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? ::screwy::
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.
http://insidecollegehockey.com/5Polls/0405/polls_0329.htm
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
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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.