Congrats to the Lakers, #1 on the ice and in TCHCR. Keith =================================================== The College Hockey Computer Rating compiled by Keith Instone NOTE: TCHCR was *not* used in conjunction with the NCAA selection process. Includes games on 4/4/92. Last week's ranking includes games on 3/23/92. Last Division I Schedule Schedule Rank Week Team Record Rating Strength Rank 1 2 Lake Superior 29 9 4 91.07 70.16 3 2 1 Michigan 32 9 3 86.35 67.66 9 3 3 Minnesota 33 11 0 82.07 63.42 15 4 5 Michigan State 24 11 8 81.18 69.33 6 5 6 Northern Michigan 25 14 3 76.89 64.49 12 6 4 Maine 29 4 2 75.07 47.20 26 7 7 Wisconsin 27 14 2 73.97 63.66 13 8 8 Western Michigan 16 14 6 70.01 68.15 8 9 10 Miami 17 17 6 67.41 68.82 7 10 12 Ferris State 13 18 7 63.35 69.67 5 11 9 Alaska-Anchorage 21 8 1 62.74 47.88 23 12 15 Colorado College 18 18 5 60.61 61.61 18 13 20 Ohio State 12 21 5 59.51 69.78 4 14 22 Illinois-Chicago 10 20 6 59.48 70.75 2 15 11 Boston University 21 9 4 59.39 47.54 25 16 17 North Dakota 17 21 1 58.15 63.07 17 17 18 Minnesota-Duluth 15 20 2 58.11 63.41 16 18 24 Bowling Green 8 21 5 57.85 71.80 1 19 21 Michigan Tech 15 22 1 57.43 65.74 10 20 16 Providence 21 13 2 57.08 48.02 21 21 13 New Hampshire 22 13 2 56.73 47.81 24 22 23 St Cloud 13 21 1 56.30 65.09 11 23 14 St Lawrence 22 9 1 55.95 40.04 37 24 19 Clarkson 20 10 1 53.27 40.01 38 25 25 Harvard 14 7 6 52.02 41.76 32 26 29 Denver 9 25 2 46.17 63.60 14 27 26 Yale 12 7 7 45.85 40.17 36 28 27 Boston College 14 18 3 45.72 51.05 20 29 28 Cornell 14 11 4 44.13 38.95 40 30 30 Vermont 15 12 3 42.05 37.78 45 31 32 Alaska-Fairbanks 14 17 0 40.71 43.64 30 32 33 Kent 10 14 2 40.45 45.67 27 33 31 UMass-Lowell 9 19 4 40.05 52.82 19 34 34 RPI 13 15 4 38.25 41.13 34 35 35 Northeastern 12 20 0 37.18 48.00 22 36 36 Princeton 12 14 1 35.86 38.24 43 37 37 Brown 10 16 4 34.74 41.78 31 38 38 Colgate 12 16 1 34.67 39.04 39 39 39 Merrimack 12 21 0 33.43 44.17 29 40 40 Alabama-Huntsville 8 11 0 32.37 38.51 42 41 41 Notre Dame 8 19 0 27.01 44.79 28 42 42 Dartmouth 3 21 2 13.93 41.72 33 43 43 Air Force 4 22 0 12.72 38.06 44 44 44 Union 2 21 1 9.74 40.50 35 45 45 Army 2 16 0 8.00 38.81 41 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 750 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.