4-3 2 1 2 3 2 1
Maine 20-3-1 3 3 2 2 3 6
Lake Superior 17-6-2 4 4 4 4 4 3
Boston University 18-5-2 5 5 5 5 6 10
Wisconsin 16-8-2 6 6 5 6 5 8
Michigan State 15-6-5 7 7 9 10 9 4
Northern Michigan 15-10-3 8 8 7 7 7 5
Harvard 11-3-3 9 9 8 8 8 15
Providence 17-8-1 10 11 (11) (12) 13
St. Lawrence 14-6-2 11 10 10 9 10 17
Alaska-Anchorage 21-5-1 12 14 (11) (12) 9
Western Michigan 14-8-2 12 12 (13) (14) 7
New Hampshire 15-9-1 14 15 (14) (15) 21
Clarkson 15-6-1 15 (14) (11) 23
The NCAA ranks Yale #12, tied with Western Michigan.
The TADPOLL for this week is a little more interesting, with the higher
number of published polls:
1. Minnesota (4) 74
2. Michigan (1) 70
3. Maine 67
4. Lake Superior 60
5. Boston University 54
6. Wisconsin 52
7. Northern Michigan 43
8. Michigan State 38
Harvard 38
10. St. Lawrence 30
11. Providence 20
12. Alaska-Anchorage 15
13. Western Michigan 13
14. Clarkson 8
15. New Hampshire 6
I'm not sure what's going to happen with next week's HOCKEY-L poll, as I
will be in Boston for the entire week. Hopefully, I'll have some way of
telnetting into my account here and collecting the responses, but we'll see
how it goes.
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