USCHO.com/CSTV Division I Men's Poll
February 14, 2005
Team (First Place) Record Pts Last Week
1 Denver (22) 21-6-2 566 3
2 Boston College (9) 18-4-5 551 1
3 Colorado College (8) 24-5-3 542 2
4 Cornell (1) 18-4-3 449 5
5 Michigan 22-7-3 441 6
6 Wisconsin 20-8-2 404 4
7 Ohio State 22-7-3 361 7
8 New Hampshire 20-7-3 314 8
9 Harvard 15-6-2 231 10
10 Minnesota 20-12-1 211 9
11 Boston University 17-10-2 203 13
12 Colgate 20-8-2 182 12
13 Mass.-Lowell 17-7-4 131 11
14 Maine 15-9-6 96 14
15 North Dakota 15-12-3 62 15
Others Receiving Votes: Northern Michigan 28,
Dartmouth 20, Bemidji State 5, Vermont 3
And USA Today's...
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 February 14)
TEAM PTS Record Last week
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1. Boston College (20) 484 18-4-5 1
2. Denver (9) 469 21-6-2 3
3. Colorado (5) 464 24-5-3 2
4. Cornell 380 18-4-3 5
5. Wisconsin 357 20-8-2 4
6. Michigan 355 22-7-3 6
7. Ohio State 317 22-7-3 7
8. New Hampshire 278 20-7-3 8
9. Harvard 205 15-6-2 10
10. Minnesota 189 20-12-1 9
11. Boston Univ. 161 17-10-2 13
12. Colgate 133 20-8-2 12
13. Massachusetts-Lowell 105 17-7-4 11
14. Maine 99 15-9-6 14
15. North Dakota 49 15-12-3 15
Others receiving votes: Northern Michigan, 25; Dartmouth College, 8;
Nebraska Omaha, 1; College of the Holy Cross, 1.
Beeeej
Fourth is a reasonable place for Cornell to be now and maybe finish the regular season. 2-3 are close in points as is the Cornell-Michigan band of 4-5. Beating up on cripples the rest of the way can't move Cornell up much although losing could push Cornell down. (Start by rooting for Fair Harvard against BC tonight in the Beanpot consolation.) It does feel nice to see BC at #2 and realize we were able to play BC to within one goal (plus the ENG).
Team (First Place) Record Pts Last Week
1 Denver (22) 21-6-2 566 3
2 Boston College (9) 18-4-5 551 1
3 Colorado College (8) 24-5-3 542 2
4 Cornell (1) 18-4-3 449 5
5 Michigan 22-7-3 441 6
6 Wisconsin 20-8-2 404 4
7 Ohio State 22-7-3 361 7
8 New Hampshire 20-7-3 314 8
9 Harvard 15-6-2 231 10
10 Minnesota 20-12-1 211 9
11 Boston University 17-10-2 203 13
12 Colgate 20-8-2 182 12
13 Mass.-Lowell 17-7-4 131 11
14 Maine 15-9-6 96 14
15 North Dakota 15-12-3 62 15
Others Receiving Votes: Northern Michigan 28, Dartmouth 20, Bemidji State 5, Vermont 3
So does the 2:1 flip-flop in first-place votes for Denver and BC indicate western bias at USCHO and eastern at USA Today? ;-)
And who picked us #1?
Let's send them a big red cookie! ::nut::
While #4 is probably about where we should be at, we didn't deserve to go up simply for throttling Yale and Princeton. I suppose it's really that Wisconsin went down for only taking one of four points from Denver, but then again, Denver was #3, is now #1/#2, and is still the defending national champion.
The rest of the ECAC can move up to having a good weekend against Cornell and Colgate. We don't have that luxury because we are the 800 pound gorillas of the ECAC. I think the voters are simply recognizing that 9-0-1 is a pretty good streak no matter how crummy the competition.
yes.
4th is maybe a little high, but you gotta recognize the streak. plus, they are still doing everything they are supposed to be doing so how can you argue moving them up? maybe if Cornell was playing in the WCHA they would be scoring an extra goal or two a game against teams that are all O, no D. everyone knows the ECAC is stacked for goalkeepers and plays a more defensive style, thanks to a team that wears red.