Deron Treadwell wrote: > You can still drop by losing games, but HEAL doesn't discriminate between >>losses. This, of course, is exactly the problem. The situation between Minnesota and Colorado College the Charlie Shub has talked about will sort itself out as the season goes along and their schedules look more comparable. Other problems won't, though. If one is worried about the relative positions of Air Force, RPI, etc., don't wait for it to get any better. A system that doesn't care who a given loss is to is hopelessly flawed. Losing twice to RPI ought to be a black hole in Air Force's record, but in this system it isn't; those look just like the losses Michigan has to Western and Minnesota. This is so obviously absurd that it really defies any grasp of logic. The only defense I can come up with is that most (unfortunately not all) of these goofy circumstances live towards the bottom half of the rankings. Teams in this area should be defining the success or failure of their season on more subjective criteria than a poll. Actually, we all should, but that's a sort of fantasyworld. J. Michael Jackson HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.