The College Hockey Discussion List Poll for February 15, 1995:
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.
Thanks to a tough weekend against Illinois-Chicago, Michigan drops from the
top spot they inherited two weeks ago, and Maine makes a return trip to #1.
Once again, the top four teams (Maine, Boston University, Michigan, and
Colorado College) garner almost all of the first- through fourth-place
votes, as they miss only two of a possible 104 votes (98.1%). The big
gainer this week was Clarkson, moving up three spots to #5, while Michigan
State went the other way, dropping three to wind up in the tenth spot.
Defending NC$$ champ Lake Superior also returns to the Top 15 for the first
time in eleven weeks.
Composite poll (26 responses):
Last
Record Pts. Week Range
1. Maine (18) 26-2-6 376 2 1-4
2. Boston University (4) 21-5-3 352.5 3 1-4
3. Michigan (4) 22-5-1 349 1 1-4
4. Colorado College 24-8 324.5 4 2-5
5. Clarkson 17-5-4 266 8 4-12
6. New Hampshire 19-7-3 241 6 5-10
7. Bowling Green 19-9-1 235 5 5-10
8. Denver 19-10-1 194 9 6-14
9. Minnesota 17-10-3 192 10 5-10
10. Michigan State 17-9-3 183 7 6-12
11. Wisconsin 15-12-4 88 11 9-15
12. Harvard 12-9-1 63 12 10-15
13. Northeastern 13-11-5 54 13 11-15
14. Lake Superior 13-10-5 50 -- 10-15
15. Brown 11-8-2 47.5 13 11-15
Others receiving votes: Miami 37, Vermont 37, Princeton 14, Colgate
10, Michigan Tech 1
Teams named on all responses: Maine, Boston University, Michigan,
Colorado College, Clarkson, New Hampshire, Bowling Green, Minnesota,
Michigan State
Dropped out of Top 15: Princeton (#15 last week)
Eastern responses: Western responses:
1. Maine (10) 217 1. Maine (8) 159
2. Boston University (3) 206.5 2. Michigan (2) 149
3. Michigan (2) 200 3. Boston University (1) 146
4. Colorado College 184.5 4. Colorado College 140
5. Clarkson 161 5. Clarkson 105
6. New Hampshire 139 6. Bowling Green 103
7. Bowling Green 132 7. New Hampshire 102
8. Michigan State 114 8. Denver 96
9. Minnesota 111 9. Minnesota 81
10. Denver 98 10. Michigan State 69
11. Wisconsin 45 11. Wisconsin 43
12. Harvard 38 12. Harvard 25
13. Lake Superior 30 13. Northeastern 25
14. Brown 29 14. Lake Superior 20
Northeastern 29 15. Vermont 20
This week's HOCKEY-L and media poll composite:
Troy
HOCKEY-L WMEB Record
Team Record Rank Rank Rank
Maine 26-2-6 1 1 1
Boston University 21-5-3 2 2 2
Michigan 22-5-1 3 3 3
Colorado College 24-8 4 4 4
Clarkson 17-5-4 5 5 5
New Hampshire 19-7-3 6 8 7
Bowling Green 19-9-1 7 7 6
Denver 19-10-1 8 6 9
Minnesota 17-10-3 9 10 10
Michigan State 17-9-3 10 9 8
Wisconsin 15-12-4 11 (13)
Harvard 12-9-1 12 (13) (15)
Northeastern 13-11-5 13 (13)
Lake Superior 13-10-5 14 (11) (11)
Brown 11-8-2 15 (15)
YAM2 makes its debut in the ratings composite this week, bringing the total
number of ratings to five. I hope nobody comes up with another one, 'cause
I'm running out of room :-) Oddly enough (or maybe not so oddly), all five
ratings agree on who the top four teams are -- and even odder, they agree
with the media polls, though the ratings shuffle the order of those teams.
This is as good an indication as any that there is a sizable gap between
those four teams and the rest of college hockey.
HOCKEY-L RPICH CHODR KRACH HEAL YAM2
Team Record Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank
Maine 26-2-6 1 3 4 1 2 1
Boston University 21-5-3 2 1 2 2 3 2
Michigan 22-5-1 3 2 1 3 1 3
Colorado College 24-8 4 4 3 4 4 4
Clarkson 17-5-4 5 7 8 6 5 6
New Hampshire 19-7-3 6 6 10 5 7 5
Bowling Green 19-9-1 7 11 6 9 11 9
Denver 19-10-1 8 10 12 8 8 8
Minnesota 17-10-3 9 5 7 6 6 7
Michigan State 17-9-3 10 9 5 10 12 10
Wisconsin 15-12-4 11 12 14 11 9 13
Harvard 12-9-1 12 14 17 12 15 11
Northeastern 13-11-5 13 8 13 13 14 16
Lake Superior 13-10-5 14 17 9 18 17 17
Brown 11-8-2 15 16 25 17 16 14
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Princeton 12-8-3 13 19 14 13 12
Michigan Tech 14-13-4 15 28 14 18 19
Vermont 14-10-2 18 11 16 10 15
St. Cloud 12-17-1 20 15 24 27 28
Looking at the Tadpoll and Tad-rate, Minnesota easily takes the title of
most underrated team, since the Gophers are five spots lower in the Tadpoll
than the Tad-rate. The most over-rated team, oddly enough, appears to be
Lake Superior, #11 in the Tadpoll but not even making an appearance in Tad-
rate.
Tadpoll: Tad-rate:
1. Maine (3) 45 1. Michigan (2) 70
2. Boston University 42 Boston University (1) 70
3. Michigan 39 3. Maine (2) 69
4. Colorado College 36 4. Colorado College 61
5. Clarkson 33 5. Minnesota 48.5
6. Bowling Green 28 6. Clarkson 47.5
7. New Hampshire 27 7. New Hampshire 47
8. Denver 25 8. Bowling Green 34
9. Michigan State 21 9. Denver 34
10. Minnesota 19 10. Michigan State 34
11. Lake Superior 11.5 11. Wisconsin 21
12. Wisconsin 7.5 12. Northeastern 16
13. Vermont 6.5 13. Harvard 12
14. Harvard 6 Vermont 12
15. Northeastern 4.5 15. Princeton 11.5
Vermont was ranked #12 in the WMEB poll and in a tie for #13 in the Troy
Record poll.
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