CCHA Rank
A mathematical ranking of the CCHA (members and the affiliate)
By Keith Instone
 
Includes games on 1/3/92
 
                                 League*
Rank Pts Team                    Record    Performance    Schedule   Rating
  1    2  Michigan               9  3  2    42.86   3    11.37   2    54.23
  2    1  Miami                 11  3  2    50.00   1    -6.09   9    43.91
  3    -  Alaska-Fairbanks       6  3  0    33.33   4     0.92   6    34.26
  4    3  Lake Superior          8  2  3    46.15   2   -12.30  11    33.86
  5    4  Western Michigan       9  5  1    26.67   5     0.38   7    27.04
  6    4  Michigan State         8  5  1    21.43   6     3.82   4    25.25
  7    7  Ferris State           4  7  3   -21.43   8    15.41   1    -6.02
  8    6  Bowling Green          7  8  0    -6.67   7    -8.01  10   -14.68
  9    8  Kent                   4  9  1   -35.71   9     8.00   3   -27.71
 10    9  Ohio State             3 10  1   -50.00  11    -3.44   8   -53.44
 11    9  Illinois-Chicago       3  8  1   -41.67  10   -15.08  12   -56.75
 12   11  Notre Dame             2 11  1   -64.29  12     3.72   5   -60.57
 
*The "League record" includes CCHA league games and games with the
affiliate, which are the games that will determine the seedings for the
league play-offs. So far, this includes 82 games. Alaska-Fairbanks will
be seeded from 7th to 12th, with the other positions determined by
league points.
 
PERFORMANCE is based on won-lost record only; game sites and margin of
victory are not considered, for example. Performance ranges from +100
(for an undefeated and untied team) to -100 (for a winless and untied
team), with a .500 winning percentage getting a zero performance.
 
SCHEDULE is the average rating of a team's opponents.
 
RATING is the sum of performance and schedule and represents an
evaluation of how each team has done so far with respect to the rest of
the league.
 
The PTS column is the ranking of the teams based solely on points
earned in CCHA league games.
 
 
NOTES
Alaska-Fairbanks continues to look very good, as they are ranked third.
If UAF were to lose its remaining games against a CCHA opponent (two
games with Michigan State), they would still be ranked #6. Depending on
how the rest of the league play turns out, UAF could drop further, but
probably only a few spots to #8 or maybe even #9. At the very least, it
is obvious that UAF has performed better than the bottom few teams in
the league, so their seeding will not be an easy decision for the CCHA
office to make.
 
CCHA Rank is a special version of The College Hockey Computer Rating,
applied only to CCHA league games and games with its affiliate.