The College Hockey Computer Rating compiled by Keith Instone Includes games on 12/2/90. Last week's ranking includes games on 11/25/90. Last Division I Schedule Schedule Rank Week Team Record Rating Strength Rank 1 1 Lake Superior 11 3 2 100.00 73.58 2 2 12 Boston College 8 2 0 91.64 64.09 11 3 3 Michigan 10 4 2 89.47 71.78 4 4 6 Providence 8 1 1 86.84 52.88 24 5 7 Maine 9 2 1 83.11 54.17 22 6 5 Bowling Green 9 5 2 82.25 70.21 5 7 9 Ferris State 8 3 5 82.22 67.13 7 8 13 Boston University 7 3 1 80.78 60.53 13 9 8 Minnesota 12 1 2 80.77 46.04 36 10 11 Northern Michigan 9 3 2 78.72 56.34 18 11 10 Michigan State 6 7 3 74.37 75.55 1 12 4 Cornell 4 1 2 70.70 50.75 31 13 14 Wisconsin 10 4 1 68.98 49.10 35 14 28 Harvard 6 3 0 68.89 49.60 34 15 17 Western Michigan 7 7 2 66.50 67.21 6 16 2 Clarkson 6 3 1 66.40 51.30 29 17 18 North Dakota 10 5 1 65.97 51.82 25 18 15 St Lawrence 7 4 0 65.90 54.58 21 19 16 Colgate 6 3 2 64.63 49.88 32 20 19 New Hampshire 9 3 0 64.55 37.50 42 21 22 RPI 5 4 0 63.52 58.91 15 22 20 Ohio State 4 8 2 56.81 73.25 3 23 24 Illinois-Chicago 6 10 0 53.91 66.17 9 24 41 Yale 3 3 1 51.37 53.53 23 25 21 Merrimack 6 4 1 49.69 41.45 39 26 25 Minnesota-Duluth 6 6 4 49.21 49.68 33 27 23 Michigan Tech 5 8 1 48.81 59.59 14 28 32 Vermont 4 5 1 45.36 51.40 28 29 26 Alaska-Anchorage 2 6 3 44.90 58.63 17 30 27 Princeton 3 5 0 42.13 51.57 26 31 30 St Cloud 4 7 3 41.26 51.50 27 32 29 Miami 3 11 2 38.43 64.62 10 33 34 Alaska-Fairbanks 4 5 0 32.24 37.69 41 34 31 Lowell 3 7 1 31.88 51.09 30 35 35 Notre Dame 3 5 1 29.18 39.67 40 36 33 Northeastern 1 10 1 28.63 66.38 8 37 43 Brown 1 5 2 26.45 55.23 19 38 36 Denver 1 13 2 23.49 62.89 12 39 38 Colorado College 1 13 1 23.28 58.76 16 40 39 Air Force 1 6 1 21.56 55.06 20 41 37 Army 1 6 2 18.68 44.26 37 42 42 Alabama-Huntsville 2 7 1 12.23 35.64 43 43 40 Kent State 2 7 1 11.42 34.06 44 44 44 Dartmouth 0 5 1 0.00 42.15 38 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 264 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, 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.