For my two cents worth of idea... As a former member of Hockey-L during college (Clarkson '91) I can safely say that I didn't need a top 15 poll to figure out who was on the bubble for making the NCAA Tourny in any of my four years. However, since I now am forced to follow college hockey through the media only (Houston is a long, and I do mean long way from any college hockey game...) it would be extremely helpful to see the top 15 teams in the hockey-l poll done by Bill Fenwick. this will not affect the current published polls in the national media, i.e. WMEB, Times-Union or (ugh...)USA Today, but it would give us the chance to determine the bubble teams much sooner during the course of the year. Since I believe that most ECAC teams will always live near that bubble it is even more important to me to know how things are going to shake out. I think that this idea of a top 15 poll is something that is needed for this sport. Ken Snell Clarkson '91 (The year the dream almost came true...)