Heal Point System Rank for Men's Division I College Hockey, through 12/29/1996.
Compiled by Wayne T. Smith
This report includes results from 344 Division I games.
Only games between teams with 20 or more Division I games scheduled are counted,
as 20 Division I games are required for eligibility to the NCAA tournament,
and only games between eligible teams (+ Maine) are used in the NCAA selection
process.
Last
Rank Week School Played Record P.I. T.I.
1 1 Vermont 15 10- 5- 0 26.67 150.67 L09,W23
2 3 New Hampshire 17 15- 2- 0 35.29 144.83 W23,W09
3 2 Michigan 18 16- 1- 1 36.67 141.05 W42,W21
4 6 North Dakota 18 12- 4- 2 28.89 139.00 W14,T14
5 8 Minnesota 18 12- 6- 0 26.67 137.81 W25,W07
6 4 Cornell 12 8- 3- 1 28.33 134.96 W36,W32
7 5 Miami 18 14- 4- 0 31.11 131.08 W12,L05
8 9 St Cloud 18 12- 4- 2 28.89 125.73
9 10 Colorado College 18 11- 6- 1 25.56 124.38 W01,L02
10 7 Michigan State 17 11- 6- 0 25.88 110.51 L21,W42
11 14 Rensselaer 15 9- 4- 2 26.67 110.12 W33,W39
12 12 Clarkson 15 9- 6- 0 24.00 108.76 L07,W25
13 16 Princeton 16 11- 3- 2 30.00 106.30 W37,W37
14 11 Boston University 17 10- 4- 3 27.06 105.64 L04,T04
15 13 Dartmouth 9 6- 3- 0 26.67 104.86
16 17 Denver 18 10- 6- 2 24.44 103.38 W18,W27
17 18 Colgate 16 8- 7- 1 21.25 90.38 L32,W36
18 15 Maine 16 7- 8- 1 18.75 89.49 L16,W43
19 20 Union 12 4- 7- 1 15.00 88.29
20 23 Mass Lowell 14 8- 6- 0 22.86 81.39
21 26 Lake Superior 22 13- 8- 1 24.55 81.10 W10,L03
22 22 Minnesota-Duluth 20 11- 8- 1 23.00 81.03
23 19 Wisconsin 18 7-10- 1 16.67 80.83 L02,L01
24 21 Bowling Green 19 7-10- 2 16.84 73.50 L39,L33
25 24 Boston College 18 7-10- 1 16.67 69.86 L05,L12
26 29 St Lawrence 15 6- 8- 1 17.33 69.56 W28,W41
27 25 Yale 12 4- 6- 2 16.67 69.27 W43,L16
28 27 Western Michigan 17 7- 8- 2 18.82 67.10 L26,W38
29 28 Alaska-Anchorage 16 5- 9- 2 15.00 61.31
30 30 Harvard 14 5- 7- 2 17.14 56.70
31 31 Northern Michigan 20 4-14- 2 10.00 53.71
32 33 Merrimack 17 4-12- 1 10.59 53.18 W17,L06
33 35 Mass Amherst 18 8-10- 0 17.78 49.26 L11,W24
34 34 Army 8 1- 6- 1 7.50 47.50
35 37 Northeastern 15 2-11- 2 8.00 44.89
36 38 Providence 18 6-11- 1 14.44 39.91 L06,L17
37 36 Notre Dame 16 4-11- 1 11.25 38.78 L13,L13
38 32 Ferris State 16 5-11- 0 12.50 38.20 L41,L28
39 42 Brown 13 2-10- 1 7.69 37.31 W24,L11
40 39 Alaska-Fairbanks 19 4-15- 0 8.42 34.61
41 40 Ohio State 19 5-14- 0 10.53 33.03 W38,L26
42 41 Michigan Tech 16 2-13- 1 6.25 24.65 L03,L10
43 43 Air Force 5 0- 5- 0 1.00 0.00 L27,L18
Average ranking of each league(#teams):
League This week Last week Last Year
WCHA(10): 18.90 19.10 20.80
HEA(09): 23.89 24.33 17.22
CCHA(10): 24.90 23.50 21.00
ECAC(12): 18.00 18.67 23.75
Comments on this week's ratings ...
- UVMs loss to CC tightens the race for 1st place.
- Substantial gaps in rating score has developed after places 9 & 16.
- MSU and Maine plummet with a loss & then win against weak opponent.
- Interesting league "average rankings" compared to a year ago:
HEA falls from top to near bottom, ECAC leaps from bottom to top.
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
INFO-HOCKEY-L, The College Hockey Information List, an internet mailing
list hosted by The University of Maine System. Mr. Machnik's composite
of all Division I men's ice hockey games is available in the list
archives ([log in to unmask]) as file "9697MCMP SCHEDULE" and,
with all team schedules, at US College Hockey Online
http://www.uscollegehockey.com/
Copyright 1996 by Wayne T. Smith [log in to unmask]
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