USCHO Women's Hockey Posters Poll

[Pick1]

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1)Minnysoda
2)BC
3)Clarkson
4)North Dakota
5)BU
6)Wisconsin
7)Cornell
8)Harvard
9)Northeastern
10)UMD

[OnMAA]

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Moving Minny ahead of Clarkson, due to their wins against strength, vs Clarky's against an unranked team. Wisco and UMD drop a bit. Still having trouble finding a worthy candidate for 10th place. None of the candidates really all that convincing. I went with NorthEastern, as it was the only team in the next group to have two wins this weekend. Most others split.


1 - Minnesota (2)
2 - Clarkson (1)
3 - BC (4)
4 - North Dakota (5)
5 - Wisconsin (3)
6 - Cornell (7)
7 - UMD (6)
8 - Harvard (8)
9 - BU (9)...This is the line, blurry picture 10-14.
10 - NEU (NR)

[TonyTheTiger20]

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Note to TTT: Rutter posts here, he is clearly a "poster". Maybe you should include his ratings as a vote in the poll.

If he wants me to I can, I only wonder how much stock he takes in his formula this early in the year with so much emphasis on last year's results.

[pokechecker]

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If he wants me to I can, I only wonder how much stock he takes in his formula this early in the year with so much emphasis on last year's results.

how is that different than anybody else? that's what just about everyone does

and note the pollsters agree with me and moved UW & UMD up in the polls, you have to look beyond the score

[pokechecker]

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Did u see Ohio State's results?

compared to the fabulous weekend Harvard, Cornell, & BU had, yes

[TonyTheTiger20]

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how is that different than anybody else? that's what just about everyone does

As a mathematical formula, it cannot take into account things like graduated players and players lost to the Olympics and incoming freshmen.

Yes, to some extent, those of us putting together rankings use results from last year as a starting point, but adjust based on those differences above.

I like Rutter's rankings. I have no problem with his rankings. My point is, mathematical approximations of how to rank teams are limited by the numbers that can be plugged into the formula -- in this case, most of his data points so far are coming from last year's games, games which used rosters that are substantially different to this year's.

[OnMAA]

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The pollsters agree with me and moved UW & UMD up in the polls

Not all pollsters in this thread. I moved both down. In my version, Wisco (2 losses) was passed by UND (Win and Tie) and BC (Two wins). UMD (Loss and tie) was passed by Cornell (11-0 Win).

You have to look beyond the score

I agree with that, but hard to judge relative strength this early in the year, with the small and in some case still 0 sample sizes. No matter how you slice it, two losses in the weekend will (and should) hurt in the polls.

[TonyTheTiger20]

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Deadline is noon today, get those picks in

[wwhyte]

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I'm really struggling with how to fairly rate Harvard and Cornell, so I'll sit it out till they've played a few games.

[TonyTheTiger20]

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Alright folks, here are the results for Week II:

Rank Votes Team (1st place votes)  Range  Last week (change)
 1.  127   Minnesota (10)          1-2    1st (0)
 2.  116   Clarkson (3)            1-4    2nd (0)
 3.  102   Boston College          2-5    3rd (0)
 4.   92   North Dakota            2-5    4th (0)
 5.   77   Wisconsin               3-7    5th (0)
 6.   64   Cornell                 5-10   6th (0)
 7.   43   Minnesota-Duluth        6-10   7th (0)
 8.   39   Harvard                 7-10   8th (0)
 9.   18   Boston University       5-NR   9th (0)
10.   11   Quinnipiac              8-NR   ARV (+1)

Also Receiving Votes:
       8   Northeastern            8-NR   ARV 
       7   Mercyhurst              9-NR   ARV 
       7   Ohio State              7-NR   10th (-1)
       2   Providence              9-NR   ARV 
       1   Robert Morris           10-NR  NR 
       1   St. Lawrence            10-NR  NR

My, aren't we boring this week. Just one change in the rankings, at the #10 spot.

[OnMAA]

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Alright folks, here are the results for Week II:

Rank Votes Team (1st place votes)  Range  Last week (change)
 1.  127   Minnesota (10)          1-2    1st (0)
 2.  116   Clarkson (3)            1-4    2nd (0)
 3.  102   Boston College          2-5    3rd (0)
 4.   92   North Dakota            2-5    4th (0)
 5.   77   Wisconsin               3-7    5th (0)
 6.   64   Cornell                 5-10   6th (0)
 7.   43   Minnesota-Duluth        6-10   7th (0)
 8.   39   Harvard                 7-10   8th (0)
 9.   18   Boston University       5-NR   9th (0)
10.   11   Quinnipiac              8-NR   ARV (+1)

Also Receiving Votes:
       8   Northeastern            8-NR   ARV 
       7   Mercyhurst              9-NR   ARV 
       7   Ohio State              7-NR   10th (-1)
       2   Providence              9-NR   ARV 
       1   Robert Morris           10-NR  NR 
       1   St. Lawrence            10-NR  NR

My, aren't we boring this week. Just one change in the rankings, at the #10 spot.

Just curious. Is your point calculations based on 10,9,8 down to 1 for tenth place?. That would add up to 127 for Minny with 10 first place and 3 second place voters.

BTW, what does ARV stand for ?.

[OnMAA]

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My, aren't we boring this week. Just one change in the rankings, at the #10 spot.

So we need something to spice things up, like a loss by Minnesota to UMD or BC to BU create some movement. When does BC play BU again ?

[TonyTheTiger20]

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Just curious. Is your point calculations based on 10,9,8 down to 1 for tenth place?. That would add up to 127 for Minny with 10 first place and 3 second place voters.

Yessir, that is correct.

BTW, what does ARV stand for ?.

Also Receiving Votes

[Eeyore]

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1. Minnesota

Hmmn.

2. Boston College
3. Wisconsin
4. North Dakota
5. Clarkson
6. Cornell
7. Quinnipiac
8. Ohio State
9. Mercyhurst
10. UMD

[wwhyte]

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So we need something to spice things up, like a loss by Minnesota to UMD or BC to BU create some movement. When does BC play BU again ?

Happy with what we got this week? :-)