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, <strike>Lebanon Valley</strike>). Or a team that does really well, but are frowned upon for playing in a "weak" conference (Fitchburg State, <strike>Marian</strike>). 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.
Note: The number of voters and spots in the poll have changed over the years. The following list reflects that.
(All lists are current as of 1/10/2011)
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)
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.
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.
The following is a list of teams that have been ranked #1 in the USCHO D-III poll since the 1998-99 season.
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).
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 (1/10/2010), there have been 204 polls)
The following is a list of the fifteen longest streaks of consecutive weeks that a team was ranked since the 1998-99 season.
The following is a list of the longest streak of consecutive weeks that a team was ranked (in alphabetical order).
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, <strike>Lebanon Valley</strike>). Or a team that does really well, but are frowned upon for playing in a "weak" conference (Fitchburg State, <strike>Marian</strike>). 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.
Note: The number of voters and spots in the poll have changed over the years. The following list reflects that.
Code:
10/19/1998 - 3/8/1999 -- 10 spots, 10 voters
10/20/1999 - 3/8/2002 -- 10 spots, 15 voters
10/16/2002 - 3/5/2007 -- 15 spots, 15 voters
10/15/2007 - present -- 15 spots, 20 voters(All lists are current as of 1/10/2011)
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)
Code:
Team Last Rank Last Vote
Adrian 1/10/2011 1/10/2011
Amherst 11/22/2010 1/10/2011
Augsburg 12/9/2002 11/8/2010
Babson 2/25/2008 11/22/2010
Bethel 11/12/2007 11/24/2008
Bowdoin 1/10/2011 1/10/2011
Buffalo State 11/29/2010 12/6/2010
Castleton 1/10/2011 1/10/2011
Colby 1/25/2010 12/6/2010
Concordia (MN) 12/16/2002 11/10/2003
Curry 1/4/2010 1/3/2011
Elmira 11/22/2010 12/13/2010
Fredonia 2/21/2005 2/22/2010
Geneseo 1/10/2011 1/10/2011
Gustavus Adolphus 1/10/2011 1/10/2011
Hamilton 1/20/2003 1/10/2011
Hamline 1/10/2011 1/10/2011
Hobart 1/3/2011 1/3/2011
Lake Forest 11/8/2004 2/20/2006
Lebanon Valley* 2/25/2002 3/3/2003
Manhattanville 1/10/2011 1/10/2011
Marian 11/8/2010 12/6/2010
Middlebury 11/22/2010 11/29/2010
MSOE 1/10/2011 1/10/2011
Neumann 1/10/2011 1/10/2011
New England College 1/12/2009 11/29/2010
Nichols 3/9/2009 11/29/2010
Norwich 1/10/2011 1/10/2011
Oswego 1/10/2011 1/10/2011
Plattsburgh 1/10/2011 1/10/2011
Potsdam 12/2/2002 1/11/2010
RIT* 1/31/2005 3/7/2005
Salem State 12/7/2009 12/6/2010
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 1/10/2011 1/10/2011
St. Olaf 2/23/2009 11/16/2009
St. Scholastica 10/25/2010 11/15/2010
St. Thomas 12/13/2010 1/10/2011
Trinity 11/23/2009 3/8/2010
UMass Dartmouth 3/10/2008 1/10/2011
Utica 1/10/2011 1/10/2011
UW-Eau Claire 12/6/2010 1/10/2011
UW-River Falls 11/8/2010 12/6/2010
UW-Stevens Point 11/15/2010 11/29/2010
UW-Stout 11/29/2010 1/10/2011
UW-Superior 12/6/2010 1/10/2011
Wentworth 2/8/2010 12/13/2010
Wesleyan 2/5/2007 2/19/2007
Williams 1/10/2011 1/10/2011
*No longer plays in D-IIIThe 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.
Code:
Team Last Vote
Becker 11/22/2010
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 11/29/2010
Morrisville 11/22/2010
Plymouth State 1/3/2011
St. Mary's 11/15/2004
Tufts 12/18/2000
UMass Boston 1/10/2011
University of New England 11/8/2010
Worcester State 12/13/2010The 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.
Code:
Brockport
Concordia (WI)
Framingham State
MCLA*
Northland
Salve Regina
Suffolk
Western NE College
Westfield State
*No longer plays in D-IIIThe following is a list of teams that have been ranked #1 in the USCHO D-III poll since the 1998-99 season.
Code:
Team Times Ranked #1
Norwich 48
St. Norbert 45
Middlebury 39
Plattsburgh 25
RIT* 22
Oswego 16
Manhattanville 10
UW-River Falls 3
Elmira 2
UW-Superior 1
St. John's 1
*No longer plays in D-IIIThe 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).
Code:
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
Williams 3 2
Adrian 4 3
Amherst 4 1
Lake Forest 4 1
New England College 5 2
Augsburg 5 1
Gustavus Adolphus 5 1
Hamline 5 1
Salem State 5 1
Geneseo 6 2
Curry 6 1
UMass Dartmouth 6 1
Fredonia 6 1
Bethel 6 1
Potsdam 7 3
Concordia (MN) 7 1
Southern Maine 7 1
Babson 8 3
Utica 8 2
Colby 8 1
MSOE 8 1
UW-Eau Claire 9 1
Castleton 9 1
Hamilton 9 1
Lebanon Valley* 10 3
Wentworth 10 2
Wesleyan 11 1
Skidmore 12 1
Nichols 13 3
St. Olaf 13 2
Marian 15 1
Buffalo State 15 1And 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 (1/10/2010), there have been 204 polls)
Code:
Team # of appearances
[B]St. Norbert 200[/B]
Middlebury 198
[B]Norwich 191[/B]
[B]Plattsburgh 166[/B]
UW-River Falls 160
UW-Superior 159
[B]Oswego 151[/B]
[B]Manhattanville 137[/B]
[B]Bowdoin 115[/B]
St. Thomas 107
RIT* 106
Elmira 100
Hobart 80
St. John's 69
Amherst 58
UW-Stout 57
New England College 53
[B]Adrian 52[/B]
UW-Stevens Point 52
Trinity 47
Colby 41
St. Scholastica 39
[B]Williams 38[/B]
[B]Geneseo 34[/B]
[B]Hamline 33[/B]
Babson 31
[B]Neumann 32[/B]
Curry 30
[B]Gustavus Adolphus 30[/B]
UMass Dartmouth 21
Wentworth 19
Fredonia 18
[B]Utica 19[/B]
Lake Forest 17
Concordia (MN) 13
Bethel 12
Potsdam 12
[B]Castleton 11[/B]
[B]MSOE 11[/B]
Augsburg 10
Southern Maine 9
UW-Eau Claire 8
Salem State 7
Nichols 6
St. Olaf 5
Skidmore 4
Lebanon Valley* 3
Hamilton 2
Wesleyan 1
Marian 1
Buffalo State 1
*No longer plays in D-III
[B]Teams currently ranked in bold[/B]The following is a list of the fifteen longest streaks of consecutive weeks that a team was ranked since the 1998-99 season.
Code:
Rank Team Length Start End
1 Middlebury 179 1/10/2000 11/22/2010
[B]2 St. Norbert 162 3/5/2001 present[/B]
[B]3 Oswego 136 11/3/2003 present[/B]
4 Norwich 135 2/12/2001 2/9/2009
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 Plattsburgh 54 10/15/2007 11/15/2010
10 Elmira 54 11/5/2007 11/22/2010
12 UW-River Falls 52 10/16/2002 2/28/2005
[B]12 Adrian 52 1/14/2008 present[/B]
14 UW-River Falls 49 11/14/2005 10/20/2008
15 Hobart 36 11/5/2007 11/6/2009
*No longer plays in D-III
[B]Active streaks in bold[/B]The following is a list of the longest streak of consecutive weeks that a team was ranked (in alphabetical order).
Code:
Team Length Start End
[B]Adrian 52 1/14/2008 present[/B]
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
Buffalo State 1 11/29/2010 11/29/2010
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 54 11/5/2007 11/22/2010
Fredonia 13 11/15/2004 2/21/2005
Geneseo 13 1/23/2006 12/4/2006
[B]Gustavus Adolphus 20 12/14/2009 present[/B]
Hamilton 1 1/20/2003 1/20/2003
[B]Hamline 23 11/23/2009 present[/B]
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 179 1/10/2000 11/22/2010
Marian 1 11/8/2010 11/8/2010
[B]MSOE 7 11/15/2010 present[/B]
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
[B]Oswego 136 11/3/2003 present[/B]
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
[B]St. Norbert 162 3/5/2001 present[/B]
St. Olaf 4 2/2/2009 2/23/2009
St. Scholastica 31 12/1/2008 10/25/2010
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
[B]Williams 21 12/7/2009 present[/B]
*No longer plays in D-III
[B]Active streaks in bold[/B]
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