The College Hockey Discussion List Poll for February 3, 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.
A couple people commented this week that picking the top eight teams was
pretty straightforward, but the nine through fifteen spots were more diffi-
cult. The composite results bear this out. There was near-unanimous agree-
ment on the top eight (of the 19 x 8 = 152 first- through eighth-place votes
cast, only four went for teams other than the top eight in the composite),
but after that, there were some pretty wide variances -- note the 60-point
dropoff between Wisconsin and Yale.
Nineteen responses, by the way, is the highest ever for the HOCKEY-L poll.
Composite poll (19 responses):
Last
Record Pts. Week Range
1. Maine (17) 26-0-2 283 1 1-2
2. Michigan 19-4-3 247 2 2-6
3. Harvard (2) 14-1-1 244 2 1-7
4. Boston University 18-5-2 219 6 2-9
5. Miami 17-6-3 212 5 3-9
6. Minnesota-Duluth 18-7-1 202 4 2-8
7. Lake Superior 17-6-4 166 7 4-9
8. Wisconsin 17-8-1 161 8 5-8
9. Yale 11-6-2 101 10 9-14
10. RPI 11-5-4 98 14 7-14
11. Michigan State 15-10-1 72 9 9-15
12. Western Michigan 14-10-2 63 -- 10-15
13. UMass-Lowell 15-11 54 12 9-15
14. Alaska-Fairbanks 17-9-1 39 11 9-15
15. Clarkson 8-8-4 16 -- 6-14
Denver 14-11-1 16 -- 8-14
New Hampshire 12-11-2 16 15 8-15
Others receiving votes: St. Cloud, Providence, Michigan Tech, Ferris
State, Minnesota, Vermont, Boston College, St. Lawrence
Teams named on all responses: Maine, Michigan, Harvard, Boston
University, Miami, Minnesota-Duluth, Wisconsin
Dropped out of Top 15: St. Cloud (#13 last week)
With only four Western responses, this week's poll was rather East-heavy,
but there's still plenty of material to start arguments with. While the two
halves of college hockey agree on who the top eight teams are, there are
some differences of opinion as to what order they should be in. Note the
positions of Harvard and BU in the composites below, as well as Michigan and
Miami.
Eastern responses: Western responses:
1. Maine (13) 223 1. Maine (4) 60
2. Harvard (2) 201 2. Michigan 51
3. Michigan 196 3. Miami 49
4. Boston University 178 4. Minnesota-Duluth 46
5. Miami 163 5. Harvard 43
6. Minnesota-Duluth 156 6. Boston University 41
7. Lake Superior 125 Lake Superior 41
Wisconsin 125 8. Wisconsin 36
9. Yale 87 9. Michigan State 18
10. RPI 83 10. RPI 15
11. Michigan State 54 11. Western Michigan 14
12. Western Michigan 49 Yale 14
13. UMass-Lowell 44 13. Alaska-Fairbanks 10
14. Alaska-Fairbanks 29 UMass-Lowell 10
15. New Hampshire 15 15. Denver 8
Here is the composite for the HOCKEY-L and media polls, which once again are
very close. Boy, those media guys are getting smarter :-)
Times-
HOCKEY-L Union WMEB
Team Record Rank Rank Rank
Maine 26-0-2 1 1 1
Michigan 19-4-3 2 3 2
Harvard 14-1-1 3 2 3
Boston University 18-5-2 4 4 5
Miami 17-6-3 5 4 4
Minnesota-Duluth 18-7-1 6 6 6
Lake Superior 17-6-4 7 7 7
Wisconsin 17-8-1 8 8 8
Yale 11-6-2 9 10 9
RPI 11-5-4 10 9 10
Michigan State 15-10-1 11 (12) (14)
Western Michigan 14-10-2 12 (11) (11)
UMass-Lowell 15-11 13 (14)
Alaska-Fairbanks 17-9-1 14 (13) (12)
Clarkson 8-8-4 15 (13)
Denver 14-11-1 15
New Hampshire 12-11-2 15
Here is the comparison of the three ratings systems, which are also near-
unanimous in their selection of the top eight teams:
HOCKEY-L TCHCR RPICH CHODR
Team Record Rank Rank Rank Rank
Maine 26-0-2 1 1 1 1
Michigan 19-4-3 2 4 5 2
Harvard 14-1-1 3 2 3 6
Boston University 18-5-2 4 3 2 3
Miami 17-6-3 5 5 4 8
Minnesota-Duluth 18-7-1 6 7 8 9
Lake Superior 17-6-4 7 6 6 5
Wisconsin 17-8-1 8 8 7 7
Yale 11-6-2 9 16 22 16
RPI 11-5-4 10 10 14 12
Michigan State 15-10-1 11 9 9 10
Western Michigan 14-10-2 12 11 15 20
UMass-Lowell 15-11 13 13 16 13
Alaska-Fairbanks 17-9-1 14 15 10 22
Clarkson 8-8-4 15 19 17 4
Denver 14-11-1 15 18 13 21
New Hampshire 12-11-2 15 14 12 17
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Providence 13-11-2 12 11 15
Michigan Tech 11-12-3 23 23 11
St. Cloud 12-11-1 21 20 14
The Tadpoll and Tad-rate point out some important differences between what
the media thinks and what the ratings show. These are getting more meaning-
ful as the end of the season nears and the time for NC$$ bids gets closer.
From the Tad-rate, we see that BU may be under-rated in the polls and may
already be worthy of the #2 East seed (over Harvard) -- which makes the
Beanpot championship an even bigger game. Note also that Yale, #9 in the
Tadpoll, doesn't even appear in the Tad-rate. Perhaps the Elis are in danger
of missing out on the NC$$ tournament?
Tadpoll: Tad-rate:
1. Maine (3) 45 1. Maine (3) 45
2. Michigan 41 2. Boston University 40
3. Harvard 40 3. Harvard 37
4. Boston University 35 Michigan 37
Miami 35 5. Lake Superior 31
6. Minnesota-Duluth 30 Miami 31
7. Lake Superior 27 7. Wisconsin 26
8. Wisconsin 24 8. Minnesota-Duluth 24
9. Yale 20 9. Michigan State 20
10. RPI 19 10. Clarkson 12
11. Western Michigan 14 RPI 12
12. Michigan State 11 12. Providence 10
13. Alaska-Fairbanks 9 13. Alaska-Fairbanks 7
14. UMass-Lowell 5 14. New Hampshire 6
15. Bowling Green 4 UMass-Lowell 6
Clarkson 4 Western Michigan 6
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