Polls 12/11/06

[Chris 02]

USCHO.com/CSTV Division I Men's Poll
December 11, 2006

 Team (First Place Votes) Record Points Last Poll 
1 Minnesota (40)          15-1-3  800      1 
2 New Hampshire           13-2-1  750      2 
3 Maine                   10-3-1  690      3 
4 Notre Dame              14-3-1  689      5 
5 Miami                   14-5-1  654      4 
6 St. Cloud State         10-3-3  585      8 
7 Boston College           9-5-1  547      6 
8 Colorado College        11-6-1  458      9 
9 Boston University        6-3-5  428      11 
10 Michigan               12-7-0  400      7 
11 Cornell                 8-3-1  391      12 
12 Denver                 10-6-2  360      13 
13 Vermont                 9-5-1  305      14 
14 Michigan State          9-7-1  293      15 
15 Clarkson               11-5-1  242      17 
16 Massachusetts           8-5-2  154      16 
17 North Dakota            7-8-1  148      10 
18 Lake Superior          11-5-2  121      20 
19 Dartmouth               5-3-2  117      18 
20 Quinnipiac              8-4-4   93      NR 

Others Receiving Votes: Alaska 46, Alaska-Anchorage 28, Niagara 27, Wisconsin 24, Bemidji State 15, St. Lawrence 13, Northern Michigan 12, Sacred Heart 6, Nebraska-Omaha 2, RIT 2

Voters look favorably upon the new glass and reward us with moving up a spot.  But more likely they looked down upon North Dakota losing to Wisconsin twice at home.

[ftyuv]

Looks like we went down a rank again. :-/

[Chris '03]

Anyone else think next week Cornell will magically make up those 9 points with UMich to set up 3 top ten teams in florida?

Too bad Western has almost as many losses as Cornell, UMO, and UNH combined.

[Trotsky]

I can't remember a poll in which there was a team in the top 20 with 3 fewer wins than another team in the top 20 had losses.

[RichH]

[quote Trotsky]I can't remember a poll in which there was a team in the top 20 with 3 fewer wins than another team in the top 20 had losses.[/quote]

USCHO.com/CSTV Division I Men's Poll
November 13, 2006

9   Boston University      2-1-4   489
14   Wisconsin              4-6-2   227
17   St. Cloud State              2-3-3   157

Last month, but it was 4, not 3.  Anyway, more proof that having a record of past success and being a historic "powerhouse" program earns you some poll inertia.  (BTW, the following week, Bucky dropped out of the top 20, going from 227 voting points to 78)

It happens a lot early in the season, given the head start the Western teams tend to get on many Eastern schools.  October polls are even more ridiculous (Harvard was ranked at 0-1-0, and I count 4 teams with at least 3 losses), of course, so why bother?

Edit: Another December example happened in '03-'04, and it even involved some school from Ithaca, NY:
http://www.uscho.com/rankings/?data=uscho1m&season=20032004&week=1215

[French Rage]

[quote RichH]
Edit: Another December example happened in '03-'04, and it even involved some school from Ithaca, NY:
http://www.uscho.com/rankings/?data=uscho1m&season=20032004&week=1215[/quote]

What are you talking about?  There was no college hockey that year.

[Oat]

North Dakota is a big joke.

[ebilmes]

Moved all the way to 10 in USA Today. (ahead of Michigan)

Since y'all are in a researching mood, can anyone find a time where we moved up two spots in an off-week?