The College Hockey Computer Rating
compiled by Keith Instone
NOTE: TCHCR is *not* used in conjunction with the NCAA selection process.
Includes games on 2/29/92. Last week's ranking includes games on 2/22/92.
Last Division I Schedule Schedule
Rank Week Team Record Rating Strength Rank
1 1 Michigan 27 7 3 84.66 63.95 8
2 3 Minnesota 28 8 0 82.46 60.56 16
3 2 Lake Superior 19 9 4 79.48 65.87 5
4 4 Maine 26 3 2 76.28 46.98 26
5 5 Michigan State 18 9 7 76.17 65.51 6
6 6 Northern Michigan 20 13 3 70.90 61.34 14
7 7 Western Michigan 16 10 6 70.66 63.84 9
8 8 Wisconsin 19 11 2 69.91 60.83 15
9 10 Miami 15 14 5 64.57 64.07 7
10 11 Alaska-Anchorage 19 7 1 64.29 47.43 24
11 9 Boston University 21 7 4 63.62 47.59 23
12 17 Colorado College 15 15 4 59.59 59.63 17
13 18 Ferris State 11 16 7 59.47 66.56 4
14 13 Illinois-Chicago 10 16 6 59.34 66.79 2
15 14 Providence 20 12 2 59.22 49.63 22
16 21 New Hampshire 20 11 2 58.79 47.27 25
17 22 Bowling Green 8 18 5 56.98 68.49 1
18 20 Clarkson 19 8 1 56.94 39.59 41
19 15 Michigan Tech 14 19 1 56.92 63.45 10
20 12 Minnesota-Duluth 13 17 2 56.82 62.35 11
21 24 St Lawrence 19 8 1 56.73 40.01 39
22 16 North Dakota 16 17 1 56.61 58.37 18
23 19 Harvard 14 6 6 55.55 43.52 32
24 25 Ohio State 10 19 5 54.96 66.58 3
25 23 St Cloud 12 17 1 54.28 61.74 13
26 26 Yale 12 6 7 49.56 41.73 36
27 30 Boston College 13 16 3 47.19 51.92 20
28 29 Vermont 15 11 3 45.74 39.55 42
29 27 Denver 9 24 1 44.78 62.07 12
30 28 Cornell 12 10 4 43.59 38.95 44
31 31 UMass-Lowell 9 18 4 42.73 54.40 19
32 34 Kent 10 14 2 41.23 46.47 27
33 32 Alaska-Fairbanks 13 16 0 40.63 43.76 31
34 33 Northeastern 11 19 0 38.35 49.74 21
35 36 Colgate 12 15 1 37.58 40.88 37
36 38 Brown 10 15 4 37.39 43.26 33
37 35 RPI 11 14 4 37.28 42.22 35
38 39 Princeton 11 13 1 37.28 39.76 40
39 37 Merrimack 12 20 0 35.19 44.79 29
40 40 Alabama-Huntsville 8 11 0 33.17 39.34 43
41 41 Notre Dame 8 17 0 29.66 46.27 28
42 42 Dartmouth 3 21 2 16.10 43.93 30
43 44 Union 2 21 1 11.74 42.54 34
44 43 Air Force 3 21 0 11.27 38.69 45
45 45 Army 2 16 0 9.33 40.17 38
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 674 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.
Play-off games are weighted more than regular season games.