[Success!] The College Hockey Discussion List Poll for January 8, 1992: Teams were given 15 points for a first-place vote, 14 for a second-place vote, and so on down to 1 point for a fifteenth-place vote. Total first- place votes are in parentheses. Now We've Achieved Legitimacy department: This week's poll lists exactly the same teams as the NCAA's top 15 does, and in close to the same order. Wow! Composite poll (7 responses): Last Record Pts. Poll (12/19/91) 1. Maine (4) 16-2 100.5 1 2. Lake Superior (1) 14-4-1 93 3 3. Michigan (1) 13-3-3 89 5 4. Northern Michigan (1) 13-5-2 85 2 5. Minnesota 14-6 78.5 6 6. Clarkson 13-3 59 3 7. Michigan State 11-4-4 58 9 8. Wisconsin 12-7-1 51 15 9. St. Lawrence 11-3-2 50 7 10. Providence 13-5 47 11 11. Boston University 12-4 33 12 12. New Hampshire 11-6 27 14 13. Alaska-Anchorage 14-5 21 8 14. Western Michigan 7-7-2 19 12 15. Yale 7-2-2 17 10 Others receiving votes: Harvard, Miami, North Dakota, UMass-Lowell Eastern responses: Western responses: 1. Maine (2) 70.5 1. Maine (2) 30 2. Nor. Michigan (1) 67 2. Lake Superior 27 3. Lake Superior (1) 66 3. Michigan 25 4. Michigan (1) 64 4. Michigan State 23 5. Minnesota 57.5 5. Minnesota 21 6. Clarkson 45 6. Northern Michigan 18 7. St. Lawrence 40 7. New Hampshire 15 8. Wisconsin 38 8. Clarkson 14 9. Michigan State 35 Providence 14 10. Providence 33 10. Wisconsin 13 11. Boston University 30 11. St. Lawrence 10 12. Alaska-Anchorage 16 Western Michigan 10 13. New Hampshire 12 Yale 10 14. Western Michigan 9 14. Alaska-Anchorage 5 15. Yale 7 15. Boston University 3 Times- HOCKEY-L WMPL Union NCAA TCHCR Team Record Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank Maine 16-2 1 1 1 1 6 Lake Superior 14-4-1 2 2 3 2 2 Michigan 13-3-3 3 4 4 4 1 Northern Michigan 13-5-2 4 2 2 3 4 Minnesota 14-6 5 5 5 5 3 Clarkson 13-3 6 7 7 5 13 Michigan State 11-4-4 7 10 9 5 Wisconsin 12-7-1 8 8 8 8 7 St. Lawrence 11-3-2 9 6 6 7 11 Providence 13-5 10 10 11 15 Boston University 12-4 11 9 9 10 14 New Hampshire 11-6 12 13 20 Alaska-Anchorage 14-5 13 15 9 Western Michigan 7-7-2 14 14 8 Yale 7-2-2 15 12 18 -- To vote in the HOCKEY-L poll, send your response to: [log in to unmask] The deadline for responses is Tuesday at nidnight. The poll is released every Wednesday morning.