Polls 3/6/06

[Chris \'03]

As usual, idle Cornell moves up a spot.

USCHO

   Team   (First Place )   Record   Points   Last Poll
1   Minnesota   (39)   25- 6-5   799   1
2   Miami           ( 1)   23- 7-4   752   2
3   Boston University   21- 9-4   699   3
4   Wisconsin      23- 9-3   672   5
5   Michigan State      20-10-8   641   4
6   Maine              24-10-2   549   7
7   Cornell              18- 7-4   513   8
8   Denver              20-13-3   503   10
9   Colorado College   23-13-2   476   5
10   North Dakota      23-14-1   454   11
11   Nebraska-Omaha      20-12-6   401   12
12   Harvard              17-10-2   326   13
13   New Hampshire      18-11-7   316   15
14   Boston College      20-11-3   305   9
15   Michigan      18-13-5   279   14
16   Dartmouth      16-11-2   198   17
17   Colgate              18-10-6   180   16
18   Northern Michigan   20-14-2   126   20
19   Ferris State      17-13-8   65   NR
20   St. Cloud State      18-14-4   45   19
Others Receiving Votes: Vermont 31, Niagara 17, Alaska-Fairbanks 17, Holy Cross 15, St. Lawrence 10, Providence 7, Minnesota State 4 

USA Today (bad formatting USCHO's)

   Team   Points   (First Place Votes)   Last Poll   Record
1   University of Minnesota   510   (34)   1   25- 6-5   22   
2   Miami (Ohio) University   472          2   23- 7-4   18
3   Boston University   432        3   21- 9-4   12   
4   University of Wisconsin   394      6   23- 9-3   22
5   Michigan State University   384          5   20-10-8   13   
6   University of Maine   325         7   24-10-2   22   
7   University of Denver   262         11   20-13-3    19
8   Cornell University   258          8   18- 7-4   22   
9   Colorado College   233         4   23-13-2   22   
10   University of North Dakota   212        10   23-14-1   22   
11   University of Nebraska Omaha   161      15   20-12-6   4
12   University of New Hampshire   125      12   18-11-7    20
13   Boston College   119      9   20-11-3    22
14   University of Michigan   71      13   18-13-5    22
15   Harvard University   66        14    17-10-2
Others receiving votes: University of Vermont 22, St. Cloud State University 6, Dartmouth College 4, Sacred Heart University 3, Northern Michigan University 1. 

[RichH]

ah, another week of moving up without playing.  I've enjoyed this year of the hot potato.

[Trotsky]

If the teams around them were getting it done, they'd be moving down.  Not their fault.

[KeithK]

The funny thing is how Dartmouth and Colgate switched places at #16 and 17.  Dartmouth must've had better practices than Colgate.

[ebilmes]

[quote KeithK]The funny thing is how Dartmouth and Colgate switched places at #16 and 17.  Dartmouth must've had better practices than Colgate.[/quote]

Dartmouth is seeded ahead of 'gate in the tournament. Perhaps they went by that.

[KeithK]

[quote ebilmes][quote KeithK]The funny thing is how Dartmouth and Colgate switched places at #16 and 17.  Dartmouth must've had better practices than Colgate.[/quote]

Dartmouth is seeded ahead of 'gate in the tournament. Perhaps they went by that.[/quote]But Dartmouth was seeded ahead of Colgate at this point last week too.  Maybe the pollsters (or one or more of them) just noticed that Dartmouth wins the tiebreaker, even though the USCHO page puts Colgate ahead (alphabetically).

[Rosey]

[quote ebilmes]Dartmouth is seeded ahead of 'gate in the tournament. Perhaps they went by that.[/quote]
Or maybe it's just within the margin of error.

I mean, #16/17 out of 50 or so?  It's picking nits at that point.

Kyle

[Trotsky]

[quote krose][quote ebilmes]Dartmouth is seeded ahead of 'gate in the tournament. Perhaps they went by that.[/quote]
Or maybe it's just within the margin of error.

I mean, #16/17 out of 50 or so?  It's picking nits at that point.

Kyle[/quote]

Or maybe they just spend 3 seconds scrawling down names and then don't give it another thought. :-D

[marty]

[quote krose][quote ebilmes]Dartmouth is seeded ahead of 'gate in the tournament. Perhaps they went by that.[/quote]
Or maybe it's just within the margin of error.

Kyle[/quote]

How can you use the word error in a sentence referring to the beloved poll?;-)

[schoaff]

Am I the only one here who reads OCHFW*?

During last Thursday's practice Dartmouth and Colgate were pretty even during sprints and passing, but Dartmouth clearly outshone Colgate during the 3 on 2 drills. Voters were disturbed that Dartmouth's Overlock deviated from his normal Saturday routine and ordered cheerios instead of his usual corn flakes but this was outweighed by the fact that Gaudet described this weeks shipment of pucks as "very shiney and round." There's more to the puck story but I'd rather not discuss it here. PIM me for details.

Frankly, I'm surprised Dartmouth didn't move into 15th.


* Obsessive College Hockey Fans' Weekly

[nshapiro]

Just noticed that the ECAC gets slighted in the USA Today poll.  Cornell, Hahvahd (sucks), Dartmouth and Colgate are all lower than in the USCHO poll.  Colgate didn't even get a single point.