Final USCHO.com/CSTV Division I Men's Poll
March 21, 2005
Team (First Place) Record Pts Last Week
1 Denver (17) 28-9-2 569 2
2 Boston College (7) 25-6-7 520 4
3 Colorado College (6) 29-8-3 517 1
4 Cornell (8) 26-4-3 503 3
5 Michigan (1) 30-7-3 473 4
6 New Hampshire 25-10-5 362 7
7 Minnesota 26-14-1 336 6
8 Harvard 21-9-3 296 8
9 Ohio State 27-10-4 269 10
10 North Dakota (1) 22-14-5 250 13
11 Boston University 23-13-4 212 9
12 Maine 20-12-7 172 12
13 Wisconsin 23-13-4 155 11
14 Colgate 25-10-3 103 14
15 Dartmouth 20-13-2 17 NR
Others Receiving Votes: Northern Michigan 12,
Vermont 10, Mass.-Lowell 7, Bemidji State 6,
Alaska-Fairbanks 4, Mercyhurst 4, Michigan State 3
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
March 21, 2005
Team Pts (1st) Last Record Wks In Poll
1 University of Denver 483 (18) 2 28-9-2 25
2 Boston College 441 (6) 4 25-6-7 25
3 Cornell University 436 (8) 3 26-4-3 23
4 Colorado College 431 (2) 1 29-8-3 25
5 University of Michigan 412 5 30-7-3 25
6 University of New Hampshire 319 7 25-10-5 25
7 University of Minnesota 291 6 26-14-1 25
8 The Ohio State University 233 8 27-10-4 23
9 Harvard University 228 9 21-9-3 14
10 Boston University 188 10 23-13-4 17
11 University of North Dakota 186 13 22-14-5 24
12 University of Maine 170 12 20-12-7 24
13 University of Wisconsin 134 11 23-13-4 25
14 Colgate University 88 14 25-10-3 18
15 Northern Michigan University 11 15 22-11-7 8
Others receiving votes: University of Vermont 8,
University of Alaska Fairbanks 8, Dartmouth College 5,
Mercyhurst College 5, University of Massachusetts Lowell 1,
Michigan State University 1, Bemidji State University 1.
Blah blah meaningless blah blah on the ice blah blah.
I am pissed that we won our conference tournament and fell behind BC.
Someone thinks highly of North Dakota.
Rodney Dangerfield-ed yet again, hehe.
Hot damn: Four top-15 teams from the ECACHL plus one HM ... three in the NCAAs ... and Dartmouth or Vermont as first alternate had Mercyhurst been unable to serve.
[q]I am pissed that we won our conference tournament and fell behind BC.[/q]Yeah, but they won theirs too. Whatever.
[q]... and Dartmouth or Vermont as first alternate had Mercyhurst been unable to serve.[/q]So does that mean if we can round up a Brute Squad to head to Erie then we get four teams in? :-D
Wow we fell 2 spots in the polls in these last weeks and we did not even lose. I guess more eastern voters went towards BC rather than us, also the western vote we would probably around 5-7 spots on their voting. Even though it is useless, it is amazing the voters thought less on our team when we only gave up 3 goals in the last 4 games.
20 bucks says that Cornell falls a spot next week even if they win both games this weekend!
I'll take that easy money. This was the last poll.
Was it US Today that continued to have polls after the tournament had started two years ago? I'm pretty sure there was a final poll from one of the two sources after the tournament was over.
OK, it looks like it was pre-FF only:
http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?1,21431,21431#msg-21431
Are you sure? I thought they do one more.
[Q]calgARI '07 Wrote:
Are you sure? I thought they do one more.[/q]
I'm pretty sure Age is right. It'd be pointless to do one more poll next week, since by then only four teams will be left. (Well, it's always pointless to do polls, but you know what I mean.)
Look at the very first word of the very first post in this thread.
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
March 21, 2005
Team Pts (1st) Last Record Wks In Poll
1 University of Denver 483 (18) 2 28-9-2 25
2 Boston College 441 (6) 4 25-6-7 25
3 Cornell University 436 (8) 3 26-4-3 23
4 Colorado College 431 (2) 1 29-8-3 25
5 University of Michigan 412 5 30-7-3 25
6 University of New Hampshire 319 7 25-10-5 25
7 University of Minnesota 291 6 26-14-1 25
8 The Ohio State University 233 8 27-10-4 23
9 Harvard University 228 9 21-9-3 14
10 Boston University 188 10 23-13-4 17
11 University of North Dakota 186 13 22-14-5 24
12 University of Maine 170 12 20-12-7 24
13 University of Wisconsin 134 11 23-13-4 25
14 Colgate University 88 14 25-10-3 18
15 Northern Michigan University 11 15 22-11-7 8
Others receiving votes: University of Vermont 8,
University of Alaska Fairbanks 8, Dartmouth College 5,
Mercyhurst College 5, University of Massachusetts Lowell 1,
Michigan State University 1, Bemidji State University 1.
Note that this is not specifically listed on USCHO as the final poll (though it still might be).
Poll = Pointless Opinions Lacking Logic ;-)
They may be pointless, but seeing the records listed like that points out that we are guaranteed to finish the season with fewer losses than any other Division 1 hockey team. (That and $600+ will get me to Minneapolis...)
If 2003 is a guide, USA Today continues polling through the end of the tournament, while USCHO is done for the year: http://www.tbrw.info/2003/polls/2003_poll_history.html
[Q]KeithK Wrote:
[Q2]I am pissed that we won our conference tournament and fell behind BC.[/Q]
Yeah, but they won theirs too. Whatever. [/q]
We've actually violated one of the Laws of Poll Dynamics: teams that win shouldn't fall in the poll, even if the teams below them beat stronger opponents. (This law is one of the reasons polls are a bad way to evaluate performance, and came up in the BCS discussions season before last.)
[Q]Ack Wrote:
Someone thinks highly of North Dakota.[/q]
I think highly of them. Great goaltender. They're almost on par with CC and Denver the way they're playing. But it wasn't my vote.
That is, assuming they play him. They've been alternating Parise and Lamoureux and have continued the rotation into the playoffs even though Lamoureux hasn't won since January. Parise played in the PIG and the Consy last weekend (NoDak wins) and Lamoureux played in the semi (NoDak loss, in OT). Though on second thought, Lamoureux's stats are virtually identical to Parise's: both have .914 Sv% and the difference in GAA is 0.04. Maybe the team hasn't played with as much confidence in front of the freshman? Or maybe the losses are dumb luck. Anyway, maybe it doesn't matter who NoDak puts in goal this weekend.