The College Hockey Computer Rating compiled by Keith Instone NOTE: TCHCR is *not* used in conjunction with the NCAA selection process. Includes games on 2/22/92. Last week's ranking includes games on 2/15/92. Last Division I Schedule Schedule Rank Week Team Record Rating Strength Rank 1 2 Michigan 25 6 3 85.55 64.26 8 2 3 Lake Superior 19 7 4 83.30 66.14 3 3 1 Minnesota 26 8 0 83.27 62.30 15 4 4 Maine 24 3 2 74.70 45.62 28 5 5 Michigan State 15 9 7 74.09 66.23 2 6 7 Northern Michigan 18 13 3 71.87 64.06 9 7 8 Western Michigan 16 9 5 71.72 63.16 13 8 6 Wisconsin 17 11 2 69.92 62.83 14 9 9 Boston University 20 6 4 64.69 47.92 24 10 13 Miami 14 14 4 62.88 63.53 11 11 10 Alaska-Anchorage 17 7 1 61.59 45.97 27 12 12 Minnesota-Duluth 13 15 2 60.99 64.06 10 13 16 Illinois-Chicago 10 14 6 60.78 66.04 4 14 11 Providence 20 10 2 59.83 47.60 25 15 14 Michigan Tech 14 17 1 59.82 64.74 7 16 15 North Dakota 16 15 1 59.72 59.20 18 17 21 Colorado College 13 15 4 58.72 61.47 17 18 20 Ferris State 10 14 7 58.56 64.88 6 19 19 Harvard 14 4 6 57.83 41.72 35 20 24 Clarkson 18 7 1 57.16 38.35 45 21 23 New Hampshire 18 11 2 57.11 47.44 26 22 17 Bowling Green 8 17 5 56.98 67.68 1 23 22 St Cloud 12 15 1 56.78 62.14 16 24 18 St Lawrence 17 8 1 54.45 39.17 41 25 25 Ohio State 8 19 5 50.79 65.60 5 26 26 Yale 11 6 6 49.59 42.65 32 27 30 Denver 9 22 1 47.24 63.21 12 28 28 Cornell 12 9 3 45.27 39.15 42 29 27 Vermont 14 11 2 44.78 38.99 43 30 31 Boston College 11 16 3 44.54 51.74 20 31 29 UMass-Lowell 8 16 4 43.15 54.80 19 32 35 Alaska-Fairbanks 13 16 0 39.98 43.10 31 33 33 Northeastern 11 18 0 39.13 49.48 21 34 34 Kent 8 14 2 38.85 47.98 23 35 32 RPI 11 13 3 37.79 41.55 36 36 37 Colgate 11 14 1 37.12 41.12 37 37 36 Merrimack 12 18 0 35.61 43.25 30 38 38 Brown 9 14 4 35.37 41.86 34 39 39 Princeton 9 13 1 34.39 40.69 38 40 40 Alabama-Huntsville 8 11 0 32.61 38.76 44 41 41 Notre Dame 6 17 0 27.76 48.78 22 42 42 Dartmouth 2 20 2 14.08 43.81 29 43 43 Air Force 3 19 0 12.39 39.19 40 44 44 Union 2 19 1 12.04 42.11 33 45 45 Army 2 14 0 10.20 39.67 39 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 630 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.