I did not have time to finish the notes to my satisfaction, so I will save them for next week. The notes will be about games played and average number of opponents so far this year, plus a comparison of 91-92 to past seasons (going back to 86-87). Keith (Email TCHCR questions to [log in to unmask]) ================================================== The College Hockey Computer Rating compiled by Keith Instone NOTE: TCHCR is *not* used in conjunction with the NCAA selection process. Includes games on 1/19/92. Last week's ranking includes games on 1/11/92. Last Division I Schedule Schedule Rank Week Team Record Rating Strength Rank 1 3 Minnesota 18 6 0 83.38 63.56 9 2 2 Lake Superior 14 4 2 83.23 62.59 12 3 1 Michigan 16 4 3 82.58 62.39 14 4 4 Northern Michigan 14 7 3 77.03 63.94 8 5 5 Maine 16 2 0 75.72 44.91 31 6 6 Michigan State 12 5 5 73.72 62.38 15 7 7 Wisconsin 15 8 1 72.39 62.83 11 8 9 Western Michigan 10 8 2 66.74 62.48 13 9 8 Boston University 15 4 0 66.48 46.68 25 10 12 Alaska-Anchorage 15 5 1 64.64 47.25 24 11 14 Miami 11 9 2 64.31 60.66 16 12 13 Providence 15 6 1 61.62 45.63 29 13 18 Minnesota-Duluth 10 11 1 61.61 64.58 6 14 15 Michigan Tech 10 13 1 60.75 67.08 1 15 10 North Dakota 12 11 1 59.92 58.73 17 16 11 St Lawrence 12 4 1 59.66 40.68 42 17 17 Clarkson 12 4 1 59.12 39.60 44 18 16 Harvard 8 3 3 59.11 44.62 32 19 22 Illinois-Chicago 7 10 3 57.91 64.98 5 20 21 New Hampshire 13 7 0 57.69 45.56 30 21 19 Yale 8 2 3 57.21 41.53 39 22 20 St Cloud 7 10 1 56.96 64.29 7 23 24 Colorado College 8 10 4 55.46 58.42 18 24 26 Bowling Green 5 12 3 52.59 65.23 4 25 23 Ferris State 4 11 5 52.28 66.26 2 26 25 Cornell 7 5 2 48.83 41.68 38 27 27 Ohio State 6 13 3 48.56 63.23 10 28 28 Denver 6 17 1 47.33 65.25 3 29 30 Boston College 9 11 1 45.52 50.10 21 30 29 UMass-Lowell 6 11 1 44.93 55.76 19 31 31 Alaska-Fairbanks 9 10 0 42.11 42.66 35 32 35 Vermont 7 9 1 39.39 41.52 40 33 33 RPI 8 10 0 39.02 43.85 33 34 36 Merrimack 10 11 0 37.28 38.95 45 35 34 Northeastern 7 12 0 36.40 47.70 23 36 32 Brown 5 10 2 36.14 46.11 27 37 37 Alabama-Huntsville 5 10 0 35.20 48.07 22 38 39 Colgate 6 10 1 33.84 40.93 41 39 38 Princeton 6 9 0 33.37 40.38 43 40 40 Kent 3 12 2 33.14 51.50 20 41 41 Notre Dame 5 10 0 27.09 42.70 34 42 43 Union 1 11 1 13.62 42.42 36 43 42 Dartmouth 1 13 0 12.02 45.77 28 44 44 Air Force 1 13 0 11.26 42.20 37 45 45 Army 0 12 0 7.82 46.27 26 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 426 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.