The College Hockey Discussion List Poll for November 4, 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.
In the first post-election HOCKEY-L poll, the Michigan Wolverines give up
the #1 spot they gained last week, with the top ranking going back to Maine.
The week's biggest loser (besides George Bush) was Michigan State, which not
only dropped a pair to Miami but also fell from #6 last week all the way out
of the Top 15 this week. (Conversely, Miami makes its first appearance of
the year in the poll) The HOCKEY-L poll has been rather volatile in its
first few weeks, which is not unexpected...
Composite poll (14 responses):
Last
Record Pts. Week
1. Maine (8) 3-0-1 204 2
2. Lake Superior (4) 4-0 197 3
3. Boston University (1) 1-0 163 5
4. Clarkson (1) 1-0 158 4
5. Michigan 3-1-1 151 1
6. Wisconsin 3-1 149 9
7. Minnesota 2-2 109 7
8. Alaska-Anchorage 3-1 85 8
9. Denver 4-0 79 15
10. RPI 1-0 61 11
11. Harvard 0-0 59 10
12. Miami 3-1 58 --
13. Michigan Tech 3-1 54 14
14. Boston College 2-1 40 13
15. Western Michigan 2-1-1 29 --
Others receiving votes: Michigan State, Merrimack, St. Lawrence, Yale,
North Dakota, Alaska-Fairbanks, Colorado College, Kent State, Minne-
sota-Duluth
Teams named on all responses: Maine, Lake Superior, Boston University,
Clarkson, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota
Dropped out of Top 15: Michigan State, Providence
This week, an even split between the East and the West. Are we aesthetic-
ally pure or what?
Eastern responses: Western responses:
1. Maine (3) 101 1. Maine (5) 103
2. Lake Superior (2) 97 2. Lake Superior (2) 100
3. Boston University (1) 83 3. Michigan 83
4. Clarkson (1) 82 4. Boston University 80
5. Wisconsin 70 5. Wisconsin 79
6. Michigan 68 6. Clarkson 76
7. Minnesota 59 7. Alaska-Anchorage 50
8. Denver 45 Minnesota 50
9. Alaska-Anchorage 35 9. Denver 34
10. Harvard 34 10. Miami 31
11. Michigan Tech 32 11. RPI 29
RPI 32 12. Harvard 25
13. Miami 27 13. Boston College 23
14. Boston College 17 14. Michigan Tech 22
15. Michigan State 16 15. Western Michigan 19
Thanks again to Coach Schafer for the Times-Union poll and to John Haeussler
for the Hancock poll. (John, where is that one from?) Here's a comparison
between the HOCKEY-L poll and the other two. As was the case last year, it
seems that the HOCKEY-L poll pays more attention to "non-mainstream" teams
like Alaska-Anchorage than the media polls do:
Times-
HOCKEY-L Union Hancock
Team Record Rank Rank Rank
Maine 3-0-1 1 1 1
Lake Superior 4-0 2 2 2
Boston University 1-0 3 3 3
Clarkson 1-0 4 4
Michigan 3-1-1 5 6 4
Wisconsin 3-1 6 5 4
Minnesota 2-2 7 7 7
Alaska-Anchorage 3-1 8 (14)
Denver 4-0 9 9 6
RPI 1-0 10 (12)
Harvard 0-0 11 8 10
Miami 3-1 12 10 8
Michigan Tech 3-1 13 (11) 8
Boston College 2-1 14 (15)
Western Michigan 2-1-1 15 (13)
Note the Western slant of the Hancock poll, which boosts Denver and Michigan
Tech and doesn't even list supposed-to-be-good Clarkson. This, coupled with
the Times-Union's usual Eastern slant (not quite as obvious this week) makes
the Tadpoll composite perhaps a little more meaningful, or useful, or some-
thing:
1. Maine (3) 45
2. Lake Superior 42
3. Boston University 39
4. Michigan 33
Wisconsin 33
6. Minnesota 27
7. Clarkson 24
Denver 24
9. Harvard 19
10. Miami 18
11. Michigan Tech 16
12. Alaska-Anchorage 10
RPI 10
14. Western Michigan 4
15. Boston College 3
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