Scores (sorted by team) through February 2, 2014 courtesy of USCHO.com . Disclaimer: The D3 rankings are new and it is unclear to me how well connected the East/West schedules are and therefore still unclear how accurate the relative rankings between regions are. Previous Rankings New ratings will be posted each week, time permitting. Maximum Goal Differential = 4 2013 National Champions: Wisconsin-Eau Claire See Rankings Without Considering Goal Differential Below RANK TEAM W L T GmPerf Sched Total Last 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1,Wisconsin-Stevens Point,___________ 15 2 2, 2.4, 8.0, 10.39, 9.66 2,St Norbert,________________________ 17 3 1, 1.9, 8.3, 10.22, 10.41 3,Adrian,____________________________ 17 1 3, 2.2, 7.7, 9.93, 9.45 4,Wisconsin-Eau Claire,______________ 14 4 1, 1.8, 8.0, 9.83, 10.49 5,St Thomas,_________________________ 14 3 2, 1.5, 8.0, 9.49, 9.57 6,Gustavus Adolphus,_________________ 13 4 3, 1.0, 8.0, 8.99, 10.32 7,St Scholastica,____________________ 12 5 4, 1.2, 7.7, 8.92, 8.67 8,Wisconsin-River Falls,_____________ 12 6 2, 0.6, 8.3, 8.91, 8.91 9,Norwich,___________________________ 14 5 2, 1.8, 7.0, 8.80, 8.43 10,Plattsburgh,_______________________ 16 3 2, 1.6, 7.0, 8.61, 7.05 11,Oswego,____________________________ 13 4 2, 1.6, 6.9, 8.53, 7.67 12,Concordia (Minn),__________________ 11 6 4, 0.8, 7.8, 8.51, 8.08 13,Williams,__________________________ 13 3 2, 1.4, 7.1, 8.45, 8.75 14,Marian,____________________________ 8 11 2, 0.3, 8.2, 8.45, 8.91 15,St John's,_________________________ 11 8 0, 0.3, 8.1, 8.41, 8.51 16,Massachusetts-Boston,______________ 14 4 3, 1.7, 6.6, 8.29, 7.57 17,Hobart,____________________________ 11 5 4, 1.1, 7.2, 8.27, 9.23 18,St Olaf,___________________________ 9 9 3, 0.1, 8.1, 8.23, 9.14 19,Lake Forest,_______________________ 12 8 1, 0.3, 7.9, 8.22, 9.95 20,Concordia (Wis),___________________ 8 9 4, -0.1, 8.2, 8.15, 6.02 21,Utica,_____________________________ 11 5 4, 1.1, 7.1, 8.13, 6.79 22,Babson,____________________________ 17 3 1, 1.3, 6.8, 8.11, 8.65 23,Trinity,___________________________ 14 4 0, 1.7, 6.4, 8.08, 8.51 24,Augsburg,__________________________ 9 7 3, 0.0, 8.0, 8.02, 7.40 25,Geneseo,___________________________ 14 5 0, 1.0, 6.9, 7.92, 7.49 26,New England College,_______________ 14 6 1, 0.9, 6.9, 7.80, 8.68 27,Amherst,___________________________ 11 6 1, 0.6, 7.2, 7.79, 7.94 28,Elmira,____________________________ 12 8 0, 0.6, 7.2, 7.76, 8.48 29,Wisconsin-Superior,________________ 7 11 3, -0.4, 8.2, 7.76, 8.24 30,Bowdoin,___________________________ 11 5 2, 1.1, 6.6, 7.70, 7.36 31,Wisconsin-Stout,___________________ 6 13 0, -0.9, 8.5, 7.57, 6.72 32,Buffalo State,_____________________ 9 8 3, 0.3, 7.2, 7.49, 8.52 33,Middlebury,________________________ 8 8 2, 0.3, 7.1, 7.46, 7.19 34,Manhattanville,____________________ 10 8 1, 0.5, 6.9, 7.42, 6.41 35,Johnson and Wales,_________________ 15 4 0, 1.4, 5.7, 7.12, 6.52 36,Skidmore,__________________________ 7 8 7, 0.2, 6.9, 7.04, 6.79 37,Milwaukee School of Engineering,___ 6 14 1, -1.1, 8.2, 7.02, 8.80 38,Bethel,____________________________ 3 14 2, -1.1, 8.1, 6.97, 6.92 39,St Mary's,_________________________ 6 12 1, -1.4, 8.3, 6.89, 5.08 40,Colby,_____________________________ 9 6 3, 0.1, 6.8, 6.88, 6.81 41,Neumann,___________________________ 7 8 4, -0.2, 7.0, 6.87, 5.56 42,St Anselm,_________________________ 7 9 4, 0.1, 6.7, 6.84, 6.76 43,Castleton,_________________________ 10 10 2, -0.1, 6.9, 6.82, 6.83 44,Wesleyan,__________________________ 8 8 2, 0.1, 6.6, 6.72, 6.08 45,Lawrence,__________________________ 5 15 1, -1.8, 8.5, 6.69, 6.26 46,Nazareth,__________________________ 6 13 1, -1.0, 7.7, 6.67, 8.32 47,Brockport,_________________________ 6 10 3, -0.5, 7.0, 6.45, 7.22 48,Finlandia,_________________________ 2 17 1, -2.0, 8.4, 6.44, 6.09 49,Fredonia,__________________________ 7 9 4, -0.5, 6.8, 6.39, 6.93 50,Nichols,___________________________ 12 5 2, 0.9, 5.4, 6.33, 5.87 51,Hamilton,__________________________ 4 10 3, -1.0, 7.3, 6.32, 5.58 52,Plymouth State,____________________ 9 10 0, 0.5, 5.8, 6.23, 7.41 53,Southern Maine,____________________ 5 11 5, -0.9, 7.0, 6.11, 5.54 54,Connecticut College,_______________ 5 12 1, -1.2, 7.2, 6.04, 7.61 55,Stonehill,_________________________ 12 9 0, 0.6, 5.5, 6.03, 7.09 56,Cortland,__________________________ 4 13 3, -1.1, 7.1, 6.02, 5.47 57,Hamline,___________________________ 2 16 1, -2.4, 8.4, 5.98, 6.25 58,So New Hampshire,__________________ 13 6 1, 0.6, 5.4, 5.98, 6.23 59,Potsdam,___________________________ 7 12 0, -0.9, 6.9, 5.98, 6.27 60,University of New England,_________ 8 12 1, -1.0, 6.9, 5.93, 6.44 61,Salem State,_______________________ 10 8 1, 0.0, 5.7, 5.73, 5.31 62,Curry,_____________________________ 8 9 2, -0.4, 6.0, 5.61, 6.29 63,Fitchburg State,___________________ 9 10 0, 0.2, 5.4, 5.58, 6.04 64,Tufts,_____________________________ 3 15 0, -1.3, 6.9, 5.53, 5.10 65,Northland,_________________________ 3 18 0, -2.5, 8.0, 5.52, 5.23 66,Salve Regina,______________________ 7 12 0, -0.8, 6.3, 5.49, 4.67 67,St Michael's,______________________ 4 15 1, -1.5, 6.9, 5.44, 6.77 68,Wentworth,_________________________ 7 10 2, -0.5, 5.9, 5.41, 4.89 69,Westfield State,___________________ 8 11 0, 0.2, 5.2, 5.34, 4.54 70,Western New England,_______________ 9 10 0, -0.4, 5.8, 5.33, 3.85 71,Morrisville,_______________________ 5 13 2, -1.4, 6.6, 5.18, 4.82 72,Framingham State,__________________ 7 8 3, -0.4, 5.4, 4.98, 4.21 73,Massachusetts-Dartmouth,___________ 4 13 2, -1.3, 6.0, 4.75, 4.18 74,Suffolk,___________________________ 5 12 1, -1.1, 5.7, 4.65, 3.28 75,Worcester State,___________________ 8 8 1, -0.9, 5.3, 4.42, 5.17 76,Assumption,________________________ 3 15 2, -1.4, 5.6, 4.19, 2.98 77,Canton,____________________________ 3 14 2, -1.7, 5.9, 4.16, 4.83 78,Franklin Pierce,___________________ 4 13 2, -1.5, 5.6, 4.11, 5.17 79,Becker,____________________________ 2 14 2, -1.6, 5.5, 3.90, 4.91 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,St Norbert,________________________ 17 3 1, 0.7, 7.5, 8.18, 8.14 2,Wisconsin-Stevens Point,___________ 15 2 2, 0.7, 7.4, 8.11, 7.82 3,Adrian,____________________________ 17 1 3, 0.8, 7.3, 8.06, 8.13 4,St Thomas,_________________________ 14 3 2, 0.6, 7.5, 8.04, 7.97 5,Wisconsin-Eau Claire,______________ 14 4 1, 0.5, 7.5, 7.99, 8.23 6,Gustavus Adolphus,_________________ 13 4 3, 0.5, 7.5, 7.92, 8.48 7,Wisconsin-River Falls,_____________ 12 6 2, 0.3, 7.5, 7.82, 7.93 8,St Scholastica,____________________ 12 5 4, 0.3, 7.4, 7.70, 7.33 9,St John's,_________________________ 11 8 0, 0.2, 7.5, 7.68, 7.87 10,Concordia (Minn),__________________ 11 6 4, 0.2, 7.4, 7.64, 7.51 11,Plattsburgh,_______________________ 16 3 2, 0.6, 7.0, 7.59, 7.27 12,Augsburg,__________________________ 9 7 3, 0.1, 7.5, 7.59, 7.26 13,Lake Forest,_______________________ 12 8 1, 0.2, 7.4, 7.58, 8.25 14,Babson,____________________________ 17 3 1, 0.7, 6.9, 7.55, 7.84 15,St Olaf,___________________________ 9 9 3, 0.0, 7.5, 7.53, 8.03 16,Williams,__________________________ 13 3 2, 0.6, 7.0, 7.53, 7.53 17,Concordia (Wis),___________________ 8 9 4, -0.0, 7.5, 7.44, 6.75 18,Geneseo,___________________________ 14 5 0, 0.5, 6.9, 7.42, 7.14 19,Oswego,____________________________ 13 4 2, 0.5, 6.9, 7.40, 7.10 20,Norwich,___________________________ 14 5 2, 0.4, 6.9, 7.38, 7.08 21,Marian,____________________________ 8 11 2, -0.1, 7.5, 7.36, 7.78 22,Massachusetts-Boston,______________ 14 4 3, 0.5, 6.8, 7.32, 6.84 23,Hobart,____________________________ 11 5 4, 0.3, 7.0, 7.30, 7.46 24,New England College,_______________ 14 6 1, 0.4, 6.9, 7.29, 7.57 25,Trinity,___________________________ 14 4 0, 0.6, 6.7, 7.29, 7.38 26,Wisconsin-Superior,________________ 7 11 3, -0.2, 7.5, 7.28, 7.42 27,Amherst,___________________________ 11 6 1, 0.3, 7.0, 7.28, 7.47 28,Utica,_____________________________ 11 5 4, 0.3, 7.0, 7.26, 6.73 29,Wisconsin-Stout,___________________ 6 13 0, -0.4, 7.6, 7.24, 7.05 30,St Mary's,_________________________ 6 12 1, -0.3, 7.6, 7.23, 6.57 31,Elmira,____________________________ 12 8 0, 0.2, 7.0, 7.18, 7.23 32,Bowdoin,___________________________ 11 5 2, 0.3, 6.8, 7.17, 7.25 33,Johnson and Wales,_________________ 15 4 0, 0.6, 6.5, 7.10, 6.96 34,Buffalo State,_____________________ 9 8 3, 0.1, 7.1, 7.10, 7.50 35,Lawrence,__________________________ 5 15 1, -0.5, 7.6, 7.09, 6.92 36,Milwaukee School of Engineering,___ 6 14 1, -0.4, 7.4, 7.07, 7.61 37,Colby,_____________________________ 9 6 3, 0.2, 6.9, 7.05, 7.26 38,Manhattanville,____________________ 10 8 1, 0.1, 6.9, 7.01, 6.70 39,Middlebury,________________________ 8 8 2, 0.0, 7.0, 6.97, 6.69 40,Bethel,____________________________ 3 14 2, -0.6, 7.5, 6.92, 6.93 41,Castleton,_________________________ 10 10 2, 0.0, 6.9, 6.92, 7.12 42,Neumann,___________________________ 7 8 4, -0.1, 7.0, 6.90, 6.44 43,Skidmore,__________________________ 7 8 7, -0.0, 6.9, 6.88, 6.93 44,Hamline,___________________________ 2 16 1, -0.7, 7.6, 6.84, 6.78 45,Fredonia,__________________________ 7 9 4, -0.1, 6.9, 6.83, 7.21 46,Finlandia,_________________________ 2 17 1, -0.8, 7.6, 6.81, 6.79 47,Wesleyan,__________________________ 8 8 2, 0.0, 6.8, 6.81, 6.40 48,Nazareth,__________________________ 6 13 1, -0.3, 7.2, 6.81, 7.77 49,Nichols,___________________________ 12 5 2, 0.4, 6.4, 6.80, 6.53 50,St Anselm,_________________________ 7 9 4, -0.1, 6.9, 6.77, 6.83 51,Brockport,_________________________ 6 10 3, -0.2, 7.0, 6.74, 6.89 52,So New Hampshire,__________________ 13 6 1, 0.3, 6.4, 6.74, 6.83 53,Hamilton,__________________________ 4 10 3, -0.4, 7.1, 6.72, 6.48 54,University of New England,_________ 8 12 1, -0.2, 6.9, 6.71, 7.04 55,Northland,_________________________ 3 18 0, -0.7, 7.4, 6.71, 6.39 56,Potsdam,___________________________ 7 12 0, -0.3, 6.9, 6.68, 6.63 57,Southern Maine,____________________ 5 11 5, -0.3, 6.9, 6.66, 6.31 58,Connecticut College,_______________ 5 12 1, -0.4, 7.0, 6.63, 7.26 59,Salem State,_______________________ 10 8 1, 0.1, 6.5, 6.61, 6.39 60,Curry,_____________________________ 8 9 2, -0.1, 6.6, 6.58, 6.86 61,Stonehill,_________________________ 12 9 0, 0.1, 6.4, 6.56, 7.23 62,Cortland,__________________________ 4 13 3, -0.5, 7.0, 6.56, 6.29 63,Plymouth State,____________________ 9 10 0, -0.1, 6.5, 6.49, 6.88 64,Western New England,_______________ 9 10 0, -0.1, 6.5, 6.49, 5.99 65,Salve Regina,______________________ 7 12 0, -0.3, 6.7, 6.47, 6.29 66,Morrisville,_______________________ 5 13 2, -0.4, 6.9, 6.45, 6.23 67,Wentworth,_________________________ 7 10 2, -0.2, 6.6, 6.43, 6.56 68,St Michael's,______________________ 4 15 1, -0.6, 6.9, 6.37, 6.86 69,Fitchburg State,___________________ 9 10 0, -0.1, 6.4, 6.36, 6.53 70,Framingham State,__________________ 7 8 3, -0.1, 6.4, 6.35, 6.16 71,Worcester State,___________________ 8 8 1, 0.0, 6.3, 6.33, 6.60 72,Tufts,_____________________________ 3 15 0, -0.7, 6.9, 6.23, 6.17 73,Westfield State,___________________ 8 11 0, -0.2, 6.4, 6.19, 6.19 74,Massachusetts-Dartmouth,___________ 4 13 2, -0.5, 6.6, 6.16, 5.84 75,Suffolk,___________________________ 5 12 1, -0.4, 6.5, 6.14, 5.43 76,Canton,____________________________ 3 14 2, -0.6, 6.6, 6.05, 6.17 77,Franklin Pierce,___________________ 4 13 2, -0.5, 6.5, 6.01, 6.33 78,Assumption,________________________ 3 15 2, -0.6, 6.5, 5.89, 5.50 79,Becker,____________________________ 2 14 2, -0.7, 6.5, 5.81, 5.96 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 7. 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 . 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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