Ben Cloutier had noted that only one team in the top 14 of TCHCR had a top 10 strength of schedule (that team being #4 Wisconsin). I think I have a good explanation for this. I recall that the TCHCR uses something called a "game outcome measure" (GOM) which gives the winning team a certain number of points depending on the results of the game. In at least a past version of TCHCR, Keith had given ALOT of points to a team for merely winning a game (which tells you something). Thus, if you have lost many games but to tough opponents, you wouldn't get the same amount of credit as you would with a different GOM (as in, say, CHODR). I note that TCHCR maintains its integrity, though. It realizes extremely little connectivity between good teams that have played tough competition and weaker teams that have played mediocre competition. This means that when the good teams start playing the "rest" of the league, look for their ratings to catapult (provided they win, of course). Then again, I'm not sure whether Keith is using the same GOM anymore. The moral of the story is that mutual team standings should really be ignored where connectivity is weak. - Stephen Leroy (Cornell '88)