Polls 2019-20

[KenP]

Cornell is outright #1 in USCHO poll this week.

[Jim Hyla]

Here's the link, I'll post them all at the end of work.

USCHO Division I Men's Poll - January 20, 2020

Dartmouth is now 20, so we've played 8/20 teams.

[RichH]

Cornell is outright #1 in USCHO poll this week.

Only by 2 poll points, despite having 7 more first place votes than UND. Only 11 points ahead of #3 Mankato. North Dakota got 3 fewer first-place votes than Mankato, yet leads them by 9 points. NCHC biasing?

I'm treating it as a three-way tie and nothing will change until one of us loses.

[scoop85]

Interesting that the women, who are 4th in USCHO, received a 1st place vote. Maybe from Katy Stone of Harvard after the ladies put a butt-whipping on the Crimson?

[Jim Hyla]

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[b]USCHO Division I Men's Poll - January 20, 2020[/b]
Rnk Team      (First) Record Points Last Poll

[b][u]1 Cornell        (21) 13-1-3 951 1[/u][/b]
2 North Dakota (13) 18-2-3 949 1
3 Minnesota State (16) 22-3-1 940 3
4 Boston College 15-5-0 836 5
5 Denver        15-4-5 811 4
6 Ohio State 15-6-3 700 9
7 Massachusetts 16-7-1 683 10
[b][u]8 Clarkson 16-5-2 682 7[/u][/b]
9 Penn State 16-7-1 602 6
10 Providence 14-6-5 535 11
11 Minnesota Duluth 12-8-2 505 8
12 UMass Lowell 13-6-4 424 13
13 Arizona State 15-8-3 420 14
14 Northeastern 13-7-2 368 12
15 Northern Michigan 13-8-3 206 17
[b][u]16 Harvard         9-6-2 179 16
17 Quinnipiac 13-8-1 151 20[/u][/b]
18 Bowling Green 13-11-2 124 15
19 Michigan State 12-11-1 104 20
[b][u]20 Dartmouth 10-5-3 73 NR[/u][/b]

Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 65, Bemidji State 58,
Army 31, New Hampshire 31, Michigan Tech 22, Michigan 21,
Western Michigan 19, Sacred Heart 7, Omaha 2, St. Cloud 1

[b]USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
January 20, 2020[/b]
Team               Points (First) Last Poll Record Weeks in Poll

[b][u]1 Cornell University 479 (20) 1 13-1-3 16[/u][/b]
2 University North Dakota 478 (10) 2 18-2-3 12
3 Minnesota State Univer 452 (4) 3 22-3-1 16
4 Boston College        404 5 15-5-0 13
5 University of Denver 394 4 15-4-5 16
[b][u]6 Ohio State University 314 9 15-6-3 16[/u][/b]
7 University Massachusetts303 10 16-7-1 16
[b][u]8 Clarkson University 259 7 16-5-2 16[/u][/b]
9 Penn State University 233 6 16-7-1 16
10 Providence College 186 11 14-6-5 13
11 Univer Minnesota Duluth 171 8 13-8-2 16
12 Uni Massachusetts Lowell126 13 13-6-4 10
13 Arizona State University121 14 8-2-2 4
14 Northeastern University  92 12 13-7-2 16
15 Northern Michigan Univer 23 NR 13-9-3 1

Others receiving votes: Michigan State University 21 [b][u]Quinnipiac University 12[/u][/b]
[b][u]Harvard University 6 Dartmouth College 4[/u][/b] Michigan Tech University 2.

[b]NCAA Tournament Pairwise Comparison Ratings[/b]

Rk Team        PCWs RPI Rk QWB-† W-L-T Win % Wgtd Win % - ‡
1 North Dakota 59 .6184 1 .0046 18-2-3 .8478 .8532
2 Minnesota State 58 .6155 2 .0065 22-3-1 .8654 .8626
[b][u]3 Cornell 57 .6138 3 .0086 13-1-3 .8529 .8647[/u][/b]
4 Denver        56 .5877 5 .0076 15-4-5 .7292 .7304
5 Boston College 55 .5945 4 .0049 15-5-0 .7500 .7647
6 Massachusetts 54 .5630 6 .0044 16-7-1 .6875 .7009
7 Ohio State 53 .5628 7 .0025 15-6-3 .6875 .6830
[b][u]8 Clarkson 52 .5570 8 .0006 16-5-2 .7391 .7414[/u][/b]
9 Penn State 51 .5562 9 .0017 16-7-1 .6875 .6667
[b][u]10 Providence 50 .5501 10 .0061 14-6-5 .6600 .6434[/u][/b]
11 Arizona State 49 .5481 11 .0035 15-8-3 .6346 .6389
12 Minnesota-Duluth48 .5449 12 .0030 12-8-2 .5909 .5926
13 Mass.-Lowell 47 .5433 13 .0047 13-6-4 .6522 .6356
14 Northeastern 46 .5394 14 .0028 13-7-2 .6364 .6442
[b][u]15 Quinnipiac 45 .5351 15 .0026 13-8-1 .6136 .6311
16 Michigan State 43 .5327 16 .0030 12-11-1 .5208 .5214
17 North Michigan 42 .5311 17 .0031 13-8-3 .6042 .5950[/u][/b]
18 New Hampshire 42 .5293 18 .0055 12-9-1 .5682 .5743
[b][u]19 Dartmouth 41 .5291 19 .0041 10-5-3 .6389 .6386
20 Harvard 40 .5268 20 .0034 9-6-2 .5882 .5756[/u][/b]
21 Notre Dame 39 .5263 21 .0049 10-10-4 .5000 .4914
22 Michigan Tech 38 .5242 22 .0028 13-11-3 .5370 .5461
23 Bemidji State 37 .5229 23 .0000 13-7-4 .6250 .6283
24 Michigan 36 .5215 24 .0041 10-11-3 .4792 .4874
[b][u]25 Army        35 .5190 25 .0002 14-7-2 .6522 .6466[/u][/b]

[b]KRACH: Division I Men[/b]

Rank Team       Rating RRWP Win % Rk W-L-T Win % Win Ratio SOS Rk SOS

1 Minnesota State 1066. .8867 1 22-3-1 0.8654 6.429 11 165.8
2 North Dakota 1034. .8837 3 18-2-3 0.8478 5.571 4 185.6
[b][u]3 Cornell        769.3 .8522 2 13-1-3 0.8529 5.800 19 132.6[/u][/b]
4 Denver        523.9 .8029 6 15-4-5 0.7292 2.692 2 194.6
5 Boston College 454.5 .7822 4 15-5-0 0.7500 3.000 14 151.5
[b][u]6 Ohio State 322.5 .7271 7 15-6-3 0.6875 2.200 15 146.6[/u][/b]
7 Penn State 280.0 .7024 7 16-7-1 0.6875 2.200 20 127.3
[b][u]8 Clarkson 257.1 .6870 5 16-5-2 0.7391 2.833 42 90.74[/u][/b]
9 Massachusetts 250.3 .6820 7 16-7-1 0.6875 2.200 26 113.8
10 Minnesota Duluth244.6 .6778 20 12-8-2 0.5909 1.444 8 169.3
[b][u]11 Providence 234.7 .6701 10 14-6-5 0.6600 1.941 25 120.9[/u][/b]
12 Arizona State 219.5 .6575 15 15-8-3 0.6346 1.737 22 126.4
[b][u]13 Michigan State 205.5 .6449 26 12-11-1 0.5208 1.087 3 189.0
14 North Michigan 193.2 .6329 19 13-8-3 0.6042 1.526 21 126.6[/u][/b]
15 UMass Lowell 182.3 .6216 11 13-6-4 0.6522 1.875 35 97.21
16 Northeastern 180.2 .6193 14 13-7-2 0.6364 1.750 30 103.0
17 Michigan Tech 179.7 .6188 24 13-11-3 0.5370 1.160 12 154.9
18 Western Michigan174.5 .6130 29 9-9-4 0.5000 1.000 7 174.5
19 Notre Dame 169.3 .6070 29 10-10-4 0.5000 1.000 9 169.3
[b][u]20 Dartmouth 160.6 .5965 13 10-5-3 0.6389 1.769 41 90.79
21 Quinnipiac 160.2 .5959 18 13-8-1 0.6136 1.588 31 100.8[/u][/b]
22 Bemidji State 159.5 .5951 16 13-7-4 0.6250 1.667 36 95.69
[b][u]23 Harvard        155.9 .5906 21 9-6-2 0.5882 1.429 29 109.2[/u][/b]

[b]USCHO Division I Women's Poll - January 20, 2020[/b]
Rnk Team       (First) Record Points Last Poll

1 Wisconsin (8) 21-2-1 143 2
2 Minnesota (6) 20-2-3 138 1
3 Northeastern 19-3-1 116 3
[b][u]4 Cornell        (1) 16-1-2 111 4[/u][/b]
5 Ohio State 14-6-4 91 5
[b][u]6 Princeton 14-4-1 73 6
7 Clarkson 16-4-4 53 7[/u][/b]
7 Boston University 16-5-2 53 8
9 Minnesota Duluth 11-8-3 28 10
[b][u]10 Harvard        10-7-1 8 9[/u][/b]

Others receiving votes: [b][u]Quinnipiac 7[/u][/b], Boston College 2,
[b][u]Colgate 1[/u][/b], Bemidji State 1

[b]Women's National Collegiate PairWise Rankings[/b]

Rnk Team       PWR W-L-T W% W% Rnk RPI RPI Rnk

1 Wisconsin 40 21-2-1 0.8958 1 0.6767* 1
2 Minnesota 39 20-2-3 0.8600 3 0.6721* 2
[b][u]3 Cornell        38 16-1-2 0.8947 2 0.6707* 3[/u][/b]
4 Northeastern 37 19-3-1 0.8478 4 0.6336* 4
[b][u]5 Ohio State 36 14-6-4 0.6667 8 0.6176 5
6 Princeton 35 14-4-1 0.7632 5 0.6126* 6[/u][/b]
7 Boston Univer 34 16-5-2 0.7391 7 0.5850* 7
[b][u]8 Clarkson 33 16-4-4 0.7500 6 0.5790* 8[/u][/b]
9 Minnesota Duluth32 11-8-3 0.5682 18 0.5640 9
[b][u]10 Harvard        31 10-7-1 0.5833 11 0.5563* 10
11 Quinnipiac 30 13-7-3 0.6304 9 0.5502* 11
12 Colgate        29 13-9-4 0.5769 16 0.5496* 12[/u][/b]

[b]KRACH: National Collegiate Women[/b]

Rank Team      Rating RRWP Win % Rk W-L-T Win % Win Ratio SOS Rk SOS

1 Wisconsin 4828. .9367 1 21-2-1 0.8958 8.600 3 561.4
2 Minnesota 4064. .9268 3 20-2-3 0.8600 6.143 2 661.6
[b][u]3 Cornell        3373. .9151 2 16-1-2 0.8947 8.500 5 396.8
4 Ohio State 1858. .8700 8 14-6-4 0.6667 2.000 1 928.9
5 Princeton 1174. .8270 5 14-4-1 0.7632 3.222 6 364.3[/u][/b]
6 Northeastern 997.9 .8101 4 19-3-1 0.8478 5.571 13 179.1
7 Minnesota Duluth 665.8 .7637 18 11-8-3 0.5682 1.316 4 506.0
[b][u]8 Clarkson 553.2 .7407 6 16-4-4 0.7500 3.000 12 184.4[/u][/b]
9 Boston University430.9 .7080 7 16-5-2 0.7391 2.833 18 152.1
[b][u]10 Harvard         397.4 .6971 11 10-7-1 0.5833 1.400 8 283.8[/u][/b]
11 Bemidji State 379.3 .6908 21 13-12-1 0.5192 1.080 7 351.2
[b][u]12 Colgate         360.6 .6838 16 13-9-4 0.5769 1.364 9 264.4
13 Quinnipiac 293.3 .6548 9 13-7-3 0.6304 1.706 16 171.9
14 Robert Morris 241.3 .6269 11 13-9-2 0.5833 1.400 15 172.4[/u][/b]


[Trotsky]

This is the first time we have successfully defended the poll pole position since I've been tracking polls, and I assume since 72 or perhaps 73.

This is the first string of 4 top-20 opponents (at the time of playing) since the last four games of 2012.  We haven't done 5+ in the 20 years I've tracked it; possibly ever.  Q is 17 so we may do it next week.

[Swampy]

This is the first time we have successfully defended the poll pole position since I've been tracking polls, and I assume since 72 or perhaps 73.

This is the first string of 4 top-20 opponents (at the time of playing) since the last four games of 2012.  We haven't done 5+ in the 20 years I've tracked it; possibly ever.  Q is 17 so we may do it next week.

Q?

Don't 20 Dartmouth (1/24) and 16 Harvard (1/25) count?

[Chris '03]

This is the first time we have successfully defended the poll pole position since I've been tracking polls, and I assume since 72 or perhaps 73.

This is the first string of 4 top-20 opponents (at the time of playing) since the last four games of 2012.  We haven't done 5+ in the 20 years I've tracked it; possibly ever.  Q is 17 so we may do it next week.

Q?

Don't 20 Dartmouth (1/24) and 16 Harvard (1/25) count?

They are 3 and 4. Q would be 5.

[Swampy]

::doh:: I forgot about RPI & Union and thought we had played OSU & Providence immediately prior to tNMU. Sorry!

BTW, since we're using first initials to designate teams, it's really too bad that Union doesn't come after Dartmouth and before Harvard on the schedule.

[Trotsky]

BTW, since we're using first initials to designate teams

We could.  In an ECAC solitaire card game I made (because of course) I use:

BKG CDH PQR SUY with K as Clarkson and G as Colgate. In prior incarnations it had V and A.

[Jim Hyla]

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[b]USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Women's College Hockey Poll
January 21, 2020[/b]
Team              Points (First) Last Poll Record Weeks in Poll

1 University of Wisconsin 184 (13) 2 21-2-1 16
2 University of Minnesota 172 (5) 1 20-2-3 16
3 Northeastern University 151 3 19-3-1 16
[b][u]4 Cornell University 136 (1) 4 16-1-2 16[/u][/b]
5 Ohio State University 116 6 14-6-4 16
[b][u]6 Princeton University 92 5 14-4-1 16
7 Clarkson University 69 7 16-4-4 16[/u][/b]
8 Boston University 64 8 16-5-2 13
9 Univer Minnesota Duluth 36 10 11-8-3 14
[b][u]10 Quinnipiac University 13 NR 13-7-3 1[/u][/b]

Others receiving votes: [b][u]Harvard University 5,[/u][/b] Boston College 3,
Bemidji State University 2, [b][u]Colgate University 2[/u][/b].


[andyw2100]

This is the first time we have successfully defended the poll pole position since I've been tracking polls, and I assume since 72 or perhaps 73.

According to an email blast sent to season ticket holders today it's actually the first time ever:

"For a second straight week, Cornell retains the #1 spot in both the USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls, having lost just once in its first 17 games despite playing the nation's fewest home games to date (six). It's the first time the Big Red has claimed the top spot in both national polls for consecutive weeks since the polls started during the 1990s."

[Swampy]

This is the first time we have successfully defended the poll pole position since I've been tracking polls, and I assume since 72 or perhaps 73.

According to an email blast sent to season ticket holders today it's actually the first time ever:

"For a second straight week, Cornell retains the #1 spot in both the USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls, having lost just once in its first 17 games despite playing the nation's fewest home games to date (six). It's the first time the Big Red has claimed the top spot in both national polls for consecutive weeks since the polls started during the 1990s."

Well, one would presume had they polls back then the 1969-1970 team would have had #1 for more than a week.

Then again, maybe it was like lacrosse, and it would have taken actually winning the NC to convince the nonbelievers. If given the choice, I'd take the latter option this year in a heartbeat.

[Trotsky]

Well, one would presume had they polls back then the 1969-1970 team would have had #1 for more than a week.

USCHO started in the 90s.  USA Hockey started earlier.  In any case, there were polls all the way back to at least the 70s and probably before.  Don Birkmayer's newsletter used to publish a poll from a radio station in Michigan, and IINM there were also polls out of Minnesota and Boston.  I believe they were all sponsored by local media and probably heavily locally biased.  Taking their average might produce a true picture of national ranking during those years.

[JasonN95]

NoDak is leading late so it looks like it'll have the top PWR spot and Cornell will be in 2nd. Fun tidbit: At the moment Cornell has the highest quality win bonus (QWB) of *any* team. I think that backs ups the view that Cornell hasn't built its record by playing cupcakes (not that any of us thought that).