The College Hockey Computer Rating compiled by Keith Instone NOTE: TCHCR is *not* used in conjunction with the NCAA selection process. Includes games on 12/22/91. Last week's ranking includes games on 12/16/91. Last Division I Schedule Schedule Rank Week Team Record Rating Strength Rank 1 3 Maine 12 1 0 78.91 46.75 33 2 1 Michigan 9 3 3 78.72 63.04 1 3 4 Lake Superior 11 4 1 77.26 59.33 9 4 2 Yale 6 0 1 74.72 45.55 37 5 9 Northern Michigan 13 5 2 74.47 57.05 14 6 7 Minnesota 12 6 0 73.65 60.12 5 7 5 Clarkson 9 2 0 69.78 45.27 41 8 6 Michigan State 7 3 4 69.27 59.64 7 9 8 Alaska-Anchorage 12 3 0 68.27 46.05 35 10 10 St Lawrence 8 2 0 66.89 43.69 44 11 11 Harvard 4 1 2 64.37 45.61 36 12 12 New Hampshire 9 4 0 64.04 49.77 29 13 13 Western Michigan 7 5 2 63.87 58.33 12 14 16 Wisconsin 9 6 1 61.69 56.78 16 15 15 Boston University 9 4 0 61.08 48.31 31 16 14 Providence 11 5 0 59.94 45.22 42 17 19 Minnesota-Duluth 7 8 1 57.07 60.45 3 18 18 Miami 7 7 2 56.66 57.02 15 19 23 St Cloud 5 7 0 55.47 62.66 2 20 21 North Dakota 9 7 0 55.16 50.60 28 21 17 UMass-Lowell 6 5 0 54.69 52.40 24 22 25 Michigan Tech 7 8 1 53.89 56.42 18 23 20 Vermont 4 5 0 52.05 53.78 21 24 22 Cornell 2 4 2 49.86 58.42 11 25 28 Colorado College 5 9 3 48.17 56.73 17 26 24 Boston College 7 9 1 46.94 52.64 23 27 30 Illinois-Chicago 4 8 2 46.89 58.74 10 28 27 Ferris State 2 7 5 46.79 59.71 6 29 26 Brown 3 4 1 46.52 51.87 27 30 34 Bowling Green 4 9 1 45.20 59.57 8 31 31 Northeastern 4 7 0 45.01 57.28 13 32 29 RPI 5 6 0 43.91 47.95 32 33 33 Ohio State 4 8 2 42.71 54.84 20 34 35 Alaska-Fairbanks 6 8 0 41.32 45.48 38 35 32 Princeton 4 7 0 38.17 46.59 34 36 36 Denver 3 12 1 37.62 60.27 4 37 37 Merrimack 6 8 0 33.16 37.88 45 38 38 Kent 2 8 1 31.74 48.60 30 39 39 Alabama-Huntsville 2 9 0 30.68 53.76 22 40 40 Colgate 1 6 1 29.72 52.39 25 41 41 Dartmouth 1 5 0 25.31 52.16 26 42 42 Notre Dame 3 8 0 25.10 45.47 39 43 44 Air Force 1 6 0 20.61 44.16 43 44 43 Union 0 6 0 19.58 55.46 19 45 45 Army 0 7 0 8.06 45.28 40 The College Hockey Computer Rating uses a connected schedule graph and a least squares optimization to rate the 45 Division I college hockey teams. This method considers a team's opponents, and their opponents, etc., until all 282 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. For every game, the teams are evaluated based on: the outcome (win, lose, tie); the margin of victory; percentage of goals allowed; the site of the game (home, away, neutral ice); and overtime or regulation time. Only games against other Division I teams are considered.