The College Hockey Computer Rating compiled by Keith Instone Includes games on 12/9/90. Last week's ranking includes games on 12/2/90. Last Division I Schedule Schedule Rank Week Team Record Rating Strength Rank 1 1 Lake Superior 13 3 2 100.00 71.17 5 2 3 Michigan 12 4 2 94.08 72.92 3 3 2 Boston College 9 3 0 88.61 65.28 10 4 7 Ferris State 10 3 5 86.15 67.68 9 5 6 Bowling Green 11 5 2 85.87 71.14 6 6 9 Boston University 9 3 1 83.96 59.26 13 7 8 Minnesota 13 1 3 79.59 46.64 38 8 4 Providence 8 3 1 78.28 58.37 14 9 10 Northern Michigan 11 3 2 77.59 52.39 26 10 5 Maine 10 3 1 76.42 52.15 27 11 12 Cornell 6 1 2 73.22 47.91 35 12 20 New Hampshire 12 3 0 73.15 43.03 39 13 11 Michigan State 6 8 4 72.47 75.58 1 14 16 Clarkson 8 3 1 69.49 48.96 33 15 14 Harvard 7 4 0 67.04 50.40 30 16 15 Western Michigan 7 9 2 65.84 72.06 4 17 18 St Lawrence 8 4 1 65.32 51.54 28 18 13 Wisconsin 10 5 2 65.07 50.36 31 19 21 RPI 6 5 0 64.64 60.57 12 20 22 Ohio State 5 8 3 63.21 75.11 2 21 17 North Dakota 10 7 1 62.10 53.80 22 22 19 Colgate 7 4 2 60.88 49.67 32 23 24 Yale 4 4 1 55.61 56.02 18 24 23 Illinois-Chicago 6 12 0 54.38 70.35 8 25 25 Merrimack 6 5 1 50.31 47.20 37 26 26 Minnesota-Duluth 6 8 4 44.84 50.65 29 27 27 Michigan Tech 6 9 1 44.37 53.00 24 28 28 Vermont 4 6 1 42.75 52.93 25 29 32 Miami 3 13 2 42.08 70.71 7 30 29 Alaska-Anchorage 3 7 3 40.26 53.19 23 31 31 St Cloud 5 8 3 40.17 47.87 36 32 34 Lowell 4 8 1 39.05 54.85 21 33 30 Princeton 3 7 0 37.43 54.98 19 34 35 Notre Dame 3 5 1 31.23 41.60 41 35 33 Alaska-Fairbanks 4 5 0 31.09 36.48 44 36 36 Northeastern 2 12 1 28.11 61.96 11 37 37 Brown 1 7 2 24.82 56.19 17 38 39 Colorado College 2 14 1 23.57 54.98 20 39 40 Air Force 1 6 1 23.48 56.62 16 40 38 Denver 2 14 2 23.14 57.37 15 41 41 Army 1 7 3 22.52 47.98 34 42 42 Alabama-Huntsville 2 7 1 15.76 38.91 42 43 43 Kent State 2 7 1 14.41 36.81 43 44 44 Dartmouth 0 5 1 0.00 41.70 40 The College Hockey Computer Rating uses a connected schedule graph and a least squares optimization to rate the 44 Division I college hockey teams. This method considers a team's opponents, and their opponents, etc, until all 302 Division I games are included. In addition to rating the teams, a strength of schedule is calculated for each team. The schedule strength can be computed by averaging the ratings of a team's opponents for each game. The ratings are normalized so that the #1 team receives a 100.00 and #44 gets a 0.00. Thus, the ratings are purely relative numbers, rating a team based on the rest of college hockey and not on any absolute basis. For every game game, the teams are evaluated based on: the outcome (win, lose, tie); the margin of victory; the site of the game (home, away, neutral ice); and overtime or regulation time. Only games against other Division I teams are considered. Notes for 12/9: The WCHA teams are rated lower than most people would expect. The WCHA as whole is rated low because it is 1-10 against teams in the other 3 conferences. The ECAC is 11-12, the CCHA is 6-4 and Hockey East is 23-15 against teams in the opposing leagues.