Polls 3/6/06

As usual, idle Cornell moves up a spot.

USCHO

	Team	(First Place )	Record	Points	Last Poll
1	Minnesota	(39)	25- 6-5	799	1
2	Miami	        ( 1)	23- 7-4	752	2
3	Boston University	21- 9-4	699	3
4	Wisconsin		23- 9-3	672	5
5	Michigan State		20-10-8	641	4
6	Maine		        24-10-2	549	7
7	Cornell		        18- 7-4	513	8
8	Denver		        20-13-3	503	10
9	Colorado College	23-13-2	476	5
10	North Dakota		23-14-1	454	11
11	Nebraska-Omaha		20-12-6	401	12
12	Harvard		        17-10-2	326	13
13	New Hampshire		18-11-7	316	15
14	Boston College		20-11-3	305	9
15	Michigan		18-13-5	279	14
16	Dartmouth		16-11-2	198	17
17	Colgate		        18-10-6	180	16
18	Northern Michigan	20-14-2	126	20
19	Ferris State		17-13-8	65	NR
20	St. Cloud State		18-14-4	45	19
Others Receiving Votes: Vermont 31, Niagara 17, Alaska-Fairbanks 17, Holy Cross 15, St. Lawrence 10, Providence 7, Minnesota State 4

USA Today (bad formatting USCHO's)

	Team	Points	(First Place Votes)	Last Poll	Record
1	University of Minnesota	510	(34)   1	25- 6-5   22	
2	Miami (Ohio) University	472		    2	23- 7-4   18
3	Boston University	432		  3   21- 9-4   12	
4	University of Wisconsin	394		6	23- 9-3   22
5	Michigan State University	384		    5   20-10-8   13	
6	University of Maine	325		   7   24-10-2   22	
7	University of Denver	262		   11   20-13-3	 19
8	Cornell University	258		    8   18- 7-4   22	
9	Colorado College	233		   4   23-13-2   22	
10	University of North Dakota	212		  10   23-14-1   22	
11	University of Nebraska Omaha	161		15   20-12-6	4
12	University of New Hampshire	125		12   18-11-7 	20
13	Boston College	119		9   20-11-3	 22
14	University of Michigan	71		13   18-13-5	 22
15	Harvard University	66		  14	 17-10-2
Others receiving votes: University of Vermont 22, St. Cloud State University 6, Dartmouth College 4, Sacred Heart University 3, Northern Michigan University 1. 

ah, another week of moving up without playing. I've enjoyed this year of the hot potato.

If the teams around them were getting it done, they'd be moving down. Not their fault.

The funny thing is how Dartmouth and Colgate switched places at #16 and 17. Dartmouth must've had better practices than Colgate.

KeithK
The funny thing is how Dartmouth and Colgate switched places at #16 and 17. Dartmouth must've had better practices than Colgate.

Dartmouth is seeded ahead of 'gate in the tournament. Perhaps they went by that.

ebilmes

KeithK
The funny thing is how Dartmouth and Colgate switched places at #16 and 17. Dartmouth must've had better practices than Colgate.

Dartmouth is seeded ahead of 'gate in the tournament. Perhaps they went by that.

But Dartmouth was seeded ahead of Colgate at this point last week too. Maybe the pollsters (or one or more of them) just noticed that Dartmouth wins the tiebreaker, even though the USCHO page puts Colgate ahead (alphabetically).

ebilmes
Dartmouth is seeded ahead of 'gate in the tournament. Perhaps they went by that.

Or maybe it's just within the margin of error.

I mean, #16/17 out of 50 or so? It's picking nits at that point.

Kyle

krose

ebilmes
Dartmouth is seeded ahead of 'gate in the tournament. Perhaps they went by that.

Or maybe it's just within the margin of error.

I mean, #16/17 out of 50 or so? It's picking nits at that point.

Kyle

Or maybe they just spend 3 seconds scrawling down names and then don't give it another thought.

krose

ebilmes
Dartmouth is seeded ahead of 'gate in the tournament. Perhaps they went by that.

Or maybe it's just within the margin of error.

Kyle

How can you use the word error in a sentence referring to the beloved poll?

Am I the only one here who reads OCHFW*?

During last Thursday's practice Dartmouth and Colgate were pretty even during sprints and passing, but Dartmouth clearly outshone Colgate during the 3 on 2 drills. Voters were disturbed that Dartmouth's Overlock deviated from his normal Saturday routine and ordered cheerios instead of his usual corn flakes but this was outweighed by the fact that Gaudet described this weeks shipment of pucks as "very shiney and round." There's more to the puck story but I'd rather not discuss it here. PIM me for details.

Frankly, I'm surprised Dartmouth didn't move into 15th.


* Obsessive College Hockey Fans' Weekly

Just noticed that the ECAC gets slighted in the USA Today poll. Cornell, Hahvahd (sucks), Dartmouth and Colgate are all lower than in the USCHO poll. Colgate didn't even get a single point.