Has your team ever been ranked?

[Stormy8174]

Re: Has your team ever been ranked? (and other D-III poll related lists)

OK, let's say you're a fan of some highly successful D-III hockey school, like Plattsburgh or Norwich. Your teams are in the thick of it every year, and consistently get praise from the voters. Take a moment to smile at your teams ongoing success.

Now, let's say you're a fan if a school that doesn't get that much love in the polls. A team that's consistently weak (Northland, Framingham State). Or, a team that was really good 5 years ago, but can't put it together anymore (Concordia MN, Lebanon Valley). Or a team that does really well, but are frowned upon for playing in a "weak" conference (Fitchburg State, Marian). Maybe you would like to think, "Was my team ever any good?" Maybe you'd ask yourself, "Have we've ever been ranked?" or "Have we ever gotten votes in the national poll?"

Well, because someone asked somewhere, and because I have plenty of time to kill. I took a dive through the poll archives and compiled some lists of all of the teams that have ever been ranked (or gotten votes) in D-III hockey.

These lists use the USCHO D-III poll, and go back to the start of the 1998-99 season (the last season where all of the polls were available). I don't know if this has been done before, but as I said earlier, I've got time to kill.

(All lists are current as of 2/8/2010)


The following is a list of teams (in alphabetical order) that have been ranked for at least one week in the USCHO D-III poll since the 1998-99 season (along with the last time they received vote(s) in the poll)

Team			Last Rank	Last Vote
Adrian			2/8/2010	2/8/2010
Amherst			2/8/2010	2/8/2010
Augsburg		12/9/2002	2/8/2010
Babson			2/25/2008	11/23/2009
Bethel			11/12/2007	11/24/2008
Bowdoin			2/8/2010	2/8/2010
Castleton		3/5/2007	11/16/2009
Colby			1/25/2010	2/1/2010
Concordia (MN)		12/16/2002	11/10/2003
Curry			1/4/2010	2/1/2010
Elmira			2/8/2010	2/8/2010
Fredonia		2/21/2005	2/8/2010
Geneseo			1/5/2009	1/12/2009
Gustavus Adolphus	2/8/2010	2/8/2010
Hamilton		1/20/2003	2/8/2010
Hamline			2/8/2010	2/8/2010
Hobart			11/16/2009	12/7/2009
Lake Forest		11/8/2004	2/20/2006
Lebanon Valley		2/25/2002	3/3/2003
Manhattanville		2/1/2010	2/8/2010
Middlebury		2/8/2010	2/8/2010
MSOE			11/19/2007	11/9/2009
Neumann			11/16/2009	2/8/2010
New England College	1/12/2009	1/11/2010
Nichols			3/9/2009	11/9/2009
Norwich			2/8/2010	2/8/2010
Oswego			2/8/2010	2/8/2010
Plattsburgh		2/8/2010	2/8/2010
Potsdam			12/2/2002	1/11/2010
RIT*			1/31/2005	3/7/2005
Salem State		12/7/2009	1/4/2010
Skidmore		2/19/2007	11/23/2009
Southern Maine		1/28/2008	2/11/2008
St. John's		11/6/2006	11/5/2007
St. Norbert		2/8/2010	2/8/2010
St. Olaf		2/23/2009	11/16/2009
St. Scholastica		2/8/2010	2/8/2010
St. Thomas		10/20/2008	11/16/2009
Trinity			11/23/2009	1/18/2010
UMass Dartmouth		3/10/2008	10/23/2009
Utica			1/15/2007	11/16/2009
UW-Eau Claire		1/26/2009	2/2/2009
UW-River Falls		2/8/2010	2/8/2010
UW-Stevens Point	2/16/2009	1/4/2010
UW-Stout		11/16/2009	2/1/2010
UW-Superior		12/14/2009	1/25/2010
Wentworth		2/8/2010	2/8/2010
Wesleyan		2/5/2007	2/19/2007
Williams		2/8/2010	2/8/2010

*No longer plays in D-III

The following is a list of teams (in alphabetical order) that have not been ranked in the USCHO D-III poll since the 1998-99 season, but have received vote(s) in the poll.

Team			Last Vote
Connecticut College	3/9/2009
Cortland		11/17/2003
Finlandia		3/10/2008
Fitchburg State		1/3/2000
Johnson and Wales	11/4/2002
Lawrence		11/23/2009
Marian			11/23/2009
Morrisville		11/9/2009
St. Mary's		11/15/2004
Tufts			12/18/2000
UMass Boston		3/10/2008

The following is a list of teams (in alphabetical order) that have not received a vote in the USCHO D-III poll since the 1998-99 season.

Becker
Brockport
Buffalo State
Concordia (WI)
Framingham State
Northland
Plymouth State
Salve Regina
Suffolk
University of New England
Western NE College
Westfield State
Worcester State

The following is a list of teams that have been ranked #1 in the USCHO D-III poll since the 1998-99 season.

Team		Times Ranked #1
St. Norbert	43
Norwich		41
Middlebury	39
Plattsburgh	25
RIT*		22
Oswego		11
Manhattanville	10
UW-River Falls	3
Elmira		2
UW-Superior	1
St. John's	1

*No longer plays in D-III

The following is a list the peak positions of the teams that have been ranked in the USCHO D-III poll since the 1998-99 season (but did not reach #1).

Team			Peak	# of times at Peak
St. Thomas		2	3
UW-Stevens Point	2	3
St. Scholastica		2	3
UW-Stout		2	2
Hobart			2	1
Neumann			2	1
Bowdoin			3	2
Trinity			3	2
Adrian			4	3
Amherst			4	1
Lake Forest		4	1
New England College	5	2
Augsburg		5	1
Salem State		5	1
Williams		6	3
Curry			6	1
Geneseo			6	1
UMass Dartmouth		6	1
Fredonia		6	1
Bethel			6	1
Potsdam			7	3
Hamline			7	1
Gustavus Adolphus	7	1
Concordia (MN)		7	1
Southern Maine		7	1
Babson			8	3
Utica			8	2
Colby			8	1
UW-Eau Claire		9	1
Castleton		9	1
Hamilton		9	1
Lebanon Valley		10	3
Wentworth		10	2
Wesleyan		11	1
MSOE			12	1
Skidmore		12	1
Nichols			13	3
St. Olaf		13	2

And now, my new favorite list. The list that shows who reaps the benefits of name recognition:

The following is a list of the # of weeks that teams appeared in the USCHO D-III poll since the 1998-99 season.

(Note: From the 1998-99 season to the most recent poll (2/8/2010), there have been 191 polls)

Team			# of appearances
Middlebury		190
St. Norbert		187
Norwich			178
Plattsburgh		158
UW-Superior		158
UW-River Falls		154
Oswego			138
Manhattanville		124
RIT*			106
St. Thomas		106
Bowdoin			102
Elmira			92
Hobart			79
St. John's		69
UW-Stout		55
New England College	53
Amherst			52
UW-Stevens Point	50
Trinity			47
Colby			41
Adrian			39
St. Scholastica		34
Babson			31
Curry			30
Geneseo			27
Neumann			26
Williams		25
UMass Dartmouth		21
Hamline			20
Wentworth		19
Fredonia		18
Lake Forest		17
Gustavus Adolphus	17
Utica			15
Concordia (MN)		13
Bethel			12
Potsdam			12
Augsburg		10
Southern Maine		9
Salem State		7
UW-Eau Claire		7
Castleton		7
Nichols			6
St. Olaf		5
MSOE			4
Skidmore		4
Lebanon Valley		3
Hamilton		2
Wesleyan		1

*No longer plays in D-III

The following is a list of the fifteen longest streaks of consecutive weeks that a team was ranked since the 1998-99 season.

Rank	Team		Length	Start		End
1	Middlebury	171	1/10/2000	present
2	St. Norbert	149	3/5/2001	present
3	Norwich		135	2/12/2001	2/9/2009
4	Oswego		123	11/3/2003	present
5	RIT*		106	10/19/1998	1/31/2005
6	Plattsburgh	98	10/19/1998	11/22/2004
7	St. John's	69	11/4/2002	11/6/2006
8	Manhattanville	68	11/1/2004	10/20/2008
9	UW-Superior	58	2/14/2000	12/1/2003
10	UW-River Falls	52	10/16/2002	2/28/2005
11	UW-River Falls	49	11/14/2005	10/20/2008
12	Plattsburgh	47	10/15/2007	present
13	Elmira		46	11/5/2007	present
14	Adrian		39	1/14/2008	present
15	Hobart		36	11/5/2007	11/6/2009

*No longer plays in D-III
Active streaks in bold

The following is a list of the longest streak of consecutive weeks that a team was ranked (in alphabetical order).

Team			Length	Start		End
Adrian			39	1/14/2008	present
Amherst			12	12/7/1998	3/8/1999
Augsburg		8	10/19/1998	1/18/1999
Babson			13	3/5/2007	2/4/2008
Bethel			5	11/7/2005	12/5/2005
Bowdoin			26	1/7/2002	2/24/2003
Castleton		7	1/22/2007	3/5/2007
Colby			13	12/2/2002	3/10/2003
Concordia (MN)		6	11/11/2002	12/16/2002
Curry			21	12/1/2003	1/10/2005
Elmira			46	11/5/2007	present
Fredonia		13	11/15/2004	2/21/2005
Geneseo			13	1/23/2006	12/4/2006
Gustavus Adolphus	7	12/14/2009	present
Hamilton		1	1/20/2003	1/20/2003
Hamline			10	11/23/2009	present
Hobart			36	11/5/2007	11/6/2009
Lake Forest		17	11/10/2003	11/8/2004
Lebanon Valley		3	2/11/2002	2/25/2002
Manhattanville		68	11/1/2004	10/20/2008
Middlebury		171	1/10/2000	present
MSOE			2	2/6/2006	2/13/2006
Neumann			16	11/13/2006	10/15/2007
New England College	21	3/7/2005	11/20/2006
Nichols			6	2/2/2009	3/9/2009
Norwich			135	2/12/2001	2/9/2009
Oswego			123	11/3/2003	present
Plattsburgh		98	10/19/1998	11/22/2004
Potsdam			5	11/4/2002	12/2/2002
RIT*			106	10/19/1998	1/31/2005
Salem State		6	12/11/2000	1/29/2001
Skidmore		2	1/8/2007	1/15/2007
Southern Maine		7	11/26/2007	1/28/2008
St. John's		69	11/4/2002	11/6/2006
St. Norbert		149	3/5/2001	present
St. Olaf		4	2/2/2009	2/23/2009
St. Scholastica		26	12/1/2008	present
St. Thomas		29	12/10/2001	3/3/2003
Trinity			21	11/22/2004	12/12/2005
UMass Dartmouth		17	11/27/2006	11/19/2007
Utica			9	11/6/2006	1/15/2007
UW-Eau Claire		4	11/10/2008	12/1/2008
UW-River Falls		52	10/16/2002	2/28/2005
UW-Stevens Point	23	11/29/1999	2/6/2001
UW-Stout		34	11/13/2006	11/10/2008
UW-Superior		58	2/14/2000	12/1/2003
Wentworth		8	3/3/2003	12/1/2003
Wesleyan		1	2/5/2007	2/5/2007
Williams		8	12/7/2009	present

*No longer plays in D-III
Active streaks in bold

Outstanding post...above and beyond anything I would have thought someone would actually do when I asked about it in another thread.

I'm rather surprised, Morrisville has received votes but Buffalo State and Brockport have never received votes.

I especially enjoyed the "# of weeks that teams appeared" list you got. Certainly does show name recognition.

[nysportsfan29]

Re: Has your team ever been ranked?

You're welcome.

By the way, I was putting the active streaks in bold. Because Norwich's 135 week streak came to an end (here's the last week they were ranked, and the week they fell out), it's not in bold.

That's my bad. My brain still seems to think it's 2009.

This thread should most definitely be put in the hall of fame.

[GreatLakerMohawk]

Re: Has your team ever been ranked?

There's one glaring omission from this one way or another and it's a school that no longer has a program but did back when you began your tallying your research.

[Matt Rennell]

Re: Has your team ever been ranked?

There's one glaring omission from this one way or another and it's a school that no longer has a program but did back when you began your tallying your research.

How dare they forget about Scranton.

[PrezdeJohnson09]

Re: Has your team ever been ranked?

There's one glaring omission from this one way or another and it's a school that no longer has a program but did back when you began your tallying your research.

We don't count women's teams

[jerrynu26]

Re: Has your team ever been ranked?

There's one glaring omission from this one way or another and it's a school that no longer has a program but did back when you began your tallying your research.

I still miss the Mohawks.

[MCullen]

Re: Has your team ever been ranked?

There's one glaring omission from this one way or another and it's a school that no longer has a program but did back when you began your tallying your research.

I'll be honest. Until you brought that up, I had forgotten that Scranton even had existed. I'm not really that good at the history of D-III hockey, and doing this research helped me learn about some of that, including how strong some teams were in the past.

I've been following D-III hockey for about the last seven years; but only recently have I been following the whole landscape of D-III hockey, and not just Fitchburg State and the ECAC. I don't have a good grasp on teams that existed ten years ago, and don't today.

The first three lists are meant to consist of the 72 D-III teams that currently are active, plus any team that happened to receive votes or be ranked during the timeframe of my research. RIT happened to be the only team that doesn't play D-III hockey anymore and received votes over this stretch, which is why they appear in these lists. As for schools such as Scranton and MCLA, I never came across them in my two dives through the poll archives (and sort of forgot that they ever existed). Therefore, I didn't include them in my lists.

If you guys want me to include folded programs in the lists, I'll do that. Just give me everyone I missed. Of course; If I include them, those programs would only appear on the "never received votes" list, since that's the only list they qualify for.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

[GreatLakerMohawk]

Re: Has your team ever been ranked?

I'll be honest. Until you brought that up, I had forgotten that Scranton even had existed. I'm not really that good at the history of D-III hockey, and doing this research helped me learn about some of that, including how strong some teams were in the past.

I've been following D-III hockey for about the last seven years; but only recently have I been following the whole landscape of D-III hockey, and not just Fitchburg State and the ECAC. I don't have a good grasp on teams that existed ten years ago, and don't today.

The first three lists are meant to consist of the 72 D-III teams that currently are active, plus any team that happened to receive votes or be ranked during the timeframe of my research. RIT happened to be the only team that doesn't play D-III hockey anymore and received votes over this stretch, which is why they appear in these lists. As for schools such as Scranton and MCLA, I never came across them in my two dives through the poll archives (and sort of forgot that they ever existed). Therefore, I didn't include them in my lists.

If you guys want me to include folded programs in the lists, I'll do that. Just give me everyone I missed. Of course; If I include them, those programs would only appear on the "never received votes" list, since that's the only list they qualify for.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Matt Rennell has led you astray. That said:

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[CARDS_rule_the_Burgh]

Re: Has your team ever been ranked?

I still miss the Mohawks.

You would even IF they'd kept DIII hockey. Thay're the "Trailblazers" now. Yay for PC

[MCullen]

Re: Has your team ever been ranked?

Matt Rennell has led you astray.

Probably. Wait a minute...

...As for schools such as Scranton and MCLA,...

I wasn't led astray at all!

Anyway, I have to update this in two hours. Like I said; if I forgot anyone, tell me who, and I'll include them in the lists.

(Random note: Responding to my response with a compilation of facepalms doesn't help much either.)

[CARDS_rule_the_Burgh]

Re: Has your team ever been ranked?

Probably.

Anyway, I have to update this in two hours. Like I said; if I forgot anyone, tell me who, and I'll include them in the lists.

(Random note: Responding to my response with a compilation of facepalms doesn't help much either.)

He was referring to the MCLA Mohawks, who have since changed their name to the Tralblazers. They discontinued DIII Hockey in 2003. According to this article:

MCLA, formerly North Adams State College, has had a varsity program since 1971 and was a member of the ECAC East. The team finished at or near the top of the ECAC East several times in the early 1980’s but has had just one winning season since 1986.

[MCullen]

Re: Has your team ever been ranked?

He was referring to the MCLA Mohawks, who have since changed their name to the Tralblazers. They discontinued DIII Hockey in 2003. According to this article:

Knew they existed. Didn't know they were called the Mohawks.

Anyway, new poll is out. Lists have been updated accordingly.

[GreatLakerMohawk]

Re: Has your team ever been ranked?

Knew they existed. Didn't know they were called the Mohawks.

Anyway, new poll is out. Lists have been updated accordingly.

Yeah, the MCLA Mohawks, formerly the North Adams State College Mohawks.

I don't believe the hockey team ever played as the Trailblazers, although they may have in their final year. Don't recall them ever getting ranked but they probably received votes when they ran to the ECAC East title game in 2002.

[MCullen]

Re: Has your team ever been ranked?

Yeah, the MCLA Mohawks, formerly the North Adams State College Mohawks.

I don't believe the hockey team ever played as the Trailblazers, although they may have in their final year. Don't recall them ever getting ranked but they probably received votes when they ran to the ECAC East title game in 2002.

From what I compiled, they didn't receive any votes. I actually pointed this out in a previous post.

The first three lists are meant to consist of the 72 D-III teams that currently are active, plus any team that happened to receive votes or be ranked during the timeframe of my research. RIT happened to be the only team that doesn't play D-III hockey anymore and received votes over this stretch, which is why they appear in these lists...

Maybe they deserved some votes. But unless I missed something, they didn't get any (I double-checked).

[GreatLakerMohawk]

Re: Has your team ever been ranked?

Good to know. Great work compiling all this. Being one of the few around here (Is vetdome around anymore?) that supported MCLA hockey I'm sure you can understand why I was a little snippy about their exclusion.