Heal Point System Rank for Men's Division I College Hockey, through 01/26/1997. Compiled by Wayne T. Smith This report includes results from 496 Division I games. Only games between teams with 20 or more Division I games scheduled are counted, as 20 Division I games are required for eligibility to the NCAA tournament, and only games between eligible teams (+ Maine) are used in the NCAA selection process. Last Rank Week School Played Record P.I. T.I. 1 2 Michigan 26 22- 1- 3 36.15 156.74 W13,W13 2 1 Vermont 22 15- 6- 1 28.18 145.38 T24 3 3 New Hampshire 25 19- 6- 0 30.40 141.98 W28,W23 4 5 Clarkson 22 15- 7- 0 27.27 137.53 W30 5 4 North Dakota 26 17- 7- 2 27.69 132.95 W11,L11 6 6 Minnesota 26 18- 8- 0 27.69 128.16 W42,W42 7 7 Cornell 19 10- 5- 4 25.26 121.63 W29,L29 8 8 Boston University 24 13- 6- 5 25.83 117.33 L19,L15 9 9 St Cloud 26 15- 8- 3 25.38 116.34 L37,W37 10 10 Michigan State 24 14- 7- 3 25.83 113.31 T29,W39,L39 11 13 Colorado College 26 15- 9- 2 24.62 112.16 L5,W5 12 12 Denver 26 14- 8- 4 24.62 110.58 L32,W32 13 11 Miami 25 17- 8- 0 27.20 108.77 L1,L1 14 14 Princeton 20 13- 5- 2 28.00 108.41 - 15 16 Maine 24 14- 9- 1 24.17 108.31 W36,W8 16 15 Rensselaer 22 12- 7- 3 24.55 100.02 T17 17 17 Union 18 7- 9- 2 17.78 95.80 T16 18 18 Colgate 21 11- 9- 1 21.90 94.51 - 19 23 Mass Lowell 25 13-12- 0 20.80 92.93 W31,W8,L28 20 24 Bowling Green 25 12-11- 2 20.80 92.53 W22 21 25 Wisconsin 26 13-12- 1 20.77 90.95 W25,W25 22 19 Lake Superior 29 16- 9- 4 24.83 88.68 L20,T27 23 22 Boston College 25 10-12- 3 18.40 86.88 W33,L3 24 21 Dartmouth 19 9- 9- 1 20.00 86.62 L35,T2 25 20 Minnesota-Duluth 26 14-11- 1 22.31 84.48 L21,L21 26 26 Harvard 18 7- 9- 2 17.78 77.59 - 27 29 Western Michigan 24 8-12- 4 16.67 64.56 T22 28 30 Merrimack 24 8-15- 1 14.17 63.75 L3,W19 29 33 Ferris State 24 8-15- 1 14.17 63.67 T10,L7,W7 30 27 St Lawrence 24 8-14- 2 15.00 62.54 L4 31 28 Yale 19 6-11- 2 14.74 60.53 L19,W40 32 32 Alaska-Anchorage 24 8-14- 2 15.00 59.21 W12,L12 33 31 Mass Amherst 25 11-14- 0 17.60 53.59 L23,L36 34 34 Northern Michigan 24 5-17- 2 10.00 53.44 - 35 35 Providence 25 9-15- 1 15.20 52.83 W24,L38 36 37 Northeastern 25 6-17- 2 11.20 46.70 L15,W33 37 38 Notre Dame 22 6-15- 1 11.82 46.52 W9,L9 38 39 Brown 20 5-13- 2 12.00 42.76 W35 39 40 Ohio State 27 7-20- 0 10.37 41.35 L10,W10 40 36 Army 12 1- 9- 2 6.67 40.78 L31 41 41 Alaska-Fairbanks 24 5-19- 0 8.33 31.27 - 42 42 Michigan Tech 24 2-19- 3 5.83 25.96 L6,L6 43 43 Air Force 10 0- 9- 1 2.00 6.00 - Average ranking of each league(#teams): this week last week WCHA(10): 19.70 19.70 HEA(09): 22.22 22.78 CCHA(10): 23.90 24.70 ECAC(12): 18.92 18.17 On this week's ranking ... - UVM (finally) falls to 2nd as Michigan has a huge weekend hosting Miami. - Don't be fooled by this week's relatively small change in rankings; there are still large variations in *ratings* each week. - BU takes a large fall in ratings with 2 losses, yet maintains their ranking as the teams close by also have mixed success. On "The Heal Point System" ... The Heal Point System is used to rank secondary schools in Maine in several sports. The Heal Point System was developed many years ago by Durwood Heal to rank Maine secondary school basketball teams. On the Maine secondary school calculation ... "P.I." stands for "Preliminary Index". "P.I." is calculated for each team by giving a team 40 points for each win and 20 points for each tie, and then dividing by the number of scheduled games. Minimum "P.I." is 1.00. "T.I." stands for "Tournament Index" and is used to rank the teams. "T.I." is calculated for each team by summing the "P.I." of the opponents for each win, one half the "P.I." for each tie, then dividing by the number of games scheduled and then multiplying by 10. Note: This Division I college hockey "Heal Point System" ranking uses the number of games played instead of the number of games scheduled. Since all games in Division I college hockey are normally played, there is no difference between this and the traditional Heal Point System at end of season and this method produces better preliminary results. Game scores for this ranking have been provided by Mike Machnik and INFO-HOCKEY-L, The College Hockey Information List, an internet mailing list hosted by The University of Maine System, sometimes supplimented by other sources. Mr. Machnik's composite of all Division I men's ice hockey games is available in the list archives ([log in to unmask]) as file "9697MCMP SCHEDULE" and, with all team schedules, at US College Hockey Online http://www.uscollegehockey.com/ Copyright 1997 by Wayne T. Smith [log in to unmask]