Black Bears Climb To #19
Maine hockey's win over Boston University at Fenway Park helped move the Bears into the top-20 in this week's USCHO national poll. The Black Bears are ranked #19 with an 11-7-2 record. There are eight teams from Hockey East in the top-20 in the nation so HE play will be no picnic in the second semester.
The the PairWise rankings, which factors in all stats the NCAA uses to seed teams for the playoffs, Maine is #18. Keep in mind 16 teams make the playoffs in March.
USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
January 13, 2014
Team | (First Place Votes) | Record | Points | Last Poll | |
1 | Minnesota | (48) | 14- 2-3 | 997 | 1 |
2 | Ferris State | ( 1) | 17- 3-3 | 935 | 3 |
3 | St. Cloud State | ( 1) | 12- 3-3 | 865 | 2 |
4 | Boston College | 14- 4-3 | 853 | 5 | |
5 | Quinnipiac | 17- 3-5 | 819 | 7 | |
6 | Union | 13- 4-3 | 760 | 4 | |
7 | Providence | 13- 5-4 | 642 | 6 | |
8 | Yale | 8- 3-4 | 613 | 10 | |
9 | Wisconsin | 13- 6-1 | 559 | 14 | |
10 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 14- 6-1 | 546 | 9 | |
11 | Northeastern | 13- 6-3 | 496 | 16 | |
12 | Cornell | 8- 4-3 | 436 | 12 | |
13 | Michigan | 10- 6-2 | 428 | 8 | |
14 | Clarkson | 13- 7-2 | 352 | 11 | |
15 | Notre Dame | 12- 8-1 | 345 | 15 | |
16 | Denver | 11- 7-4 | 208 | 17 | |
17 | New Hampshire | 13-10-1 | 148 | 20 | |
18 | Vermont | 11- 7-3 | 143 | 18 | |
19 | Maine | 11- 7-2 | 89 | NR | |
20 | North Dakota | 11- 7-2 | 81 | NR | |
Others receiving votes: Miami 75, Ohio State 40, Western Michigan 30, Colgate 18, Bowling Green 6, Lake Superior 6, Mercyhurst 5, Bentley 3, Air Force 2. |
PAIRWISE RANKINGS
Rank | Team | PWR | W-L-T | Win % | Win % Rank | RPI | RPI Rank |
1 | 58 | 14-2-3 | .8022 | 1 | .6053* | 1 | |
2 | 57 | 14-4-3 | .7549 | 5 | .5955* | 2 | |
3 | 56 | 17-3-3 | .8087 | 2 | .5868* | 3 | |
4 | 55 | 17-3-5 | .7773 | 3 | .5851* | 4 | |
5 | 54 | 12-3-3 | .7423 | 4 | .5819* | 5 | |
6t | 52 | 13-4-3 | .7184 | 6 | .5684 | 6 | |
6t | 52 | 13-6-3 | .6712 | 11 | .5644* | 7 | |
8t | 50 | 13-5-4 | .6776 | 8 | .5630* | 8 | |
8t | 50 | 14-6-1 | .6792 | 7 | .5563* | 9 | |
10 | 49 | 13-6-1 | .6588 | 9 | .5555* | 10 | |
11 | 48 | 8-4-3 | .6370 | 15 | .5478 | 11 | |
12 | 46 | 8-3-4 | .6575 | 10 | .5437* | 13 | |
13 | 45 | 13-10-1 | .5630 | 26 | .5453 | 12 | |
14t | 44 | 13-7-2 | .6422 | 13t | .5433 | 14 | |
14t | 44 | 10-6-2 | .6163 | 16 | .5430 | 15 | |
16 | 43 | 12-8-1 | .5714 | 19t | .5414 | 16 | |
17 | 42 | 11-7-3 | .5728 | 19t | .5379 | 18 | |
18 | 41 | 11-7-2 | .5988 | 17t | .5413 | 17 | |
19t | 40 | 11-7-2 | .5816 | 17t | .5353 | 19 | |
19t | 40 | 9-9-3 | .4909 | 32t | .5315 | 20 | |
21 | 38 | 9-8-1 | .5376 | 30 | .5308 | 21 | |
22 | 37 | 12-9-5 | .5691 | 27 | .5270 | 22 | |
23 | 36 | 12-10-0 | .5800 | 28t | .5262 | 23 | |
24t | 34 | 6-6-3 | .5211 | 32t | .5208 | 25 | |
24t | 34 | 11-8-3 | .5561 | 25 | .5201 | 26 | |
26 | 33 | 11-7-4 | .5701 | 21 | .5213 | 24 | |
27t | 31 | 9-9-2 | .5106 | 32t | .5185 | 27 | |
27t | 31 | 11-9-2 | .5306 | 28t | .5143 | 28 | |
29 | 30 | 11-6-1 | .5926 | 12 | .5136 | 29 | |
30 | 29 | 8-10-2 | .4706 | 37t | .5119 | 30 |