Scores (sorted by team) through April 10, 2010 courtesy of USCHO.com . Previous Rankings New ratings will be posted each week, time permitting. More scores give better rankings, Minimum 3 Scores vs. D1 Competition to be Ranked Maximum Goal Differential = 4 See Rankings Without Considering Goal Differential Below RANK TEAM W L T GmPerf Sched Total Last 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1,Wisconsin,_________________________ 28 11 4, 1.2, 7.6, 8.82, 9.08 2,Miami,_____________________________ 29 8 7, 1.2, 7.5, 8.68, 7.07 3,North Dakota,______________________ 25 13 5, 1.0, 7.7, 8.68, 9.34 4,Boston College,____________________ 29 10 3, 1.2, 7.4, 8.61, 10.74 5,Denver,____________________________ 27 10 4, 0.8, 7.6, 8.32, 6.98 6,Michigan,__________________________ 26 18 1, 0.8, 7.4, 8.24, 9.96 7,St Cloud State,____________________ 24 14 5, 0.4, 7.7, 8.06, 8.34 8,Bemidji State,_____________________ 23 10 4, 0.9, 7.0, 7.92, 6.09 9,Cornell,___________________________ 21 9 4, 1.1, 6.8, 7.89, 8.42 10,Minnesota-Duluth,__________________ 22 17 1, 0.3, 7.6, 7.89, 8.55 11,Northern Michigan,_________________ 20 13 8, 0.5, 7.4, 7.86, 8.73 12,Mass-Lowell,_______________________ 19 16 4, 0.6, 7.3, 7.84, 7.86 13,Colorado College,__________________ 19 17 3, 0.2, 7.6, 7.83, 6.86 14,New Hampshire,_____________________ 18 14 7, 0.2, 7.6, 7.80, 7.69 15,Alaska,____________________________ 18 12 9, 0.5, 7.3, 7.79, 7.55 16,Minnesota,_________________________ 18 19 2, -0.0, 7.8, 7.77, 8.34 17,Ferris State,______________________ 21 13 6, 0.6, 7.2, 7.77, 7.86 18,Maine,_____________________________ 19 17 3, 0.2, 7.5, 7.73, 8.72 19,Yale,______________________________ 21 10 3, 1.0, 6.7, 7.67, 6.98 20,Michigan State,____________________ 19 13 6, 0.3, 7.4, 7.64, 6.82 21,Vermont,___________________________ 17 15 7, 0.0, 7.6, 7.56, 7.17 22,Nebraska-Omaha,____________________ 20 16 6, 0.2, 7.3, 7.53, 8.27 23,Minnesota State,___________________ 16 20 3, -0.1, 7.6, 7.53, 8.26 24,Boston University,_________________ 18 17 3, -0.0, 7.5, 7.46, 7.57 25,Ohio State,________________________ 15 18 6, -0.3, 7.6, 7.37, 8.45 26,Union,_____________________________ 21 12 6, 0.7, 6.6, 7.29, 7.18 27,Merrimack,_________________________ 16 19 2, -0.1, 7.4, 7.28, 7.23 28,Northeastern,______________________ 16 16 2, -0.1, 7.4, 7.25, 6.23 29,Massachusetts,_____________________ 18 18 0, -0.3, 7.4, 7.19, 8.06 30,Notre Dame,________________________ 13 17 8, -0.3, 7.4, 7.11, 5.83 31,RIT,_______________________________ 28 12 1, 1.2, 5.6, 6.86, 9.08 32,Lake Superior,_____________________ 15 18 5, -0.5, 7.3, 6.80, 5.00 33,Quinnipiac,________________________ 20 18 2, 0.2, 6.6, 6.77, 6.04 34,Niagara,___________________________ 12 20 4, -0.2, 7.0, 6.77, 7.36 35,Rensselaer,________________________ 18 17 4, 0.1, 6.6, 6.74, 6.23 36,Western Michigan,__________________ 8 20 8, -0.8, 7.5, 6.71, 6.30 37,St Lawrence,_______________________ 19 16 7, 0.0, 6.7, 6.71, 6.06 38,Colgate,___________________________ 15 15 6, -0.1, 6.7, 6.63, 7.50 39,Alaska-Anchorage,__________________ 11 23 2, -1.3, 7.8, 6.57, 6.24 40,Alabama-Huntsville,________________ 12 18 3, -0.5, 6.9, 6.47, 7.55 41,Robert Morris,_____________________ 10 19 6, -0.7, 7.2, 6.47, 6.28 42,Providence,________________________ 10 20 4, -0.9, 7.3, 6.40, 5.74 43,Michigan Tech,_____________________ 5 30 1, -1.7, 8.0, 6.27, 6.36 44,Dartmouth,_________________________ 10 19 3, -0.5, 6.7, 6.15, 6.98 45,Princeton,_________________________ 12 16 3, -0.6, 6.7, 6.15, 6.48 46,Harvard,___________________________ 9 21 3, -0.9, 6.9, 6.07, 6.36 47,Bowling Green,_____________________ 5 25 6, -1.6, 7.5, 5.93, 5.29 48,Sacred Heart,______________________ 21 13 4, 0.3, 5.6, 5.91, 5.36 49,Clarkson,__________________________ 9 24 4, -1.0, 6.9, 5.89, 6.47 50,Brown,_____________________________ 13 20 4, -0.8, 6.7, 5.87, 7.32 51,Air Force,_________________________ 16 15 6, 0.1, 5.7, 5.78, 7.85 52,Mercyhurst,________________________ 15 20 3, 0.0, 5.6, 5.60, 4.96 53,Canisius,__________________________ 17 15 5, 0.1, 5.5, 5.57, 5.55 54,Army,______________________________ 11 18 7, -0.4, 5.7, 5.26, 4.01 55,Holy Cross,________________________ 12 19 6, -0.4, 5.6, 5.20, 5.07 56,Bentley,___________________________ 12 19 4, -0.8, 5.5, 4.78, 3.60 57,Connecticut,_______________________ 7 27 3, -1.6, 5.8, 4.20, 4.74 58,American Int'l,____________________ 5 24 4, -1.7, 5.6, 3.95, 4.17 Maximum Goal Differential = 1 (i.e. just considers W, L, T and schedule strength) RANK TEAM W L T GmPerf Sched Total Last 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1,Wisconsin,_________________________ 28 11 4, 0.4, 7.2, 7.64, 7.98 2,Miami,_____________________________ 29 8 7, 0.5, 7.1, 7.63, 7.45 3,Boston College,____________________ 29 10 3, 0.5, 7.2, 7.62, 8.40 4,Denver,____________________________ 27 10 4, 0.4, 7.2, 7.61, 6.89 5,North Dakota,______________________ 25 13 5, 0.3, 7.3, 7.54, 7.98 6,St Cloud State,____________________ 24 14 5, 0.2, 7.2, 7.47, 7.65 7,New Hampshire,_____________________ 18 14 7, 0.1, 7.2, 7.34, 7.01 8,Minnesota-Duluth,__________________ 22 17 1, 0.1, 7.2, 7.33, 7.48 9,Michigan,__________________________ 26 18 1, 0.2, 7.1, 7.32, 8.02 10,Northern Michigan,_________________ 20 13 8, 0.2, 7.1, 7.30, 7.52 11,Colorado College,__________________ 19 17 3, 0.1, 7.2, 7.30, 7.24 12,Vermont,___________________________ 17 15 7, 0.1, 7.2, 7.29, 7.25 13,Cornell,___________________________ 21 9 4, 0.4, 6.9, 7.27, 7.48 14,Bemidji State,_____________________ 23 10 4, 0.4, 6.9, 7.27, 6.64 15,Minnesota,_________________________ 18 19 2, -0.0, 7.3, 7.27, 7.38 16,Alaska,____________________________ 18 12 9, 0.2, 7.1, 7.27, 6.97 17,Ferris State,______________________ 21 13 6, 0.2, 7.1, 7.27, 7.23 18,Maine,_____________________________ 19 17 3, 0.1, 7.2, 7.26, 7.50 19,Michigan State,____________________ 19 13 6, 0.2, 7.1, 7.26, 7.03 20,Yale,______________________________ 21 10 3, 0.3, 6.9, 7.23, 6.85 21,Boston University,_________________ 18 17 3, 0.0, 7.2, 7.22, 7.35 22,Mass-Lowell,_______________________ 19 16 4, 0.1, 7.1, 7.21, 7.27 23,Nebraska-Omaha,____________________ 20 16 6, 0.1, 7.1, 7.21, 7.20 24,Massachusetts,_____________________ 18 18 0, 0.0, 7.2, 7.18, 7.28 25,Northeastern,______________________ 16 16 2, 0.0, 7.2, 7.17, 6.55 26,Ohio State,________________________ 15 18 6, -0.1, 7.2, 7.14, 7.58 27,Minnesota State,___________________ 16 20 3, -0.1, 7.2, 7.14, 7.47 28,Union,_____________________________ 21 12 6, 0.2, 6.9, 7.10, 7.18 29,Merrimack,_________________________ 16 19 2, -0.1, 7.2, 7.10, 7.08 30,Lake Superior,_____________________ 15 18 5, -0.1, 7.1, 7.02, 6.30 31,Notre Dame,________________________ 13 17 8, -0.1, 7.1, 7.02, 6.71 32,Alaska-Anchorage,__________________ 11 23 2, -0.3, 7.3, 6.96, 6.84 33,St Lawrence,_______________________ 19 16 7, 0.1, 6.9, 6.93, 7.01 34,RIT,_______________________________ 28 12 1, 0.4, 6.5, 6.91, 7.76 35,Quinnipiac,________________________ 20 18 2, 0.1, 6.9, 6.90, 6.71 36,Rensselaer,________________________ 18 17 4, 0.0, 6.9, 6.89, 6.45 37,Colgate,___________________________ 15 15 6, 0.0, 6.9, 6.86, 7.10 38,Providence,________________________ 10 20 4, -0.3, 7.1, 6.85, 6.57 39,Western Michigan,__________________ 8 20 8, -0.3, 7.1, 6.82, 6.84 40,Princeton,_________________________ 12 16 3, -0.1, 6.9, 6.76, 6.61 41,Robert Morris,_____________________ 10 19 6, -0.3, 7.0, 6.74, 6.43 42,Niagara,___________________________ 12 20 4, -0.2, 7.0, 6.73, 7.03 43,Alabama-Huntsville,________________ 12 18 3, -0.2, 6.9, 6.71, 7.13 44,Brown,_____________________________ 13 20 4, -0.2, 6.9, 6.70, 7.38 45,Sacred Heart,______________________ 21 13 4, 0.2, 6.5, 6.69, 6.73 46,Michigan Tech,_____________________ 5 30 1, -0.7, 7.4, 6.68, 6.59 47,Harvard,___________________________ 9 21 3, -0.4, 7.0, 6.62, 6.80 48,Dartmouth,_________________________ 10 19 3, -0.3, 6.9, 6.61, 6.84 49,Bowling Green,_____________________ 5 25 6, -0.6, 7.2, 6.61, 6.59 50,Air Force,_________________________ 16 15 6, 0.0, 6.5, 6.55, 7.15 51,Clarkson,__________________________ 9 24 4, -0.4, 7.0, 6.55, 6.81 52,Canisius,__________________________ 17 15 5, 0.1, 6.4, 6.50, 6.49 53,Mercyhurst,________________________ 15 20 3, -0.1, 6.5, 6.37, 6.08 54,Army,______________________________ 11 18 7, -0.2, 6.5, 6.34, 5.86 55,Holy Cross,________________________ 12 19 6, -0.2, 6.5, 6.33, 6.37 56,Bentley,___________________________ 12 19 4, -0.2, 6.5, 6.28, 5.75 57,Connecticut,_______________________ 7 27 3, -0.5, 6.6, 6.03, 6.37 58,American Int'l,____________________ 5 24 4, -0.6, 6.5, 5.92, 5.80 Link to the 2007-2008 Final Rankings . The program starts all teams with an equal arbitrary value and then adjusts them all recursively based on game scores until the lowest cumulative error between expected goal differentials and actual goal differentials is reached (convergence). One effect often noticed is that a team's rating can change slightly without playing due to previous opponents playing which affects their rating and their opponent's rating, etc. The Total column is in goal units and the difference in this value between any two teams is the predicted goal differential for a game played at a neutral site between those two teams. It should be noted that these rankings are an average performance value for each team for the entire season, all games are equally weighted, so a team's latest game may make up only 1/40th of a teams rating at the end of the season. Games that go to shootouts for decision are considered ties for ratings purposes. Actually, there are two different rankings listed. The first is as described above with the maximum goal differential used per game set at 4. This ordering ends up similar to CCHP, although differences do arise due to CCHP considering home ice advantage and CCHP not using a goal differential limit. The second ranking sets maximum goal differential at 1, thereby just considering whether the game was won, lost, or tied (and strength of opponent). This was done because the NCAA has indicated that it does not want to consider goal differential in the selection process. Note that the Total column in the GD=1 ranking is therefore in win percentage units rather than goal units. A rated .01 ahead of B can be interpreted as saying that if these two teams played exclusively against each other, A's predicted winning percentage is 1 percentage point higher than B's (i.e. A's predicted winning percentage vs. B would be .495, B's against A would be .505). However, since the teams do not play exclusively against the other it is actually a little bit more complex than above as teams can be ranked as high as 1.0 above their average opponent (if they were undefeated and untied) and as low as 1.0 below their average opponent (if they lost all of their games). Note that the current spread between #1 and #58 is about 1.7 . Not surprisingly, the ordering ends up very similar to KRACH . Links to other ratings: High School Rankings for 25 States High School National Rankings New England Prep Midget Minor AAA Midget Major AAA Men's NCAA D1 USHL NAHL ACHA College Club USHSHO.com High School Ice Hockey Forums
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