The College Hockey Discussion List Poll for January 27, 1993:
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.
Bye-bye to the Gophers: Minnesota's two losses to Minnesota-Duluth not only
hurt them on the ice and in the WCHA standings, they also contributed to the
Golden Gophers' being left out of the Top 15 of the HOCKEY-L poll for the
first time ever. We're now down to four teams who have made every poll:
Maine, Michigan, Lake Superior, and Wisconsin. Among the newcomers this
week was New Hampshire, who was one point out of the 15th spot last week but
got enough votes this week to make the poll for the first time this year.
One administrative note: Be sure to check your responses before sending
them in. A couple votes this week had the same team listed twice. Thanks
from your friendly neighborhood poll-meister!
Composite poll (15 responses):
Last
Record Pts. Week Range
1. Maine (15) 24-0-2 225 1 1
2. Harvard 13-1-1 190 2 2-7
Michigan 17-4-3 190 3 2-5
4. Minnesota-Duluth 17-6-1 180 5 2-7
5. Miami 17-6-3 172 6 2-9
6. Boston University 15-5-2 153 4 3-12
7. Lake Superior 15-6-4 135 7 4-9
8. Wisconsin 15-8-1 120 8 6-10
9. Michigan State 14-9-1 90 9 8-14
10. Yale 10-5-2 79 9 8-11
11. Alaska-Fairbanks 16-8-1 44 11 8-14
12. UMass-Lowell 15-9 43 -- 10-15
13. St. Cloud 12-9-1 37 15 10-15
14. RPI 10-5-4 35 -- 10-15
15. New Hampshire 12-9-2 30 -- 11-15
Others receiving votes: Minnesota, Western Michigan, Clarkson, Denver,
Michigan Tech, St. Lawrence, Alaska-Anchorage
Teams named on all responses: Maine, Harvard, Michigan, Minnesota-
Duluth, Miami, Boston University, Lake Superior, Wisconsin, Michigan
State,
Dropped out of Top 15: Minnesota (#12 last week), Western Michigan
(#13), St. Lawrence (#14)
We're starting to get some interesting differences between the Eastern and
Western responses. Particularly noteworthy are the cases of Harvard and
Miami below. The Crimson are ranked well ahead of the Redskins by the
Eastern crowd, while Miami gets the nod in the West. Also note the appear-
ance of St. Cloud in the Western column and not in the Eastern votes. It
seems familiarity does not always breed contempt (but then, what is Minne-
sota doing in the Eastern column?)
Eastern responses: Western responses:
1. Maine (9) 135 1. Maine (6) 90
2. Harvard 120 2. Miami 76
3. Michigan 118 3. Minnesota-Duluth 73
4. Minnesota-Duluth 107 4. Michigan 72
5. Boston University 96 5. Harvard 70
Miami 96 6. Boston University 57
7. Lake Superior 78 Lake Superior 57
8. Wisconsin 68 8. Wisconsin 52
9. Yale 55 9. Michigan State 37
10. Michigan State 53 10. Yale 24
11. UMass-Lowell 30 11. St. Cloud 23
12. Alaska-Fairbanks 25 12. Alaska-Fairbanks 19
13. New Hampshire 20 13. RPI 15
RPI 20 14. UMass-Lowell 13
15. Minnesota 17 Western Michigan 13
Here is a composite of the HOCKEY-L poll and the two media polls that showed
up this week (_Times-Union_, WMEB). Once again, the top ten teams are
nearly identical:
Times-
HOCKEY-L Union WMEB
Team Record Rank Rank Rank
Maine 24-0-2 1 1 1
Harvard 13-1-1 2 2 2
Michigan 17-4-3 2 3 3
Minnesota-Duluth 17-6-1 4 5 4
Miami 17-6-3 5 4 5
Boston University 15-5-2 6 6 6
Lake Superior 15-6-4 7 7 7
Wisconsin 15-8-1 8 8 8
Michigan State 14-9-1 9 10 10
Yale 10-5-2 10 9 9
Alaska-Fairbanks 16-8-1 11
UMass-Lowell 15-9 12 (13) (11)
St. Cloud 12-9-1 13 (14) (12)
RPI 10-5-4 14 (12) (12)
New Hampshire 12-9-2 15 (11)
This week's Tadpoll:
1. Maine (3) 45
2. Harvard 42
3. Michigan 40
4. Minnesota-Duluth 35
5. Miami 34
6. Boston University 30
7. Lake Superior 27
8. Wisconsin 24
9. Yale 20
10. Michigan State 19
11. UMass-Lowell 12
12. RPI 10
13. St. Cloud 9
14. New Hampshire 6
15. Alaska-Fairbanks 5
The composite of the three ratings systems:
HOCKEY-L TCHCR RPICH CHODR
Team Record Rank Rank Rank Rank
Maine 24-0-2 1 1 1 1
Harvard 13-1-1 2 2 3 5
Michigan 17-4-3 2 4 5 2
Minnesota-Duluth 17-6-1 4 7 7 8
Miami 17-6-3 5 5 4 7
Boston University 15-5-2 6 3 2 3
Lake Superior 15-6-4 7 6 6 6
Wisconsin 15-8-1 8 8 8 9
Michigan State 14-9-1 9 9 9 10
Yale 10-5-2 10 12 19 11
Alaska-Fairbanks 16-8-1 11 14 10 22
UMass-Lowell 15-9 12 11 13 14
St. Cloud 12-9-1 13 19 22 12
RPI 10-5-4 14 10 12 15
New Hampshire 12-9-2 15 15 15 16
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Western Michigan 12-9-2 13 16 20
Providence 11-11-2 16 11 17
Denver 12-11-1 22 14 21
Clarkson 7-8-4 20 20 4
Michigan Tech 10-12-2 26 26 13
This week's Tad-rate:
1. Maine (3) 45
2. Boston University 40
3. Harvard 38
4. Michigan 37
5. Miami 32
6. Lake Superior 30
7. Minnesota-Duluth 26
8. Wisconsin 23
9. Michigan State 20
10. Clarkson 12
11. RPI 11
12. UMass-Lowell 10
13. Yale 9
14. Alaska-Fairbanks 8
15. Providence 5
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