The College Hockey Discussion List Poll for December 4, 1991:
 
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.
 
Brian Farenell and other Golden Knight fans will be happy to note that,
unlike in the WMPL poll, Clarkson has moved up to #3 in the HOCKEY-L
rankings, off their win over New Hampshire.  The UAA Sea Wolves were also
on the move, jumping six places.
 
     Composite poll (17 responses):
                                                  Last
                              Record     Pts.     Week
     1.   Maine (14)           9-1       247        1
     2.   Michigan (2)         8-1-2     235        2
     3.   Clarkson             8-1       215        4
     4.   Lake Superior       10-3       188        5
     5.   Minnesota           10-4       184        6
     6.   New Hampshire (1)    8-2       155        3
     7.   Northern Michigan    8-4-2     134        7
     8.   Michigan State       5-2-2     121        8
     9.   Alaska-Anchorage     9-2       118       15
     10.  Providence           9-3       106       11
     11.  Western Michigan     6-3-1      67       12
     12.  Boston University    6-3        65        9
     13.  St. Lawrence         5-3-1      64       10
     14.  Yale                 4-0-1      59       --
     15.  Wisconsin            7-6-1      26       12
 
     Others receiving votes:  Harvard, UMass-Lowell, Boston College,
     Minnesota-Duluth, Miami
 
     Dropped from the Top 15:  Harvard, UMass-Lowell
 
     Eastern responses:                 Western responses:
 
     1.   Maine (10)          164       1.   Maine (4)           83
     2.   Michigan (1)        152            Michigan (1)        83
     3.   Clarkson            139       3.   Clarkson            76
     4.   Minnesota           125       4.   Lake Superior       69
     5.   Lake Superior       119       5.   Minnesota           59
     6.   New Hampshire       104       6.   New Hampshire (1)   51
     7.   Northern Michigan    93       7.   Alaska-Anchorage    42
     8.   Michigan State       84       8.   Northern Michigan   41
     9.   Alaska-Anchorage     76       9.   Michigan State      37
     10.  Providence           70       10.  Providence          36
     11.  St. Lawrence         42       11.  Boston University   29
          Western Michigan     42       12.  Western Michigan    25
     13.  Yale                 37       13.  St. Lawrence        22
     14.  Boston University    36            Yale                22
     15.  Harvard              16       15.  UMass-Lowell        15
                                             Wisconsin           15
 
The only media poll I've seen this week was the WMPL poll posted by Erik,
and here's how the HOCKEY-L poll compares to that one and to this week's
TCHCR:
 
                                 HOCKEY-L    WMPL      TCHCR
     Team                Record    Rank      Rank      Rank
 
     Maine (14)           9-1        1         1         7
     Michigan (2)         8-1-2      2         2         1
     Clarkson             8-1        3         4         2
     Lake Superior       10-3        4         5         6
     Minnesota           10-4        5         3         5
     New Hampshire (1)    8-2        6         7         8
     Northern Michigan    8-4-2      7         6        12
     Michigan State       5-2-2      8         8         4
     Alaska-Anchorage     9-2        9                   9
     Providence           9-3       10         9        15
     Western Michigan     6-3-1     11                  10
     Boston University    6-3       12                  14
     St. Lawrence         5-3-1     13         9        13
     Yale                 4-0-1     14                   3
     Wisconsin            7-6-1     15                  17
 
Since Alaska-Anchorage is an independent (and located up in Alaska to boot),
it'll probably take the media polls quite some time to catch on to how good
they are.
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