USA TODAY poll - 3/28

From USA TODAY

March 28, 2005

   Team                           Pts (1st) Last  Record  Wks In Poll
 1 University of Denver            509 (33)   1  30- 9-2   26
 2 Colorado College                474 (1)    4  31- 8-3   26
 3 University of North Dakota      414       11  24-14-5   25
 4 University of Minnesota         404        7  28-14-1   26
 5 Cornell University              391        3  27- 5-3   24
 6 University of Michigan          338        5  31- 8-3   26
 7 Boston College                  318        2  26- 7-7   26
 8 University of New Hampshire     276        6  26-11-5   26
 9 The Ohio State University       225        8  27-11-4   24
10 Harvard University              215        9  21-10-3   15
11 University of Maine             161       12  20-13-7   25
12 Boston University               128       10  23-14-4   18
13 University of Wisconsin         104       13  23-14-4   26
14 Colgate University               89       14  25-11-3   19
T-15 Bemidji State University        8       NR  23-13-1    1
T-15 Mercyhurst College              8       NR  18-16-4    1

Others receiving votes: Dartmouth College 7, 
University of Alaska Fairbanks 5, University of Vermont 5, 
University of Massachusetts Lowell 1.

Is it just me, or does this pretty much prove what a sham the polls are? Was there even any poll taken, or were these numbers just made up so that Mercyhurst and Bemdji could tie for #16?

Not that anyone here ever pays too much attention to these things, but this just seems blatantly manufactured.

wow...it seems very fishy to me. I mean, the whole Bemidji/Hurst tie is pretty implausable.

And there's no way that CC would get only 1 first place vote.

And after beating the snot out of BU and BC, don't you think someone would give a #1 to NDak? Heck, they're the only ones that dominated their regional.

INCH knocks us down behind Denver and CC.

[insidecollegehockey.com]

Thank you INCH, I totally agree.

Kinder words for Cornell than Harvard, but truer words were never spoken about both:

>>> Not in the Frozen Four, they [Cornell] get No. 3 here. In a seven-game series on neutral ice, we think this is where they'd belong.

>>> Harvard seniors will graduate with four straight first-round exits. But hey, they're graduating from Harvard.

With 4.0s.

No sense in starting another thread for this one:

USA TODAY/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 men's hockey poll#


The USA TODAY/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 men's
college hockey poll with first-place votes
in parentheses, 2004-05 record and rank:  

(as of Monday April 10) Final Poll

    TEAM                        PTS    Record    Last week
    ----                        ---    ------    ---------
1.  Denver (34)                 510    32-9-2         1
2.  Colorado College            444    31-9-3         2
3.  North Dakota                443    25-15-5        3
4.  Minnesota                   406    28-15-1        4
5.  Cornell                     389    27-5-3         5
6.  Michigan                    339    31-8-3         6
7.  Boston College              319    26-7-7         7
8.  New Hampshire               274    26-11-5        8
9.  Ohio State                  225    27-11-4        9
10. Harvard                     214    21-10-3       10
11. Maine                       161    20-13-7       11
12. Boston                      126    23-14-4       12
13. Wisconsin                   105    23-14-4       13
14. Colgate                      89    25-11-3       14
15. Bemidji State                10    23-13-1       15


Others receiving votes: Mercyhurst 9; Dartmouth 6; Alaska-Fairbanks 5;
Vermont 5; Massachusetts-Lowell 1.