[November 16, 2009]
Team (First Place Votes) Record Points Last Poll
1 Miami (42) 8-1-3 986 1
2 North Dakota ( 2) 7-2-1 916 2
3 Denver ( 2) 6-3-1 855 4
4 Mass.-Lowell ( 3) 7-2-1 824 5
5 Cornell 4-1-0 781 3
6 Michigan State ( 1) 9-2-1 727 13
7 Colorado College 7-2-1 695 10
8 Bemidji State 8-1-1 658 7
9 Yale 2-1-2 506 12
10 Alaska 7-2-1 505 9
11 Massachusetts 7-2-0 414 14
12 Nebraska-Omaha 5-2-3 371 11
13 Quinnipiac 8-1-0 366 20
14 Notre Dame 5-5-2 299 8
15 Wisconsin 6-3-1 242 NR
16 Michigan 4-6-0 230 6
17 Vermont 4-4-1 222 15
17 Boston College 4-3-1 222 16
19 Princeton 3-2-1 181 19
20 Minnesota-Duluth 7-4-1 175 18
Others Receiving Votes: Ferris State 128, St. Cloud State 46, Colgate 43, Boston University 41, Merrimack 17, Rensselaer 16, Providence 12, Union 9, Northeastern 8, RIT 3, New Hampshire 2
USA TODAY/USA Hockey men's poll
[Nov. 16, 2009]
Rank School (first-place votes) Record Points Last week's rank
1 Miami University (Ohio) (31) 8-1-3 507 1
2 North Dakota (1) 7-2-1 448 2
3 Denver (1) 6-3-1 429 3
4 Massachusetts Lowell (1) 7-2-1 405 5
5 Cornell 4-1-0 342 4
6 Michigan State 9-2-1 329 14
7 Colorado College 7-2-1 311 13
8 Bemidji State 8-1-1 271 7
9 Yale 2-1-2 218 11
10 University of Alaska (Fairbanks) 7-2-1 176 9
11 Massachusetts 7-2-0 141 10
12 Nebraska Omaha 5-2-3 107 12
13 Quinnipiac 8-1-0 102 NR
14 Notre Dame 5-5-2 54 8
15 Michigan 4-6-0 52 6
Others receiving votes: University of Wisconsin, 47; University of Vermont, 34; Boston College, 30; Ferris State University, 24; Princeton University, 22; University of Minnesota Duluth, 15; Colgate University, 4; Lake Superior State University, 4; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 3; Merrimack College, 2; Rochester Institute of Technology, 2; Boston University, 1.
Analysis: I think's laughable that Notre Dame and Michigan remain in the top 15. BSU with it’s split also remain in the top ten.
I don't have too much of a problem with BSU being #8, they probably deserve more of a #10 ranking though. They played 1 and 2/3 good games and just blew the third period on Saturday.
ReplyDeleteI have a problem with the Beavers even being ranked at all. They play a cup cake schedule and they have 1 quality win all season, which they got on Sunday at Minnesota. Look at their schedule people, its high school girls competition.
ReplyDeleteBig move by Bucky Badger. Not sure how or why though, they only swept Anchorage at home. Huge series next weekend between Denver and North Dakota.
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ReplyDeleteBSU is a legit team and I don't have a problem with their ranking. I have a problem with Michigan and Notre Dame being ranked so high.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is that WCHAdominates believes that only WCHA teams should be in the rankings everyweek, since no other conference can come close to their level.
ReplyDeleteI guess a win and tie at Northern Michigan who beat UMD and Notre Dame at UMD and Notre Dame counts as part of the cupcake schedule. But I guess CCHA teams don't count for anything against his almighty WCHA.
It is the only thing that I am not excited about with Bemidji joining the WCHA, we will be in the same conference with WCHA elitist fans like you.
That is not what I believe there Chucky. In no way, shape, or form did I say that only WCHA teams should be ranked. Hockey East has some solid teams, as does the CCHA (Miami in particular, Michigan State as well). However, these are the teams that BSU has beaten:
ReplyDeleteRobert Morris at home twice
Air Force at home twice
Alabama Huntsville at home twice
N. Michigan on the road twice
Minnesota split on the road
Sit there and tell me that this schedule is worthy of being ranked #8 in the country. If you think that, you're just as stupid as the poll voters. They have Miami, Ohio State, Duluth, Mankato, and Omaha on the schedule this season as well. If they put up a .500 record or better against them, then they are worthy of a #15 ranking, certainly not #7 or #8.
And just for the record, the WCHA has 37 national titles. The next closest conference has 14, that's Hockey East. You let me know when someone catches up.
Let's see your rankings then please, go one through twenty and please try and justify putting teams with losing or .500 records in the top 20. I am not doubting how good the WCHA is, I have been watching their games since birth, but I bet the WCHA players respect other conferences a hell of a lot more than you do and they play against them.
ReplyDeleteWCHA dominates: if you're going by current alignment, the CCHA has 17
ReplyDeleteAlso, where do you get the 37 from?
ReplyDeleteI was under the impression the WCHA had 30 championships.
ReplyDeleteGo to WCHA.com and click on The WCHA at the top left. Read just one or two paragraphs and you will see.
ReplyDeleteThe WCHA is also the only conference to place all four teams in the Frozen Four in NCAA hockey history. We all know that will never ever happen again because the other conferences complained about it and now they pit WCHA teams against each other in the regionals to knock each other out instead.