USCHO Polls 11/10

Hey.. we're above Hahvahd (sucks) for the first time this season!

November 10, 2003

   Team        (First Place)    Record  Pts   Last Week
 1 North Dakota         (33)     6-1-0  582     2
 2 New Hampshire         (4)     6-1-0  551     3
 3 Boston College        (1)     5-2-1  486     5
 4 Maine                         7-2-0  450     1
 5 Michigan                      8-2-0  429     4
 6 Colorado College              6-1-1  402     6
 7 St. Cloud State       (2)     7-0-1  371    10
 8 Denver                        6-2-0  345     7
 9 Massachusetts                 7-1-0  265    12
10 Boston University             2-2-1  203     8
11 Cornell                       2-1-1  169    15
12 Harvard                       1-1-1  144    13
13 Minnesota-Duluth              4-4-1  108     9
14 Ohio State                    7-4-0   83    14
15 Michigan State                6-3-1   54    NR

Others Receiving Votes: Dartmouth 53, Providence 31,
Minnesota 25, Notre Dame 21, Mercyhurst 13, Union 8,
Brown 4, Clarkson 1, Quinnipiac 1, Wisconsin 1

PS: Phew... Thanks Chris.. sure needed help to format those columns



Post Edited (11-10-03 17:08)

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We're now ranked 12th in the Inside College Hockey poll, available at [www.insidecollegehockey.com]

This is an improvement from our ranking of 14th place last week.



Post Edited (11-10-03 18:15)

here's the USA Today Poll:

USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
November 10, 2003

Rank School                             Pts (1st) Last  W-L-T
1.   University of North Dakota         502 (28)   2    6-1-0
2.   University of New Hampshire        479 (5)    3    6-1-0
3.   Boston College                     424        5    5-2-1
4.   University of Maine                373        1    7-2-0
5.   University of Michigan             369        4    8-2-0
6.   Colorado College                   328        6    6-1-1
7.   St. Cloud State University         314       11    7-0-1
8.   University of Denver               287        7    6-2-0
9.   University of Massachusetts        224       12    7-1-0
10.  Boston University                  171        8    2-2-1
11.  Cornell University                 159       NR    2-1-1
12.  Harvard University                 137       14    1-1-1
13.  The Ohio State University           90       13    7-4-0
14.  University of Minnesota-Duluth      78        9    4-4-1
15.  Michigan State University           50       NR    6-3-1

Others receiving votes: Dartmouth College 34, 
Providence College 25, University of Minnesota 17, 
University of Notre Dame 9, Mercyhurst College 6, 
Brown University 2, Quinnipiac University 1, Union College 1.

That's the most correlation I think I've ever seen the 2 polls have.

Harvard didn't play any non-exhibition games before starting their ECAC schedule? No wonder they were rusty against Brown (although Brown may not have played any non-exhibition games either).



Post Edited (11-11-03 09:47)

Harvard still takes their exam break after the holidays in January, so they lose two weekends in January when most other ECAC schools are playing four league games. So, to get in four "extra" ECAC games by January 10, the Harvard-Brown game is scheduled on the weekend other Ivies usually open with non-league games. Harvard's situation is made even more difficult by the league's desire to not have them play Friday and Saturday games before the two Beanpot Mondays in February.

In some ways it may be better to open the season with another team that is also playing its first game, rather than facing a North Dakota or St. Cloud that already has six games under its belt.



Post Edited (11-11-03 10:17)

The INCH "Poll" is just what their staff thinks, which makes it even less credible that the "real" polls.