The College Hockey Discussion List Poll for March 31, 1993: 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. Big Surprise department: The Phinal Phour teams (Maine, Michigan, Boston University, and Lake Superior) took the top four positions in this week's HOCKEY-L poll as well. In fact, of the 8 x 4 = 32 first- through fourth- place votes that were sent in this week, 30 went to the Phinal Phour teams. The other two, both fourth-place votes, went to Miami. It doesn't make much of a difference now, but a couple of the teams that were "on the bubble" and wound up not making the tournament have improved their lot -- at least according to the HOCKEY-L voters. Note that RPI has jumped ahead of Brown and Michigan State is in front of Northern Michigan. Some small consolation to Engineer and Spartan fans. Composite poll (8 responses): Last Record Pts. Week Range 1. Maine (8) 40-1-2 120 1 1 2. Michigan 30-6-3 108 3 2-4 3. Boston University 29-8-2 101 2 2-5 Lake Superior 29-7-5 101 3 2-5 5. Minnesota-Duluth 27-11-2 84 7 5-7 6. Miami 27-9-5 79 5 4-9 7. Minnesota 22-12-8 64 9 6-11 8. Clarkson 20-10-5 62 6 7-10 9. Wisconsin 24-15-3 61 10 7-11 10. Harvard 22-6-3 52 8 5-12 11. RPI 20-11-4 30 13 9-14 12. Brown 16-12-3 28 11 10-14 Michigan State 24-14-2 28 14 11-13 14. Northern Michigan 21-18-4 27 12 9-13 15. UMass-Lowell 20-17-2 7 15 14-15 Others receiving votes: St. Lawrence, Michigan Tech, Western Michigan Teams named on all responses: Maine, Michigan, Boston University, Lake Superior, Minnesota-Duluth, Miami, Minnesota, Clarkson, Wisconsin, Harvard, RPI, Brown No East-West split this week, as we had only one Western voter. Also, no media composite or Tadpoll, since there weren't any media polls. Also also, the only rating I saw this week was CHODR, which means the Tad-rate wouldn't be terribly interesting either... HOCKEY-L CHODR Team Record Rank Rank Maine 40-1-2 1 1 Michigan 30-6-3 2 2 Boston University 29-8-2 3 4 Lake Superior 29-7-5 3 3 Minnesota-Duluth 27-11-2 5 5 Miami 27-9-5 6 7 Minnesota 22-12-8 7 14 Clarkson 20-10-5 8 6 Wisconsin 24-15-3 9 8 Harvard 22-6-3 10 9 RPI 20-11-4 11 13 Brown 16-12-3 12 18 Michigan State 24-14-2 12 11 Northern Michigan 21-18-4 14 12 UMass-Lowell 20-17-2 15 16 ------------------------------------------- Michigan Tech 17-15-5 10 New Hampshire 18-17-3 15 Next week's HOCKEY-L poll will be the last one for this season. Thanks again to all of you who have sent in responses and have helped make the poll successful. -- 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. Questions about the poll should be sent to [log in to unmask] .