Men's NCAA Division 1 College Hockey Rankings 2010-2011
Scores (sorted by team) through January 9, 2011 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
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1,Yale,______________________________ 15 1 0, 2.6, 6.8, 9.41, 9.09
2,North Dakota,______________________ 16 5 2, 1.1, 7.7, 8.77, 9.56
3,Boston College,____________________ 15 5 0, 1.6, 7.1, 8.73, 8.87
4,Miami,_____________________________ 11 8 3, 1.0, 7.4, 8.37, 7.85
5,Wisconsin,_________________________ 14 7 3, 1.2, 7.1, 8.32, 8.75
6,Denver,____________________________ 13 5 4, 0.8, 7.5, 8.32, 8.07
7,Michigan,__________________________ 13 6 4, 0.9, 7.3, 8.26, 8.94
8,Minnesota-Duluth,__________________ 14 4 3, 0.9, 7.4, 8.25, 7.50
9,Notre Dame,________________________ 14 7 3, 0.9, 7.3, 8.25, 8.67
10,New Hampshire,_____________________ 12 3 4, 1.2, 6.9, 8.06, 8.19
11,Nebraska-Omaha,____________________ 12 7 1, 0.8, 7.3, 8.02, 6.85
12,Union,_____________________________ 13 6 3, 1.1, 6.8, 7.84, 7.72
13,Rensselaer,________________________ 12 5 3, 0.9, 6.9, 7.78, 7.49
14,Colorado College,__________________ 12 9 1, 0.4, 7.4, 7.75, 8.29
15,Dartmouth,_________________________ 8 5 2, 0.6, 7.1, 7.72, 7.19
16,Merrimack,_________________________ 10 4 4, 0.8, 6.8, 7.66, 7.92
17,Ohio State,________________________ 12 8 1, 0.7, 7.0, 7.66, 8.91
18,Alaska,____________________________ 9 7 4, 0.1, 7.5, 7.60, 7.53
19,Ferris State,______________________ 11 8 4, 0.4, 7.1, 7.58, 7.61
20,Maine,_____________________________ 9 6 4, 0.4, 7.2, 7.58, 6.62
21,Minnesota,_________________________ 9 8 3, 0.1, 7.4, 7.54, 7.59
22,Princeton,_________________________ 11 6 1, 0.9, 6.6, 7.51, 7.25
23,Western Michigan,__________________ 11 6 5, 0.2, 7.2, 7.42, 9.10
24,Bemidji State,_____________________ 8 11 1, -0.3, 7.6, 7.36, 7.36
25,Boston University,_________________ 9 5 6, -0.1, 7.3, 7.13, 6.39
26,Northern Michigan,_________________ 9 11 4, -0.3, 7.4, 7.12, 6.79
27,St Cloud State,____________________ 9 11 2, -0.3, 7.4, 7.11, 8.11
28,Michigan State,____________________ 8 11 3, -0.5, 7.5, 7.05, 6.47
29,Minnesota State,___________________ 10 8 4, -0.0, 7.1, 7.01, 8.23
30,Alaska-Anchorage,__________________ 5 10 3, -0.8, 7.7, 6.93, 7.21
31,Brown,_____________________________ 5 6 4, -0.3, 7.3, 6.92, 6.67
32,Clarkson,__________________________ 11 8 2, 0.1, 6.7, 6.82, 6.48
33,Cornell,___________________________ 6 8 1, -0.1, 6.9, 6.79, 6.84
34,Robert Morris,_____________________ 12 7 2, 0.7, 6.1, 6.75, 6.59
35,Northeastern,______________________ 5 9 4, -0.2, 6.8, 6.66, 7.41
36,Lake Superior,_____________________ 6 10 4, -0.8, 7.4, 6.63, 6.64
37,RIT,_______________________________ 11 8 3, 0.3, 6.2, 6.50, 7.16
38,Providence,________________________ 7 8 5, -0.5, 6.9, 6.47, 6.49
39,Quinnipiac,________________________ 11 10 2, -0.5, 6.9, 6.46, 7.86
40,St Lawrence,_______________________ 6 10 3, -0.5, 7.0, 6.45, 7.27
41,Niagara,___________________________ 11 7 2, 0.2, 6.2, 6.39, 5.48
42,Vermont,___________________________ 4 11 4, -0.9, 7.2, 6.35, 5.92
43,Mercyhurst,________________________ 8 11 2, 0.1, 6.2, 6.31, 6.70
44,Bowling Green,_____________________ 7 15 2, -1.0, 7.3, 6.27, 5.66
45,Massachusetts,_____________________ 3 11 3, -0.9, 7.1, 6.22, 5.19
46,Air Force,_________________________ 8 8 3, -0.2, 6.3, 6.14, 5.33
47,Harvard,___________________________ 3 11 0, -1.1, 7.2, 6.02, 5.87
48,Canisius,__________________________ 6 10 4, -0.3, 6.3, 5.97, 5.39
49,Holy Cross,________________________ 7 11 2, -0.5, 6.4, 5.96, 5.84
50,Colgate,___________________________ 3 16 1, -0.8, 6.8, 5.95, 6.03
51,Michigan Tech,_____________________ 3 15 2, -1.7, 7.6, 5.82, 4.33
52,Connecticut,_______________________ 7 9 3, -0.6, 6.3, 5.76, 6.08
53,Bentley,___________________________ 5 10 2, -0.7, 6.3, 5.55, 4.60
54,Alabama-Huntsville,________________ 3 19 2, -1.5, 7.0, 5.53, 6.52
55,Massachusetts-Lowell,______________ 2 16 2, -1.9, 7.2, 5.37, 4.19
56,Army,______________________________ 5 13 2, -1.0, 6.2, 5.22, 5.27
57,American International,____________ 4 11 0, -1.2, 6.3, 5.10, 5.37
58,Sacred Heart,______________________ 3 13 5, -2.1, 6.4, 4.30, 4.46
Maximum Goal Differential = 1 (i.e. just considers W, L, T and schedule strength)
RANK TEAM W L T GmPerf Sched Total Last 5
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1,North Dakota,______________________ 16 5 2, 0.5, 7.3, 7.77, 8.15
2,Yale,______________________________ 15 1 0, 0.9, 6.9, 7.75, 7.74
3,Minnesota-Duluth,__________________ 14 4 3, 0.5, 7.2, 7.67, 7.26
4,Denver,____________________________ 13 5 4, 0.4, 7.2, 7.60, 7.38
5,Boston College,____________________ 15 5 0, 0.5, 7.0, 7.54, 7.78
6,Notre Dame,________________________ 14 7 3, 0.3, 7.1, 7.44, 7.43
7,Michigan,__________________________ 13 6 4, 0.3, 7.1, 7.42, 7.61
8,Nebraska-Omaha,____________________ 12 7 1, 0.3, 7.2, 7.41, 6.84
9,New Hampshire,_____________________ 12 3 4, 0.5, 6.9, 7.40, 7.34
10,Wisconsin,_________________________ 14 7 3, 0.3, 7.1, 7.35, 7.68
11,Colorado College,__________________ 12 9 1, 0.1, 7.2, 7.33, 7.47
12,Rensselaer,________________________ 12 5 3, 0.3, 6.9, 7.29, 7.34
13,Miami,_____________________________ 11 8 3, 0.1, 7.1, 7.28, 7.01
14,Boston University,_________________ 9 5 6, 0.2, 7.1, 7.27, 7.04
15,Alaska,____________________________ 9 7 4, 0.1, 7.2, 7.27, 7.20
16,Merrimack,_________________________ 10 4 4, 0.3, 6.9, 7.26, 7.36
17,Union,_____________________________ 13 6 3, 0.3, 6.9, 7.26, 7.28
18,Western Michigan,__________________ 11 6 5, 0.2, 7.0, 7.26, 7.99
19,Maine,_____________________________ 9 6 4, 0.2, 7.1, 7.23, 6.87
20,Minnesota,_________________________ 9 8 3, 0.1, 7.2, 7.22, 7.18
21,Dartmouth,_________________________ 8 5 2, 0.2, 7.0, 7.17, 6.86
22,Ferris State,______________________ 11 8 4, 0.1, 7.0, 7.16, 7.01
23,Ohio State,________________________ 12 8 1, 0.2, 7.0, 7.16, 7.85
24,Minnesota State,___________________ 10 8 4, 0.1, 7.1, 7.16, 7.57
25,Bemidji State,_____________________ 8 11 1, -0.1, 7.3, 7.10, 7.07
26,Princeton,_________________________ 11 6 1, 0.3, 6.8, 7.09, 7.08
27,Northern Michigan,_________________ 9 11 4, -0.1, 7.2, 7.08, 6.95
28,St Cloud State,____________________ 9 11 2, -0.1, 7.2, 7.07, 7.54
29,Clarkson,__________________________ 11 8 2, 0.1, 6.9, 7.05, 7.04
30,Alaska-Anchorage,__________________ 5 10 3, -0.3, 7.3, 7.04, 7.04
31,Michigan State,____________________ 8 11 3, -0.1, 7.2, 7.03, 7.05
32,Brown,_____________________________ 5 6 4, -0.1, 7.1, 7.01, 7.00
33,Quinnipiac,________________________ 11 10 2, 0.0, 6.9, 6.95, 7.40
34,Lake Superior,_____________________ 6 10 4, -0.2, 7.1, 6.91, 6.81
35,Providence,________________________ 7 8 5, -0.1, 7.0, 6.90, 6.85
36,Robert Morris,_____________________ 12 7 2, 0.2, 6.6, 6.89, 6.78
37,Niagara,___________________________ 11 7 2, 0.2, 6.7, 6.85, 6.74
38,RIT,_______________________________ 11 8 3, 0.1, 6.7, 6.84, 7.04
39,Cornell,___________________________ 6 8 1, -0.1, 6.9, 6.81, 6.93
40,Air Force,_________________________ 8 8 3, 0.0, 6.8, 6.79, 6.82
41,St Lawrence,_______________________ 6 10 3, -0.2, 7.0, 6.79, 7.19
42,Northeastern,______________________ 5 9 4, -0.2, 7.0, 6.73, 7.16
43,Bowling Green,_____________________ 7 15 2, -0.3, 7.1, 6.73, 6.43
44,Vermont,___________________________ 4 11 4, -0.4, 7.1, 6.72, 6.48
45,Michigan Tech,_____________________ 3 15 2, -0.6, 7.3, 6.65, 6.13
46,Connecticut,_______________________ 7 9 3, -0.1, 6.7, 6.63, 6.82
47,Holy Cross,________________________ 7 11 2, -0.2, 6.8, 6.60, 6.36
48,Massachusetts,_____________________ 3 11 3, -0.5, 7.1, 6.59, 6.21
49,Mercyhurst,________________________ 8 11 2, -0.1, 6.7, 6.57, 6.85
50,Canisius,__________________________ 6 10 4, -0.2, 6.8, 6.55, 6.49
51,Harvard,___________________________ 3 11 0, -0.6, 7.1, 6.48, 6.34
52,Bentley,___________________________ 5 10 2, -0.3, 6.8, 6.47, 5.92
53,Massachusetts-Lowell,______________ 2 16 2, -0.7, 7.1, 6.39, 5.98
54,Alabama-Huntsville,________________ 3 19 2, -0.7, 7.0, 6.30, 6.47
55,American International,____________ 4 11 0, -0.5, 6.8, 6.30, 6.45
56,Sacred Heart,______________________ 3 13 5, -0.5, 6.8, 6.28, 6.41
57,Colgate,___________________________ 3 16 1, -0.7, 6.9, 6.26, 6.13
58,Army,______________________________ 5 13 2, -0.4, 6.7, 6.26, 6.12
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).
Not surprisingly, the ordering ends up very similar to KRACH .
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