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Various rankings for Men's Division I College Hockey, through 2004-02-29.(*)
Compiled by Wayne T. Smith
School KRACH RHEAL HEAL RPI PWR
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1 North Dakota 1 1 2 1 1
2 Boston College 2 2 1 2 2
3 Minnesota-Duluth 3 4 5 4 4
4 Maine 4 8 3 3 3
5 Wisconsin 5 5 6 7 8t
6 Minnesota 6 10 12 6 6
7 Denver 7 12 13 10 8t
8 Michigan 8 3 4 5 5
9 St. Cloud State 9 13 14 11 14t
10 Colorado College 10 14 18 14 16t
11 New Hampshire 11 15 7 8 7
12 Notre Dame 12 6 8 12 11t
13 Ohio State 13 9 11 9 11t
14 Miami 14 7 10 13 10
15 Michigan State 15 11 17 17 14t
16 Providence 16 23 24 15 19t
17 Massachusetts 17 22 20 16 16t
18 Cornell 18 19 16 18 19t
19 Colgate 19 17 9 19 13
20 Dartmouth 20 26 19 21 18
21 Mass.-Lowell 21 28 28 20 21
22 Western Michigan 22 16 23 23 22
23 Alaska-Anchorage 23 29 43 35
24 Alaska-Fairbanks 24 18 31 28
25 Rensselaer 25 27 21 22 23
26 Northern Michigan 26 21 29 33
27 Brown 27 24 22 25 24t
28 Boston University 28 31 35 26 24t
29 Ferris State 29 20 26 29
30 Northeastern 30 33 38 27 27
31 Michigan Tech 31 38 49 40
32 Bowling Green 32 25 37 36
33 Bemidji State 33 40 27 30
34 Harvard 34 30 30 31
35 Minnesota State 35 43 53 42
36 Union 36 32 34 38
37 Merrimack 37 41 44 32
38 Niagara 38 34 25 34
39 Clarkson 39 39 33 37
40 Yale 40 37 39 41
41 Lake Superior 41 35 47 45
42 Holy Cross 42 47 15 24 24t
43 St. Lawrence 43 36 41 44
44 Nebraska-Omaha 44 42 52 47
45 Vermont 45 44 51 49
46 Mercyhurst 46 45 32 39
47 Alabama-Huntsville 47 46 40 43
48 Findlay 48 48 48 51
49 Quinnipiac 49 51 36 46
50 Princeton 50 50 57 54
51 Sacred Heart 51 55 42 48
52 Wayne State 52 49 55 55
53 Air Force 53 52 50 53
54 Connecticut 54 53 45 50
55 Canisius 55 54 46 52
56 Army 56 56 54 56
57 Bentley 57 57 56 57
58 American Int'l 58 58 58 58
(*) Special note for this week:
Mass.Lowell has admitted to unknowingly using an ineligible player
in games from 2003-12-27 through 2004-01-24. UML won 5 of those games:
12/28/03 Union 3 vs Mass.-Lowell 5 nc
01/03/04 Massachusetts 0 at Mass.-Lowell 3 he
01/04/04 Mass.-Lowell 1 at Massachusetts 0 he
01/10/04 Mass.-Lowell 3 at Michigan State 2 nc
01/16/04 Mass.-Lowell 4 at Merrimack 3 ot he
There seems to be some question as to whether the forfeited games
will be (1) treated as wins by the opposition, (2) ignored (no
contest) or (3) remain as played for purposes of ranking for the NCAA
tournament.
Treatment (1) is exactly what most people think of when they hear
"forfeit". Treatment (2) seems most fair to this reporter, as the
opposition didn't earn a win while UML's use of an ineligible player
should mean the opposition shouldn't have a loss. Treatment (3)
seems to have little or no rationale, but ... will probably apply
in this case. Since the NCAA Infractions Committee will almost
certainly not rule on the UML administrative lapse before the NCAA
Tournament selection, NCAA rules seem clear:
NCAA Tournament selection will include these forfeits AS PLAYED.
So I'm reversing my previous several weeks treatment (2) to this week
USING ALL GAME RESULTS AS PLAYED
This matches current USCHO.com treatment and the opinion of several
people that know more of this business than I!
For your information, here is the current NCAA Bylaw 31.10.5:
NCAA Bylaw 31.10.5 Forfeits
Neither the outcome nor the statistics in any completed contest
are reversible by a forfeit due to postgame administrative
actions, except as provided in Bylaw 31.10.5.4 or by Committee on
Infractions decisions. The actual results of the contest and the
statistics shall be entered as such in both teams all-time
records, as well as in the coaches records and in individual
statistics. Contests later forfeited shall be denoted by the
institution with an asterisk and a footnote.
For more information, go to ncaa.org, select rules and eligibility,
and search for "abrogated".
Finally, I'll note that Hockey East has and will use treatment (1):
For Hockey East purposes, UML lost the forfeited games and their
opponents won them.
Whew! .. wts
The above RPI rankings are unofficial.
For individual rankings and season composites, please visit
http://Maine.edu/HEAL/
Game scores for these rankings have been provided by US College Hockey
Online, sometimes supplemented by other sources. USCHO's composite of
all Division I men's ice hockey games is available at
http://uscho.com/
in the section marked Men's Division I schedules. In addition, USCHO
has extensive information about KRACH, its underlying methods and
history, as well as the methods used by the NCAA.
This ranking report is available for republication without restriction.
It may be reformatted or used in part without restriction. Reference
to the HEAL web site or the author (Wayne T. Smith; [log in to unmask]) is
appreciated.
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