Heal Point System Rank for Men's Division I College Hockey, through 03/07/1999. Compiled by Wayne T. Smith This report includes results from 799 Division I games. Last Rank Week School Played Record P.I. T.I. 1 1 North Dakota 34 29- 3- 2 35.29 170.61 W33,W33 2 3 New Hampshire 34 26- 5- 3 32.35 160.21 W3,W3 3 2 Maine 32 23- 5- 4 31.25 151.92 L2,L2 4 4 Michigan State 35 24- 4- 7 31.43 145.43 W21,L21 5 5 Boston College 36 21-11- 4 25.56 129.85 W23,W43 6 6 Clarkson 32 21-10- 1 26.88 125.20 L17,W27 7 7 Colorado College 36 25-10- 1 28.33 123.55 W47,W47 8 10 Michigan 36 20-10- 6 25.56 116.75 L38,W18 9 8 St Lawrence 34 20-11- 3 25.29 116.43 W27,L17 10 13 Quinnipiac 23 17- 4- 2 31.30 112.28 W--,W-- 11 14 Princeton 29 18-10- 1 25.52 112.05 W15,W49 12 9 Ohio State 37 19-14- 4 22.70 111.13 L20,L20 13 11 Denver 34 20-12- 2 24.71 110.93 W46,W46 14 12 Notre Dame 35 18-12- 5 23.43 109.95 L37,W37 15 15 Rensselaer 32 20-10- 2 26.25 103.13 L11,T26 16 17 Niagara 24 11-10- 3 20.83 102.45 W41,W41 17 22 Colgate 32 17-11- 4 23.75 101.22 W6,W9 18 16 Northern Michigan 36 19-12- 5 23.89 100.38 W42,L8 19 19 MSU-Mankato 29 13-12- 4 20.69 96.04 W--,L-- 20 24 Bowling Green 34 16-15- 3 20.59 95.99 W12,W12 21 21 Ferris State 34 14-14- 6 20.00 95.76 L4,W4 22 18 Providence 34 18-15- 1 21.76 94.64 L34 23 20 Boston University 34 13-18- 3 17.06 91.01 L5 24 23 Connecticut 23 14- 7- 2 26.09 90.57 W--,W-- 25 31 Holy Cross 24 13- 9- 2 23.33 86.86 W48,W48 26 27 Yale 29 13-12- 4 20.69 84.04 W49,T15 27 26 Cornell 29 12-14- 3 18.62 81.29 L9,L6 28 30 Wisconsin 35 14-17- 4 18.29 81.15 W31,T31 29 25 Vermont 31 13-16- 2 18.06 79.52 L32,L35 30 32 Mass Lowell 34 17-17- 0 20.00 79.08 W34 31 29 Minnesota 38 12-17- 9 17.37 76.65 L28,T28 32 34 Harvard 27 11-14- 2 17.78 76.17 W29,W39 33 28 St Cloud 34 12-17- 5 17.06 75.38 L1,L1 34 35 Northeastern 34 11-20- 3 14.71 71.97 L30,W22 35 38 Brown 29 9-14- 6 16.55 70.89 T39,W29 36 33 Alaska-Anchorage 34 13-16- 5 18.24 69.95 - 37 36 Miami 36 11-20- 5 15.00 69.17 W14,L14 38 41 Lake Superior 36 11-21- 4 14.44 64.67 W8,W42 39 37 Dartmouth 27 9-16- 2 14.81 63.61 T35,L32 40 39 Mass Amherst 33 12-19- 2 15.76 62.24 W43 41 40 Air Force 21 6-13- 2 13.33 58.93 L16,L16 42 42 Western Michigan 34 6-20- 8 11.76 55.58 L18,L38 43 44 Merrimack 34 11-22- 1 13.53 51.55 L40,L5 44 46 Alaska-Fairbanks 32 9-22- 1 11.88 51.47 - 45 43 Canisius 23 7-12- 4 15.65 50.47 W51,W51 46 45 Michigan Tech 34 9-24- 1 11.18 46.62 L13,L13 47 47 Minnesota-Duluth 36 7-25- 4 10.00 39.87 L7,L7 48 48 Iona 22 8-12- 2 16.36 34.47 L25,L25 49 49 Union 32 3-26- 3 5.63 25.31 L26,L11 50 50 Army 19 2-15- 2 6.32 20.62 - 51 51 Fairfield 22 0-22- 0 1.00 0.00 L45,L45 Average ranking of each league(#teams): This week Last week WCHA(09): 26.89 25.67 HEA(09): 22.44 22.00 CCHA(11): 23.45 23.73 ECAC(12): 24.58 25.08 MAAC(06): 33.83 34.83 IND(04): 31.50 31.50 Average rating of each league(#teams): This week Last week WCHA(09): 88.26 90.21 HEA(09): 99.12 99.13 CCHA(11): 92.33 91.58 ECAC(12): 86.53 85.92 MAAC(06): 62.38 61.23 IND(04): 69.48 68.80 On paying attention ... From this week's ranking above: 1. What teams had two top-ten wins this past week? 2. What team has played the most countable games? 3. What team has played the least countable games? 4. What ECAC team has played the most countable games? Extra credit (not shown above): 5. What is the maximum number of NCAA games per season? 6. For the "get-a-life" crowd: what is the maximum number of games that any team might play this season in order to get to the NCAA Championship game? 7. What is the official name of the NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championships to be held in Anaheim next month? On this ranking ... This ranking uses games played by NCAA Division I teams eligible for consideration to the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championships. Specifically excluded this season are the University of Nebraska-Omaha, as they are in their last year as an "emerging" NCAA Division I program, and the two Division II teams from the MAAC (Sacred Heart and American International). 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 US College Hockey Online, sometimes supplemented by other sources. USCHO's composite of all Division I men's ice hockey games is available at http://www.uscollegehockey.com/ in the section marked schedules and then Division I composite schedule. Copyright 1999 by Wayne T. Smith [log in to unmask]