Polls 12/13

[chris \'06]

December 13, 2004

   Team        (First Place)    Record  Pts   Last Week
 1 Minnesota            (36)    13-4-0  594     1
 2 Colorado College      (4)    13-3-0  552     3
 3 Michigan                     13-4-1  490     4
 4 Wisconsin                    13-5-0  474     2
 5 Boston College                7-3-3  432     5
 6 New Hampshire                11-3-2  378     7
 7 Denver                       10-5-0  370     6
 8 North Dakota                 11-7-2  257     9
 9 Cornell                       7-2-2  210    12
10 Ohio State                   11-5-2  189     8
11 Harvard                       9-3-1  188    NR
12 Colgate                      12-4-0  162    13
13 Boston University            10-6-0  158    14
14 Vermont                       9-5-3  149    10
15 Maine                        10-7-2  125    11

Others Receiving Votes: Northern Michigan 57,
Minnesota-Duluth 7, Minnesota State 3, Michigan State 2,
Nebraska-Omaha 2, Dartmouth 1

[Ben Rocky '04]

Not that I am complaining, but it seems to me that Harvard (sucks) should be in 9 and that we should hold steady around 12.  It is not like we did much this last week other then practice......

[Will]

Man, we should just not play for the rest of the season, and we'll be #1 in no time. :-D

Is this the first time Cornell has been idle and has actually risen in the polls?

[Bio '04]

I think we may have risen last year in USCHO's poll during finals when we were idle.  I do remember people commenting that we rose in INCH's poll because part of their "reason" was that the Cornell players did so well in their own skills competition. :-P

[calgARI '07]

Uch, they don't deserve to be that high with the competition they have played so far.  If they can have some success in the next four games, then they are worthy of top ten.  The game at Harvard is getting pretty big though.
Anyone else pumped that four ECAC teams are ranked?  When was the last time this happened?

[Brian]

The win at home against Harvard at the beginning of the season must have really factored into there minds.  I really can't put us up that high either and we better be at the top of our game b/c everybody will be out for us now. ::crazy::

[finchphil]

Actually 4 ECAC teams (all IVY) were ranked in the top 15 a year ago for at least a week.

November 24, 2003

   Team        (First Place)    Record  Pts   Last Week
 1 North Dakota         (36)     9-2-0  595     1
 2 Boston College        (2)     7-2-3  543     2
 3 Maine                 (2)         10-2-1  507     3
 4 New Hampshire                 8-2-1  499     4
 5 Colorado College               6-1-3  418     6
 6 Michigan                            9-3-0  409     7
 7 Massachusetts                  8-2-1  335     9
 8 St. Cloud State                  8-3-1  286     5
 9 Ohio State                       10-5-0  263    12
10 Denver                              7-4-1  227     8
11 Dartmouth                        4-0-3  154    NR
12 Boston University             3-3-3  113    10
13 Cornell                               3-2-3   80    11
14 Harvard                             2-2-1   72    13
15 Brown                                4-1-0   69    15

[Chris 02]

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, December 13)

    TEAM                        PTS    Record    Last week
    ----                        ---    ------   ----------
 1. Minnesota (29)              501    13-4-0         1
 2. Colorado College (5)        479    13-3-0         2
 3. Michigan                    431    13-4-1         4
 4. Wisconsin                   399    13-5-0         3
 5. Boston College              383     7-3-3         5
 6. New Hampshire               329    11-3-2         7
 7. Denver                      328    10-5-0         6
 8. North Dakota                226    11-7-2         9
 9. Ohio State                  171    11-5-2         8
10. Cornell                     155     7-2-2        12
11. Vermont                     139     9-5-3        11
12. Colgate                     131    12-4-0        13
13. Harvard                     124     9-3-1        NR
14. Maine                       119    10-7-2        10
15. Boston University           103    10-6-0        14


Others receiving votes:  
Northern Michigan 62

[chris \'06]

seems BU has cooled off a bit since that 77-2 start!

USA Today's typo was making me look bad for posting that last week

[billhoward]

Maybe Cornell rose because it did no bad this past week. A couple teams just ahead of Cornell lost, which Cornell didn't do, so you have to ding them.


9 vs. 5 in the Everblades Classic seems like we have a better chance than 12 playing 5. This should be good: The No. 5, 9, and 15 teams playing; only one unranked team. Cornell and BC are both wishing they'd drawn St. Cloud State in the opener so it could be (probably) Cornell-BC for the title.

If Ohio State hadn't bailed, it could have been 5-9-10-15.

[Robb]

The everblades has pretty consistently been one of the toughest Christmas tournaments.  Not that that makes me feel any better about our overall record down there, but still...

[RichH]

[Q]Robb Wrote:

 The everblades has pretty consistently been one of the toughest Christmas tournaments.  Not that that makes me feel any better about our overall record down there, but still...[/q]

And let's not forget the other usual "resident" of that tournament, OSU, is at #10/9.  If they weren't hosting the Frozen Four this year, they'd be present as well.  I can't remember if SCSU or BC was the team added to replace OSU this year.

[Will]

[Q]RichH Wrote:

 [Q2]Robb Wrote:

 The everblades has pretty consistently been one of the toughest Christmas tournaments.  Not that that makes me feel any better about our overall record down there, but still...[/Q]
And let's not forget the other usual "resident" of that tournament, OSU, is at #10/9.  If they weren't hosting the Frozen Four this year, they'd be present as well.  I can't remember if SCSU or BC was the team added to replace OSU this year.[/q]

I thought Ohio State bailed on the Florida College Classic (nee the Everblades College Classic) because they wanted to host their own holiday tournament, the Ohio Hockey Classic.  (Can it really be called 'classic' if it's the first year of the tournament's existence?)

[Liz \'05]

They did, and I think it was so they could place a bid for the NCAAs or something next year...if I remember correctly, Ohio State will be back next year, but I'm too lazy to figure out where I read this, despite the fact that I'm "studying" for a final and am searching for any way to procrastinate I can. :-P

[KeithK]

The NCAA is requiring OSU to host a tournament before they host the Frozen Four. As practice if you will.  Thus the Buckeyes host their own tourney this year instead of taking a Florida vacation...