Heal Point System Rank for Men's Division I College Hockey, through 03/29/1998.
(after NCAA Regional Tournaments)
Compiled by Wayne T. Smith
 
This report includes results from 766 Division I games.
 
     Last
Rank Week School          Played   Record      P.I.     T.I.
 1     1  Michigan State     41   31- 6- 4    32.20   157.47 L6
 2     2  North Dakota       39   30- 8- 1    31.28   144.98 L5
 3     3  Boston University  37   27- 8- 2    30.27   137.43 L7
 4     4  Boston College     39   26- 8- 5    29.23   133.09 W11
 5     5  Michigan           42   30-11- 1    29.05   131.81 W13,W2
 6     7  Ohio State         40   26-12- 2    27.00   128.24 W10,W1
 7     8  New Hampshire      36   24-11- 1    27.22   127.70 W9,W3
 8     6  Clarkson           34   22- 9- 3    27.65   119.30 L11
 9     9  Wisconsin          39   24-14- 1    25.13   113.68 L7
10    10  Yale               35   23- 9- 3    28.00   111.79 L6
11    13  Colorado College   42   26-13- 3    26.19   105.72 W8,L4
12    12  St Cloud           38   20-16- 2    22.11   104.94 -
13    11  Princeton          34   16-11- 7    22.94   102.58 L5
14    15  Miami              36   18-14- 4    22.22   102.26 -
15    14  Minnesota-Duluth   38   19-17- 2    21.05   101.46 -
16    16  Northeastern       37   19-15- 3    22.16   100.68 -
17    18  Maine              33   15-14- 4    20.61    97.69 -
18    17  Northern Michigan  37   18-15- 4    21.62    97.22 -
19    19  Cornell            32   14-16- 2    18.75    89.84 -
20    20  Notre Dame         40   17-19- 4    19.00    89.72 -
21    21  Rensselaer         34   17-13- 4    22.35    88.63 -
22    22  Minnesota          39   17-22- 0    17.44    87.69 -
23    23  Colgate            33   14-15- 4    19.39    84.87 -
24    25  Lake Superior      36   15-17- 4    18.89    84.85 -
25    24  Harvard            33   14-17- 2    18.18    84.71 -
26    26  Brown              31   13-16- 2    18.06    81.24 -
27    27  Mass Lowell        36   16-17- 3    19.44    79.91 -
28    28  Ferris State       38   15-20- 3    17.37    79.27 -
29    29  Providence         36   15-18- 3    18.33    74.37 -
30    30  Michigan Tech      37   14-20- 3    16.76    71.31 -
31    31  Dartmouth          29   11-13- 5    18.62    67.87 -
32    32  Vermont            34   10-20- 4    14.12    63.91 -
33    33  Denver             36   11-23- 2    13.33    61.46 -
34    34  St Lawrence        32    8-20- 4    12.50    56.61 -
35    35  Mankato State      30   12-15- 3    18.00    53.80 -
36    36  Merrimack          37   10-26- 1    11.35    50.68 -
37    37  Western Michigan   37   10-25- 2    11.89    49.80 -
38    38  Alaska-Fairbanks   32    8-20- 4    12.50    48.73 -
39    39  Bowling Green      37    7-27- 3     9.19    44.15 -
40    40  Alaska-Anchorage   36    6-25- 5     9.44    40.80 -
41    41  Union              30    5-21- 4     9.33    40.40 -
42    42  Mass Amherst       31    5-23- 3     8.39    34.50 -
43    43  Army               17    2-15- 0     4.71    17.97 -
44    44  Air Force          12    3- 9- 0    10.00    14.83 -
 
 
Average ranking of each league(#teams):
 
  WCHA(09):      17.40
   HEA(09):      20.11
  CCHA(11):      23.00
  ECAC(12):      23.58
 
On this week's games (all in fun) ...
 
- So much for the top three.
 
- So much for the "bye" being an advantage (only bye to win was BC)
 
- So much for the most powerful league (by above ranking), as the
  WCHA gets shutout from the Frigid Four next week.
 
- Quiz for Easterners:
 
  1. Name one OSU player or coach, or the name of their home rink.
 
  2. Hum the Michigan Fight Song.  Never mind; you'll have plenty of
     practice this Thursday during their game with UNH.
 
- Quiz for Westerners:
 
  1. Why will some Michigan fans periodically whistle this Thursday?
 
  2. When arriving at Logan International Airport for the Frigid Four,
     should you rent a car?
 
On "The Heal Point System" ...
 
The Heal Point System is used to rank secondary schools in Maine in
several sports.  The Heal Point System was developed many years ago by
Durwood Heal to rank Maine secondary school basketball teams.
 
On the Maine secondary school calculation ...
 
"P.I." stands for "Preliminary Index".  "P.I." is calculated for each
team by giving a team 40 points for each win and 20 points for each tie,
and then dividing by the number of scheduled games.  Minimum "P.I." is
1.00.
 
"T.I." stands for "Tournament Index" and is used to rank the teams.
"T.I." is calculated for each team by summing the "P.I." of the
opponents for each win, one half the "P.I." for each tie, then dividing
by the number of games scheduled and then multiplying by 10.
 
Note: This Division I college hockey "Heal Point System" ranking uses
   the number of games played instead of the number of games scheduled.
   Since all games in Division I college hockey are normally played,
   there is no difference between this and the traditional Heal Point
   System at end of season and this method produces better preliminary
   results.
 
Game scores for this ranking have been provided by Mike Machnik and US
College Hockey Online, sometimes supplemented by other sources.  Mr.
Machnik's composite of all Division I men's ice hockey games is
available at http://www.uscollegehockey.com/ in the section marked
schedules and then Division I composite schedule.
 
Copyright 1998 by Wayne T. Smith                         [log in to unmask]