Polls 11/7

USA TODAY/American Hockey men's poll

Nov. 7, 2005

Team (first-place votes) Record Points LW
1. Colorado College (30) 9-1-0 502 1
2. Michigan (2) 7-1-1 474 3
3. Cornell (2) 3-1-0 408 4
4. Maine 8-2-0 392 2
5. Wisconsin 6-1-1 369 10
6. Michigan State 5-1-1 353 8
7. Denver 5-3-0 282 9
8. Vermont 7-1-0 250 7
9. Boston College 3-2-1 197 11
10. Miami (Ohio) 5-1-0 186 15
11. North Dakota 5-4-1 148 5
12. New Hampshire 4-3-1 138 12
13. Minnesota 3-3-2 136 6
14. Boston University 3-2-0 59 NR
15. Alaska-Fairbanks 4-2-2 50 NR
Others receiving votes: St. Lawrence 36, Colgate 32, Providence 22, Bemidji State 19, Quinnipiac 16, Mercyhurst 9, Ohio State 2.


USCHO.com/CSTV Division I Men's Poll
November 7, 2005
Team (First Place Votes) Record Points Last Poll
1 Colorado College (39) 9-1-0 798 1
2 Michigan 7-1-1 740 3
3 Cornell ( 1) 3-1-0 678 4
4 Maine 8-2-0 664 2
5 Wisconsin 6-1-1 631 9
6 Michigan State 5-1-1 608 8
7 Denver 5-3-0 514 10
8 Boston College 3-2-1 465 11
9 Vermont 7-1-0 464 6
10 North Dakota 5-4-1 382 5
11 Miami 5-1-0 376 16
12 Minnesota 3-3-2 356 7
13 New Hampshire 4-3-1 355 12
14 Boston University 3-2-0 244 19
15 Alaska-Fairbanks 4-2-2 225 17
16 St. Lawrence 6-2-0 166 20
17 Colgate 5-1-1 152 NR
18 Bemidji State 5-1-0 129 18
19 Northern Michigan 5-3-0 129 14
20 Quinnipiac 8-2-0 92 NR
Others Receiving Votes: Harvard 82, Providence 52, Ohio State 48, Minnesota-Duluth 16, Mercyhurst 9, Clarkson 8, Rensselaer 8, Nebraska-Omaha 5, Lake Superior 2, Princeton 2



moving up despite unimpressive performances... and Princeton?

Dammit. Alone in the top 15 again. EZAC, say the voters. We have three others in the top 20, though. *sigh*

[Q]ugarte Wrote:

Dammit. Alone in the top 15 again. EZAC, say the voters. We have three others in the top 20, though. *sigh*[/q]

Do we still have the best interleague record? If so, we really shouldn't be punished too much for losing to each other (see WCHA teams that lose and lose and still maintain top 15 status for their potential and strength of schedule).

I'd be happier if we had more teams in the poll. I'll accept dominating the "Also receiving votes."

It's funny that QU cracks the "top 20" by beating two teams not in the "top 20" Go SLU and 'Gate! (except against us)


We have the best inter-conference record (.643) to the CCHA's .588 and HEA's .529 (others under .500).

However, we have the second best record against the Big-4 (.517) to the CCHA's .571 (all under's under .500).

So a decent amount of our best interconference record comes at the expense of the AHA and CHA, but even without that we still top HEA and the WCHA, interconference wise. It'll be interesting to see how those extra wins end up affecting the later season KRACH/RPI. A good Christmas tournament season for the ECAC (and a good Beanpawt... ha! just kidding!) would go a long ways towards solidifying that.

[Q]dbilmes Wrote:
moving up despite unimpressive performances...[/q]I guess the logic is, the wins might have been impressive, but a home loss (Maine to BU yesterday) is still worse.

oh wait, vermont is the evil stepchild, i forgot

now what coach/writer would give princeton a top 20 spot??
any guesses?

[Q]now what coach/writer would give princeton a top 20 spot??
any guesses?[/q]Keep in mind that 20th best team in D1 translates to somewhere around a .500 record. In other words, you don't have to be very good to rank that high. That said, I don't think Princeton will be even that good, but who knows?

well top 27 count towards pwr (maybe more now that RIT is herE??)

also - does anyone know when they start the RPI and PWR again?

And the USCHO poll...

1  Colorado College (39) 9-1-0 798  1 
2  Michigan              7-1-1 740  3 
3  Cornell          ( 1) 3-1-0 678  4 
4  Maine                 8-2-0 664  2 
5  Wisconsin             6-1-1 631  9 
6  Michigan State        5-1-1 608  8 
7  Denver                5-3-0 514 10 
8  Boston College        3-2-1 465 11 
9  Vermont               7-1-0 464  6 
10 North Dakota          5-4-1 382  5 
11 Miami                 5-1-0 376 16 
12 Minnesota             3-3-2 356  7 
13 New Hampshire         4-3-1 355 12 
14 Boston University     3-2-0 244 19 
15 Alaska-Fairbanks      4-2-2 225 17 
16 St. Lawrence          6-2-0 166 20 
17 Colgate               5-1-1 152 NR 
18 Bemidji State         5-1-0 129 18 
19 Northern Michigan     5-3-0 129 14 
20 Quinnipiac            8-2-0  92 NR 

Others Receiving Votes: Harvard 82, Providence 52, Ohio State 48,
Minnesota-Duluth 16, Mercyhurst 9, Clarkson 8, Rensselaer 8, 
Nebraska-Omaha 5, Lake Superior 2, Princeton 2 

[Q]KeithK Wrote:

now what coach/writer would give princeton a top 20 spot??
any guesses?[/Q]
Keep in mind that 20th best team in D1 translates to somewhere around a .500 record. In other words, you don't have to be very good to rank that high. That said, I don't think Princeton will be even that good, but who knows?[/q]Among ~ 58 D1 hockey teams, the most likely to be at .500 would be #29, I would think. It's possible those ranked 20 to 40 could all be around .500, but the likeliest to be in the middle is the team in the middle.