Scores (sorted by team) through January 30, 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,_________________________ 15 7 4, 1.2, 7.8, 9.06, 8.11 2,Miami,_____________________________ 18 4 6, 1.3, 7.6, 8.92, 9.05 3,Colorado College,__________________ 15 10 3, 0.6, 7.7, 8.39, 8.90 4,North Dakota,______________________ 13 10 5, 0.6, 7.8, 8.39, 6.65 5,Denver,____________________________ 16 6 4, 0.5, 7.9, 8.34, 9.17 6,St Cloud State,____________________ 17 8 3, 0.6, 7.7, 8.27, 8.66 7,Bemidji State,_____________________ 18 6 2, 1.3, 7.0, 8.26, 8.50 8,Minnesota-Duluth,__________________ 17 10 1, 0.5, 7.7, 8.24, 8.04 9,Michigan,__________________________ 15 12 1, 0.6, 7.5, 8.08, 8.07 10,Michigan State,____________________ 17 9 4, 0.6, 7.4, 8.00, 7.94 11,Ferris State,______________________ 17 8 3, 0.9, 7.1, 7.97, 7.19 12,Boston College,____________________ 13 8 2, 0.7, 7.2, 7.91, 8.54 13,Cornell,___________________________ 12 5 3, 1.0, 6.9, 7.88, 7.77 14,New Hampshire,_____________________ 13 8 4, 0.3, 7.5, 7.82, 8.13 15,Mass-Lowell,_______________________ 14 10 2, 0.8, 7.0, 7.80, 7.38 16,Minnesota,_________________________ 13 13 2, 0.1, 7.7, 7.79, 8.16 17,Maine,_____________________________ 12 9 3, 0.3, 7.3, 7.68, 7.28 18,Yale,______________________________ 12 6 3, 0.9, 6.8, 7.68, 6.46 19,Notre Dame,________________________ 12 11 7, 0.2, 7.4, 7.65, 8.03 20,Minnesota State,___________________ 12 14 2, 0.0, 7.5, 7.55, 6.47 21,Massachusetts,_____________________ 16 10 0, 0.3, 7.2, 7.51, 7.10 22,Vermont,___________________________ 12 9 3, 0.0, 7.4, 7.48, 7.86 23,Ohio State,________________________ 11 13 2, -0.2, 7.7, 7.43, 7.99 24,Northern Michigan,_________________ 11 10 7, 0.0, 7.4, 7.41, 6.08 25,Alaska,____________________________ 10 9 7, 0.0, 7.4, 7.40, 7.15 26,Union,_____________________________ 13 7 6, 0.7, 6.7, 7.38, 5.72 27,Nebraska-Omaha,____________________ 13 12 5, 0.0, 7.3, 7.31, 8.67 28,Lake Superior,_____________________ 14 9 5, 0.2, 7.1, 7.26, 7.18 29,Boston University,_________________ 9 11 3, -0.2, 7.5, 7.25, 7.75 30,St Lawrence,_______________________ 14 9 4, 0.4, 6.7, 7.18, 8.20 31,Merrimack,_________________________ 9 14 0, -0.3, 7.3, 7.04, 7.04 32,Rensselaer,________________________ 14 12 2, 0.3, 6.8, 7.02, 6.99 33,Alaska-Anchorage,__________________ 10 15 1, -0.9, 7.9, 6.94, 6.92 34,Northeastern,______________________ 11 11 1, -0.4, 7.3, 6.94, 6.95 35,Quinnipiac,________________________ 13 11 2, 0.3, 6.6, 6.93, 5.60 36,Niagara,___________________________ 7 15 3, -0.3, 7.2, 6.84, 7.17 37,Western Michigan,__________________ 6 15 5, -0.8, 7.5, 6.74, 5.79 38,Colgate,___________________________ 10 10 5, -0.1, 6.7, 6.59, 8.36 39,Robert Morris,_____________________ 8 14 4, -0.8, 7.4, 6.58, 6.82 40,Providence,________________________ 9 15 1, -0.7, 7.2, 6.49, 5.44 41,Alabama-Huntsville,________________ 7 13 2, -0.6, 7.0, 6.36, 6.32 42,Michigan Tech,_____________________ 4 21 1, -1.7, 7.9, 6.25, 6.68 43,RIT,_______________________________ 15 10 1, 0.8, 5.4, 6.19, 5.82 44,Harvard,___________________________ 5 11 3, -0.7, 6.8, 6.14, 7.99 45,Princeton,_________________________ 9 10 2, -0.7, 6.8, 6.10, 6.07 46,Sacred Heart,______________________ 13 9 4, 0.4, 5.6, 6.06, 6.22 47,Bowling Green,_____________________ 4 18 4, -1.4, 7.4, 6.00, 6.35 48,Brown,_____________________________ 7 12 2, -0.6, 6.6, 5.99, 6.20 49,Dartmouth,_________________________ 6 15 0, -0.9, 6.7, 5.79, 6.11 50,Clarkson,__________________________ 5 18 3, -1.3, 7.0, 5.73, 4.55 51,Mercyhurst,________________________ 12 14 2, 0.2, 5.5, 5.73, 5.10 52,Canisius,__________________________ 11 11 4, 0.0, 5.7, 5.65, 6.11 53,Army,______________________________ 9 12 5, -0.2, 5.8, 5.55, 5.92 54,Air Force,_________________________ 12 10 6, 0.0, 5.4, 5.44, 5.27 55,Bentley,___________________________ 11 12 3, -0.5, 5.9, 5.33, 4.66 56,Holy Cross,________________________ 6 14 5, -0.7, 5.7, 4.96, 4.50 57,Connecticut,_______________________ 4 20 3, -1.8, 5.9, 4.04, 4.06 58,American Int'l,____________________ 3 19 2, -2.0, 5.7, 3.71, 3.87 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,Denver,____________________________ 16 6 4, 0.4, 7.3, 7.72, 7.84 2,Miami,_____________________________ 18 4 6, 0.5, 7.2, 7.71, 7.86 3,Wisconsin,_________________________ 15 7 4, 0.3, 7.3, 7.63, 7.59 4,St Cloud State,____________________ 17 8 3, 0.3, 7.2, 7.56, 7.88 5,Colorado College,__________________ 15 10 3, 0.2, 7.3, 7.50, 7.60 6,Minnesota-Duluth,__________________ 17 10 1, 0.3, 7.2, 7.50, 7.24 7,North Dakota,______________________ 13 10 5, 0.1, 7.3, 7.41, 6.86 8,New Hampshire,_____________________ 13 8 4, 0.2, 7.2, 7.41, 7.46 9,Bemidji State,_____________________ 18 6 2, 0.5, 6.9, 7.40, 7.68 10,Michigan State,____________________ 17 9 4, 0.3, 7.1, 7.39, 7.21 11,Vermont,___________________________ 12 9 3, 0.1, 7.2, 7.35, 7.29 12,Boston College,____________________ 13 8 2, 0.2, 7.1, 7.35, 7.28 13,Ferris State,______________________ 17 8 3, 0.3, 7.0, 7.35, 6.91 14,Massachusetts,_____________________ 16 10 0, 0.2, 7.1, 7.34, 7.38 15,Maine,_____________________________ 12 9 3, 0.1, 7.2, 7.32, 7.17 16,Cornell,___________________________ 12 5 3, 0.4, 7.0, 7.30, 7.48 17,Michigan,__________________________ 15 12 1, 0.1, 7.2, 7.27, 7.32 18,Minnesota,_________________________ 13 13 2, 0.0, 7.3, 7.25, 7.16 19,Mass-Lowell,_______________________ 14 10 2, 0.2, 7.1, 7.23, 7.02 20,Yale,______________________________ 12 6 3, 0.3, 6.9, 7.21, 7.06 21,Lake Superior,_____________________ 14 9 5, 0.2, 7.0, 7.20, 7.41 22,Notre Dame,________________________ 12 11 7, 0.0, 7.2, 7.19, 7.41 23,Northern Michigan,_________________ 11 10 7, 0.0, 7.1, 7.17, 6.84 24,Ohio State,________________________ 11 13 2, -0.1, 7.2, 7.16, 7.61 25,Northeastern,______________________ 11 11 1, 0.0, 7.2, 7.16, 7.43 26,Alaska,____________________________ 10 9 7, 0.0, 7.1, 7.15, 7.01 27,Nebraska-Omaha,____________________ 13 12 5, 0.0, 7.1, 7.14, 7.39 28,Union,_____________________________ 13 7 6, 0.2, 6.9, 7.13, 6.38 29,Minnesota State,___________________ 12 14 2, -0.1, 7.2, 7.12, 6.56 30,Alaska-Anchorage,__________________ 10 15 1, -0.2, 7.3, 7.12, 7.44 31,Boston University,_________________ 9 11 3, -0.1, 7.2, 7.11, 7.38 32,St Lawrence,_______________________ 14 9 4, 0.2, 6.9, 7.05, 7.46 33,Rensselaer,________________________ 14 12 2, 0.1, 6.9, 6.99, 6.81 34,Merrimack,_________________________ 9 14 0, -0.2, 7.1, 6.93, 7.01 35,Quinnipiac,________________________ 13 11 2, 0.1, 6.8, 6.92, 6.20 36,Providence,________________________ 9 15 1, -0.2, 7.1, 6.87, 6.24 37,Robert Morris,_____________________ 8 14 4, -0.2, 7.1, 6.86, 7.04 38,Colgate,___________________________ 10 10 5, 0.0, 6.9, 6.85, 7.15 39,Princeton,_________________________ 9 10 2, -0.0, 6.9, 6.83, 6.83 40,Western Michigan,__________________ 6 15 5, -0.3, 7.2, 6.82, 6.37 41,Niagara,___________________________ 7 15 3, -0.3, 7.0, 6.71, 6.52 42,Michigan Tech,_____________________ 4 21 1, -0.7, 7.3, 6.69, 6.73 43,Alabama-Huntsville,________________ 7 13 2, -0.3, 6.9, 6.67, 6.73 44,Sacred Heart,______________________ 13 9 4, 0.2, 6.5, 6.64, 6.97 45,Brown,_____________________________ 7 12 2, -0.2, 6.9, 6.63, 6.97 46,Harvard,___________________________ 5 11 3, -0.3, 6.9, 6.60, 7.32 47,RIT,_______________________________ 15 10 1, 0.2, 6.4, 6.60, 6.34 48,Bowling Green,_____________________ 4 18 4, -0.5, 7.1, 6.59, 6.83 49,Bentley,___________________________ 11 12 3, -0.0, 6.6, 6.55, 6.30 50,Canisius,__________________________ 11 11 4, 0.0, 6.5, 6.53, 6.74 51,Air Force,_________________________ 12 10 6, 0.1, 6.4, 6.49, 6.35 52,Clarkson,__________________________ 5 18 3, -0.5, 7.0, 6.49, 5.97 53,Dartmouth,_________________________ 6 15 0, -0.4, 6.9, 6.46, 6.69 54,Army,______________________________ 9 12 5, -0.1, 6.6, 6.44, 6.50 55,Mercyhurst,________________________ 12 14 2, -0.1, 6.5, 6.40, 6.24 56,Holy Cross,________________________ 6 14 5, -0.3, 6.5, 6.17, 5.84 57,Connecticut,_______________________ 4 20 3, -0.6, 6.6, 5.98, 6.00 58,American Int'l,____________________ 3 19 2, -0.7, 6.5, 5.81, 6.04 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
Over 4000 registered members, HS message boards for over 30 states + midget, junior, college, and pro hockey forums! Receive email when this page changes