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CC moves up to No. 9 in both polls; No. 7 in PairWise

February 8th, 2010, 1:31 pm · Post a Comment · posted by

A weekend sweep of two top Atlantic Hockey Association teams, Air Force and Mercyhurst, pushed Colorado College up one spot to No. 9 in both the USA Today/USA Hockey and U.S. College Hockey Online polls announced Monday.

A Western Collegiate Hockey Association series split by Minnesota-Duluth at last-place Michigan Tech opened things up ahead of the Tigers (17-10-3, 11-8-3 WCHA).

Third-place Denver (18-6-4, 12-4-4) remained at No.2 ahead of Wisconsin (16-7-4, 11-6-3) and No. 4 St. Cloud State (18-8-4, 13-6-3).

Duluth (18-11-1, 14-7-1), tied for first with St. Cloud, is No. 7 in the USA Hockey poll and No. 8 in USCHO, switching spots with Cornell (No. 8 USA Hockey; No. 7 USCHO) in each ranking.

CC, rated ninth in both, is tied for fourth with Wisconsin in the league.

Boston College rounds out the top 10 followed by sixth-place North Dakota (13-10-5, 8-9-3) at No. 11.

CC’s next opponent, seventh-place Minnesota (13-13-2, 8-10-2) Feb. 19-20, picked up a single vote in the USCHO poll.

Miami remains No. 1 in both polls and in the PairWise rankings, which mimics the 16-team NCAA Tournament selection process. Denver, Wisconsin and St. Cloud follow with BC and Bemidji tied for fifth.

CC inched up to No. 7 after starting last weekend at No. 10. Maine is No. 8 followed by Duluth, North Dakota and Massachusetts in a tie for ninth. The rankings may change after Monday’s Beanpot Tournament final.

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
Men’s College Hockey Poll – #18
(first-place votes in parenthesis)

Rank
School
Last Poll’s Ranking
 2009-10 Record
Weeks in Top-15
1 Miami University, 509 (33)
1
20-4-6
18
2 University of Denver, 478 (1)
2
18-6-4
18
3 University of Wisconsin, 441
3
16-7-4
11
4 St. Cloud State University, 400
4
18-8-4
7
5 Bemidji State University, 305
7
18-6-2
15
6 Cornell University, 289
5
13-6-3
18
7 Yale University, 286
8
14-6-3
18
8 University of Minnesota Duluth, 260
6
18-11-1
12
9 Colorado College, 244
10
17-10-3
15
10 Boston College, 227
14
15-8-2
15
11 University of North Dakota, 199
9
13-10-5
18
12 University of Maine, 136
NR
14-9-3
1
13 Ferris State University, 98
11
17-9-4
9
14 Michigan State University, 87
12
17-10-5
13
15 University of New Hampshire, 48
13
13-10-4
3

Others receiving votes: University of Massachusetts, 27; Union College, 21; University of Vermont, 18; University of Michigan, 6; Rochester Institute of Technology, 1.
 

USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll

February 8, 2010

  Team (First Place Votes) Record Points Last Poll
1 Miami (46) 20- 4-6 996 1
2 Denver ( 3) 18- 6-4 949 2
3 Wisconsin ( 1) 16- 7-4 899 3
4 St. Cloud State   18- 8-4 844 4
5 Bemidji State   18- 6-2 703 7
6 Yale   14- 6-3 650 8
7 Minnesota-Duluth   18-11-1 642 6
8 Cornell   13- 6-3 637 5
9 Colorado College   17-10-3 635 10
10 Boston College   15- 8-2 598 14
11 North Dakota   13-10-5 538 9
12 Maine   14- 9-3 432 16
13 Michigan State   17-10-5 389 12
14 Ferris State   17- 9-4 387 11
15 New Hampshire   13-10-4 258 13
16 Union   15- 7-6 248 20
17 Vermont   13- 9-4 242 17
18 Massachusetts   16-11-0 201 15
19 Michigan   16-13-1 131 19
20 Mass.-Lowell   14-12-2 29 18
Others Receiving Votes: St. Lawrence 28, Alaska 18, RIT 15, Boston University 8, Rensselaer 8, Northern Michigan 6, Sacred Heart 5, Lake Superior 3, Minnesota 1

USCHO.com PairWise Rankings (PWR)

(Switch To: Individual Comparisons Table)

  Record RPI
Rk Team PWR Rk W-L-T Win % Rk RPI
1 Miami 24 1 20-4-6 .7667 1 .5899
2 Denver 23 3 18-6-4 .7143 2 .5825*
3 Wisconsin 22 5t 16-7-4 .6667 3 .5708
4 St. Cloud State 20 5t 18-8-4 .6667 4 .5667
5t Bemidji State 19 2 18-6-2 .7308 6 .5548
5t Boston College 19 9 15-8-2 .6400 7 .5494
7 Colorado College 17 11t 17-10-3 .6167 5 .5555
8 Maine 16 14 14-9-3 .5962 9 .5449
9t Minnesota-Duluth 14 11t 18-11-1 .6167 8 .5482
9t North Dakota 14 21 13-10-5 .5536 11 .5391
9t Massachusetts 14 15 16-11-0 .5926 17 .5368
12t Ferris State 12 10 17-9-4 .6333 10 .5402
12t Michigan State 12 13 17-10-5 .6094 14 .5375
14t Vermont 11 17 13-9-4 .5769 12 .5383
14t Cornell 11 7 13-6-3 .6591 15 .5372
16 New Hampshire 10 20 13-10-4 .5556 13 .5378
17t Yale 8 4 14-6-3 .6739 16 .5371
17t Union 8 8 15-7-6 .6429 18 .5328*
19 Alaska 6 25t 11-9-8 .5357 23 .5172
20t Michigan 5 22t 16-13-1 .5500 19 .5240
20t Boston University 5 31t 11-11-3 .5000 24 .5170
22 Lake Superior 4 22t 14-11-5 .5500 20 .5185
23t Minnesota 3 31t 13-13-2 .5000 21 .5183
23t Northern Michigan 3 29 12-10-8 .5333 22 .5175
25 Mass.-Lowell 0 25t 14-12-2 .5357 25 .5151

*Team’s RPI has been adjusted to remove negative effect from defeating weak opponent.

The PairWiseSM Ranking is a system which attempts to mimic the method used by the NCAA Selection Committee to determine participants for the NCAA Division I men’s hockey tournament. The PWR compares the top 25 teams in the RPI Ratings Percentage Index (RPI), judging them by four criteria: record against common opponents, head-to-head competition, record against other top 25 teams if the team has faced at least 10 top 25 opponents, and the RPI.

For each comparison won, a team receives one point. The final PWR ranking is based on the number of points (comparisons) won against top 25 teams. Ties are settled by the RPI.

A more complete explanation of the workings of the PWR is also available in our FAQ. There is also a FAQ available explaining the NCAA Tournament selection process.

The PWR can be reformatted and redistributed by any media outlet or person, provided USCHO’s URL (http://www.uscho.com/) accompanies the results.

Note: A team’s record is based only on games against other Division I hockey schools which are eligible for the NCAA Tournament. In particular, only non-exhibition matchups between schools in the six major conferences count towards a team’s record as used in the RPI and PWR. Other games, including contests against Canadian schools and tournament-ineligible D-I programs, are not counted.

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