Heal Point System Rank for Men's Division I College Hockey, through 2000-12-30. Compiled by Wayne T. Smith This report includes results from 494 Division I games. Last Rank Week School Played Record P.I. T.I. 1 1 Michigan State 19 14- 1- 4 33.68 161.11 W3,W50 2 2 New Hampshire 20 13- 4- 3 29.00 145.87 L39,W28 3 3 Boston College 18 13- 4- 1 30.00 144.33 L1,W6 4 6 North Dakota 22 14- 4- 4 29.09 142.41 L29,W38 5 7 Western Michigan 19 14- 3- 2 31.58 138.00 W53,W23 6 4 Michigan 21 13- 5- 3 27.62 130.75 L50,L3 7 5 Providence 17 9- 5- 3 24.71 130.72 W43,L12 8 9 Minnesota 19 12- 5- 2 27.37 128.19 W20,W36 9 13 Colorado College 18 13- 4- 1 30.00 124.29 W44,W44 10 16 St. Cloud 18 13- 4- 1 30.00 118.28 - 11 8 Rensselaer 14 9- 4- 1 27.14 115.39 L21,W49 12 18 Denver 20 11- 7- 2 24.00 115.29 W45,W7 13 11 Cornell 12 6- 4- 2 23.33 113.08 W18,L16 14 14 Quinnipiac 16 10- 4- 2 27.50 112.84 - 15 15 Yale 12 6- 6- 0 20.00 110.26 - 16 20 Maine 19 9- 6- 4 23.16 109.38 W22,W13 17 17 Vermont 13 9- 4- 0 27.69 107.78 W28,W39 18 12 Ohio State 17 9- 7- 1 22.35 106.79 L13,L22 19 19 Wisconsin 22 13- 9- 0 23.64 104.77 W38,W29 20 10 Union 14 6- 5- 3 21.43 99.89 L8,T58 21 28 Northeastern 17 7- 7- 3 20.00 97.86 W11,L42 22 21 Clarkson 13 5- 5- 3 20.00 96.97 L16,W18 23 23 Merrimack 21 10-10- 1 20.00 93.89 W56,L5 24 25 Wayne State 17 10- 7- 0 23.53 93.56 W51 25 27 MSU-Mankato 18 10- 8- 0 22.22 89.19 - 26 29 Iona 17 9- 6- 2 23.53 88.46 - 27 22 Mercyhurst 13 7- 4- 2 24.62 86.76 L41 28 24 Miami 20 10- 8- 2 22.00 86.51 L17,L2 29 37 Boston University 16 6- 9- 1 16.25 84.89 W4,L19 30 40 Nebraska-Omaha 22 11-10- 1 20.91 83.66 W31,W48 31 32 UMass-Lowell 17 7- 8- 2 18.82 83.00 L30,W32 32 26 Alabama-Huntsville 16 8- 8- 0 20.00 81.41 L48,L31 33 33 Northern Michigan 19 9- 5- 5 24.21 80.92 - 34 35 Sacred Heart 14 6- 5- 3 21.43 79.99 - 35 30 Niagara 19 7- 9- 3 17.89 78.24 W41 36 34 Lake Superior 22 10-12- 0 18.18 77.48 W58,L8 37 36 Alaska-Fairbanks 16 4- 8- 4 15.00 75.67 - 38 31 Princeton 15 5- 7- 3 17.33 74.71 L19,L4 39 48 Dartmouth 11 4- 7- 0 14.55 72.87 W2,L17 40 41 Alaska-Anchorage 16 5-10- 1 13.75 70.74 - 41 43 Bowling Green 18 4-10- 4 13.33 70.46 W27,L35 42 47 St. Lawrence 15 5- 7- 3 17.33 69.87 W49,W21 43 42 Ferris State 18 4-10- 4 13.33 67.92 L7,W45 44 39 Harvard 14 6- 7- 1 18.57 63.61 L9,L9 45 38 Air Force 12 5- 6- 1 18.33 63.10 L12,L43 46 46 Fairfield 14 5- 8- 1 15.71 62.46 - 47 44 UMass-Amherst 17 4-11- 2 11.76 62.39 - 48 49 Canisius 14 5- 7- 2 17.14 60.10 W32,L30 49 45 Notre Dame 21 4-14- 3 10.48 56.42 L42,L11 50 53 Michigan Tech 19 4-14- 1 9.47 54.11 W6,L1 51 50 Connecticut 17 6- 9- 2 16.47 51.59 W55,L24 52 51 American Int'l 15 4-10- 1 12.00 47.31 - 53 52 Colgate 17 3-11- 3 10.59 43.60 L5,T56 54 54 Brown 10 1- 7- 2 8.00 43.37 - 55 55 Holy Cross 15 3-11- 1 9.33 31.28 L51 56 56 Minnesota-Duluth 20 4-14- 2 10.00 30.76 L23,T53 57 57 Army 13 4- 9- 0 12.31 26.37 - 58 58 Bemidji State 17 1-15- 1 3.53 20.14 L36,T20 59 59 Bentley 13 1-11- 1 4.62 13.77 - Average ranking of each league: This week Last week WCHA: 23.30 25.80 HEA: 19.89 21.56 CCHA: 27.25 26.75 ECAC: 30.67 29.42 MAAC: 42.64 42.45 CHA: 38.80 35.40 Average rating of each league: This week Last week WCHA: 97.80 91.35 HEA: 105.81 103.96 CCHA: 94.64 95.75 ECAC: 84.28 86.77 MAAC: 60.08 60.65 CHA: 67.29 70.71 Average tie-game rate of each league(includes all games for each team): This week Last week WCHA: 0.073 0.073 HEA: 0.123 0.137 CCHA: 0.142 0.156 ECAC: 0.131 0.136 MAAC: 0.106 0.110 CHA: 0.062 0.055 Average tie-game rate for all D-I teams: 0.1113 (was 0.1173 last week) Overall home ice advantage=0.559 (was 0.558 last week) Comments on this weeks HEAL ranking ... * When Michigan State started at 1-1-1, who figured they wouldn't lose another game in 2000? * WCHA teams faired very well this week. St. Cloud had a great week moving from 16th to 10th place ... without playing a game. * Most non-conference games will be complete next week, leaving the ranking of conferences pretty much steady state after that. Comments on HEAL and the latest HEAL ranking may be found on the web at http://Maine.edu/HEAL/ Game scores for this ranking 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. HEAL is available for republication without restriction. HEAL 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.