Friday, December 7, 2007

Mid-Season All-Americans

For the first time ever, the IRC will be releasing a mid-season All-American Team. The players selected were voted on by the six voting members of the IRC. All-American Teams were selected for the Divisions I, II and III. Each division is represented by two teams, with four skaters and one goaltender on each team. A unanimous selection is a player who is listed as a first team All-American by all voting members. A consensus All-American is a player who is listed as a first team All-American by at least half of the voters. The IRC All-Americans have no affiliation with the NCRHA and are meant as a service to the sport and only represent the opinion of six individual voting members.

Division I:

First Team All-Americans:
#Ryan Burrows - Long Beach State
#Charlie Middletown - UC Irvine
*PJ Tallo - UM St. Louis
*Jim Tamburino - Stony Brook
Goalie: Richie Latona - Buffalo

Second Team All-Americans:
Tommy Bruce - Lindenwood
Sam Haslam - North Texas
Tony Ascenzo - Michigan State
John Schultz - Eastern Michigan
Goalie: Joe Wurst - Michigan State

Division II:

First Team All-Americans:
*Victor Scotto - Neumann
Stephen Hebert - ULL
Christian Bernad - CSU San Bernardino
Drew Vandas - Truman State
Goalie: John Pechner - Truman State

Second Team All-Americans:
Ryan Weekes - Elon
Tim Baca - Austin College
Tommy Hagg - Shippensburg
Erik Rivas - Cal Poly Pomona
Goalie: Dan Hogan - West Chester


Division III

First Team All-Americans:
#Rowan Porter - Nassau
#Michael Thiefault - Broward
#Jason Yokubison - Oakland
Chris Sandoval - Aropahoe
Goalie: Kevin Hessman - St. Charles

Second Team All-Americans:
Gus Maloney - St. Charles
Andy Lane - Macomb
Collin Sipperley - Oakland
Nick Wolfer - Nassau
Goalie: Amber Bonne - Aropahoe

# = unanimous selection
* = consensus selection

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Week 10: DI National Rankings

#1 – Lindenwood University (6-0-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 - SUNY Stony Brook (14-0-0)
Last Week: 2

#3 - Michigan State University (11-1-0)
Last Week: 3

#4 - University of Missouri-St. Louis (5-2-0)
Last Week: 4

#5 – SUNY Buffalo (12-1-0)
Last Week: 5

#6 - University of California, Irvine (11-0-1)
Last Week: 8

#7 – University of Florida (5-1-2)
Last Week: 6

#8 - University of Michigan (6-2-0)
Last Week: 7

#9 - Long Beach State (9-1-1)
Last Week: 9

#10 –Colorado State University (10-0-1)
Last Week: 11

#11 - The Ohio State University (8-1-0)
Last Week: 10

#12 - University of North Texas (9-0-1)
Last Week: 12

#13 - California Polytechnic State University, SLO (7-2-2)
Last Week: 13

#14 - University of Rhode Island (9-3-1)
Last Week: 15

#15 - Rutgers University (12-4-0)
Last Week: NR

Week 10: DII National Rankings

#1 – Neumann College (14-0-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 – Truman State University (5-0-1)
Last Week: 2

#3 – West Chester University (11-2-0)
Last Week: 4

#4 - University of California, San Diego (10-1-0)
Last Week: 5

#5 – Cal Poly Pomona (9-1-2)
Last Week: 3

#6 - Missouri State University (4-0-1)
Last Week: 6

#7 – Washington University (STL) (5-1-0)
Last Week: 8

#8 – California State University, San Bernardino (9-1-1)
Last Week: 9

#9 – Elon University (6-2-0)
Last Week: 10

#10 – Grand Valley State (9-1-2)
Last Week: 13

#11- University of Louisiana at Lafayette (10-0-0)
Last Week: 11

#12 – Albany (9-3-1)
Last Week: 12

#13 - Southern Illinois University - Carbondale (5-2-0)
Last Week: 15

#14 – Shippensburg University (9-5-0)
Last Week: NR

#15 – Sam Houston State University (8-2-0)
Last Week: NR

Week 10: DIII National Rankings

#1 – St. Charles Community College (6-1-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 – Broward Community College (6-1-1)
Last Week: 2

#3 – Arapahoe County Community College (9-2-0)
Last Week: 3

#4 – St. Louis CC – Meramec (4-2-1)
Last Week: 5

#5 – Oakland Community College (2-2-2)
Last Week: 4

Week 10: B National Rankings

#1 – Lindenwood University – Gold (7-0-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 – University of Central Florida (7-0-1)
Last Week: 2

#3 - State University of New York at Buffalo (11-0-2)
Last Week: 3

#4 – Michigan State University (9-1-1)
Last Week: 4

#5 – University of Michigan (5-0-1)
Last Week: 5

#6 - North Texas University (9-0-0)
Last Week: 7

#7- Colorado State University (9-1-1)
Last Week: 8

#8 - Eastern Michigan (3-0-0)
Last Week: 9

#9 –Penn State University (9-1-2)
Last Week: 6

#10 - Lindenwood University Black (5-1-1)
Last Week: 10

#11 - Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Gold (7-1-0)
Last Week: 13

#12 –UC Santa Barbara Gold (5-1-2)
Last Week: 11

#13 - St. Charles Community College (4-2-0)
Last Week: 12

#14 – Central Michigan University (4-0-0)
Last Week: 14

#15 - University of Missouri - Columbia (4-2-1)
Last Week: 15

Monday, November 26, 2007

Week 9: DI National Rankings

#1 – Lindenwood University (6-0-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 - SUNY Stony Brook (14-0-0)
Last Week: 2

#3 - Michigan State University (7-1-0)
Last Week: 3

#4 - University of Missouri-St. Louis (5-2-0)
Last Week: 4

#5 – SUNY Buffalo (12-1-0)
Last Week: 5

#6 - University of Florida (5-1-2)
Last Week: 6

#7 – University of Michigan (2-1-0)
Last Week: 7

#8 - University of California, Irvine (8-0-0)
Last Week: 8

#9 - Long Beach State (9-1-1)
Last Week: 9

#10 –Colorado State University (10-0-1)
Last Week: 11

#11 - The Ohio State University (8-1-0)
Last Week: 10

#12 - University of North Texas (9-0-1)
Last Week: 12

#13 - California Polytechnic State University, SLO (7-2-2)
Last Week: 13

#14 - University of California, Santa Barbara (5-1-2)
Last Week: 14

#15 - University of Rhode Island (9-3-1)
Last Week: 15

Week 9: DII National Rankings

#1 – Neumann College (11-0-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 – Truman State University (5-0-1)
Last Week: 2

#3 – Cal Poly Pomona (7-0-1)
Last Week: 3

#4 - West Chester University (9-2-0)
Last Week: 4

#5 – University of California, San Diego (6-1-0)
Last Week: 5

#6 - Missouri State University (4-0-1)
Last Week: 6

#7 – Emory University
Last Week: 7

#8 – Washington University (STL) (5-1-0)
Last Week: 8

#9 – California State University, San Bernardino (5-1-1)
Last Week: 9

#10 – Elon University (3-1-0)
Last Week: 10

#11- University of Louisiana at Lafayette (10-0-0)
Last Week: 11

#12 – Albany (9-3-1)
Last Week: 12

#13 - Grand Valley State (6-1-2)
Last Week: 13

#14 – Slippery Rock University (7-2-0)
Last Week: 14

#15 – Southern Illinois University - Carbondale (5-2-0)
Last Week: 15

Week 9: DIII National Rankings

#1 – St. Charles Community College (6-1-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 – Broward Community College (6-1-1)
Last Week: 2

#3 – Arapahoe County Community College (9-2-0)
Last Week: 3

#4 – Oakland Community College (1-1-1)
Last Week: 4

#5 – St. Louis CC – Meramec (4-2-1)
Last Week: 5

Week 9: B National Rankings

#1 – Lindenwood University – Gold (7-0-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 – University of Central Florida (7-0-1)
Last Week: 2

#3 - State University of New York at Buffalo (11-0-2)
Last Week: 3

#4 – Michigan State University (5-1-1)
Last Week: 4

#5 – University of Michigan (2-0-1)
Last Week: 5

#6 - Penn State University (7-0-2)
Last Week: 6

#7- North Texas University (6-0-0)
Last Week: 7

#8 - Colorado State University (9-1-1)
Last Week: 8

#9 –Eastern Michigan (3-0-0)
Last Week: 9

#10 - Lindenwood University Black (5-1-1)
Last Week: 10

#11 - UC Santa Barbara Gold (5-1-2)
Last Week: 11

#12 – St. Charles Community College (4-2-0)
Last Week: 12

#13 - Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Gold (3-1-0)
Last Week: 13

#14 – Central Michigan University (4-0-0)
Last Week: 14

#15 - University of Missouri - Columbia (4-2-1)
Last Week: 15

Monday, November 19, 2007

Week 8: DI National Rankings

#1 – Lindenwood University (6-0-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 - SUNY Stony Brook (14-0-0)
Last Week: 2

#3 - Michigan State University (7-1-0)
Last Week: 3

#4 - University of Missouri-St. Louis (5-2-0)
Last Week: 4

#5 – SUNY Buffalo (12-1-0)
Last Week: 7

#6 - University of Florida (5-1-2)
Last Week: 5

#7 – University of Michigan (2-1-0)
Last Week: 6

#8 - University of California, Irvine (8-0-0)
Last Week: 8

#9 - Long Beach State (9-1-1)
Last Week: 9

#10 –The Ohio State University (8-1-0)
Last Week: 10

#11 - Colorado State University (8-0-1)
Last Week: 11

#12 - University of North Texas (9-0-1)
Last Week: 12

#13 - California Polytechnic State University, SLO (7-2-2)
Last Week: 13

#14 - University of California, Santa Barbara (5-1-2)
Last Week: 14

#15 - University of Rhode Island (9-3-1)
Last Week: 15

Week 8: DII National Rankings

#1 – Neumann College (11-0-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 – Truman State University (5-0-1)
Last Week: 2

#3 – Cal Poly Pomona (7-0-1)
Last Week: 3

#4 - West Chester University (9-2-0)
Last Week: 6

#5 – University of California, San Diego (6-1-0)
Last Week: 5

#6 - Missouri State University (4-0-1)
Last Week: 7

#7 – Emory University
Last Week: 4

#8 – Washington University (STL) (5-1-0)
Last Week: 8

#9 – California State University, San Bernardino (5-1-1)
Last Week: 9

#10 – Elon University (3-1-0)
Last Week: 10

#11- University of Louisiana at Lafayette (10-0-0)
Last Week: 11

#12 – Albany (9-3-1)
Last Week: 12

#13 - Grand Valley State (6-1-2)
Last Week: 14

#14 – Slippery Rock University (7-2-0)
Last Week: 15

#15 – Southern Illinois University - Carbondale (5-2-0)
Last Week: NR

Week 8: DIII National Rankings

#1 – St. Charles Community College (6-1-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 – Broward Community College (6-1-1)
Last Week: 2

#3 – Arapahoe County Community College (8-1-0)
Last Week: 3

#4 – Oakland Community College (1-1-1)
Last Week: 5

#5 – St. Louis CC – Meramec (4-2-1)
Last Week: 4

Week 8: B National Rankings

#1 – Lindenwood University – Gold (7-0-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 – University of Central Florida (7-0-1)
Last Week: 2

#3 - State University of New York at Buffalo (11-0-2)
Last Week: 5

#4 – Michigan State University (5-1-1)
Last Week: 3

#5 – University of Michigan (2-0-1)
Last Week: 4

#6 - Penn State University (7-0-2)
Last Week: 6

#7- North Texas University (6-0-0)
Last Week: 7

#8 - Colorado State University (8-0-1)
Last Week: 8

#9 –Eastern Michigan (3-0-0)
Last Week: 10

#10 - Lindenwood University Black (5-1-1)
Last Week: 13

#11 - UC Santa Barbara Gold (5-1-2)
Last Week: 11

#12 – St. Charles Community College (4-2-0)
Last Week: 9

#13 - Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Gold (3-1-0)
Last Week: 12

#14 – Central Michigan University (4-0-0)
Last Week: 14

#15 - University of Missouri - Columbia (4-2-1)
Last Week: NR

Monday, November 12, 2007

Week 7: DI National Rankings

#1 – Lindenwood University (3-0-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 - SUNY Stony Brook (14-0-0)
Last Week: 2

#3 - Michigan State University (7-1-0)
Last Week: 4

#4 - University of Missouri-St. Louis (3-1-0)
Last Week: 5

#5 – University of Florida (5-1-2)
Last Week: 6

#6 - University of Michigan (2-1-0)
Last Week: 7

#7 – SUNY Buffalo (8-1-0)
Last Week: 8

#8 - University of California, Irvine (4-0-0)
Last Week: 9

#9 - Long Beach State (6-1-0)
Last Week: 10

#10 –The Ohio State University (8-1-0)
Last Week: 3

#11 - Colorado State University (8-0-1)
Last Week: 11

#12 - University of North Texas (9-0-1)
Last Week: 12

#13 - California Polytechnic State University, SLO (5-1-1)
Last Week: 13

#14 - University of California, Santa Barbara (5-1-2)
Last Week: 14

#15 - North Carolina State University (3-1-0)
Last Week: 15

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Week 7: DII National Rankings

#1 – Neumann College (8-0-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 – Truman State University (2-0-1)
Last Week: 2

#3 – Cal Poly Pomona (7-0-1)
Last Week: 4

#4 - Emory University
Last Week: 3

#5 – University of California, San Diego (6-1-0)
Last Week: 6

#6 - West Chester University (6-2-0)
Last Week: 5

#7 – Missouri State University (2-0-1)
Last Week: 7

#8 – Washington University (STL) (3-0-0)
Last Week: 8

#9 – California State University, San Bernardino (5-1-1)
Last Week: 10

#10 – Elon University (3-1-0)
Last Week: 9

#11- University of Louisiana at Lafayette (10-0-0)
Last Week: 11

#12 – Albany (7-2-1)
Last Week: 12

#13 - Shippensburg University (8-3-0)
Last Week: 13

#14 – Grand Valley State (6-1-2)
Last Week: 15

#15 – Slippery Rock University (7-2-0)
Last Week: NR

Week 7: DIII National Rankings

#1 – St. Charles Community College (3-0-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 – Broward Community College (6-1-1)
Last Week: 2

#3 – Arapahoe County Community College (8-1-0)
Last Week: 3

#4 – St. Louis CC – Meramec (3-0-0)
Last Week: NR

#5 – Oakland Community College (1-1-1)
Last Week: 5

Week 7: B National Rankings

#1 – Lindenwood University – Gold (5-0-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 – University of Central Florida (7-0-1)
Last Week: 3

#3 – Michigan State University (5-1-1)
Last Week: 2

#4 – University of Michigan (2-0-1)
Last Week: 4

#5 - State University of New York at Buffalo (7-0-2)
Last Week: 5

#6 - Penn State University (7-0-2)
Last Week: 6

#7- North Texas University (3-0-0)
Last Week: 7

#8 - Colorado State University (8-0-1)
Last Week: 8

#9 – St. Charles Community College (3-1-0)
Last Week: 9

#10 –Eastern Michigan (3-0-0)
Last Week: NR

#11 - UC Santa Barbara Gold (5-1-2)
Last Week: 10

#12 - Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Gold (3-1-0)
Last Week: 11

#13 - Lindenwood University Black (2-1-1)
Last Week: 13

#14 – Central Michigan University (4-0-0)
Last Week: 14

#15 - University of Missouri-St. Louis (3-1-0)
Last Week: 15

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Week 6: DI National Rankings

#1 – Lindenwood University (3-0-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 - SUNY Stony Brook (10-0-0)
Last Week: 2

#3 - The Ohio State University (5-0-0)
Last Week: 3

#4 - Michigan State University (4-1-0)
Last Week: 5

#5 – University of Missouri-St. Louis (3-1-0)
Last Week: 8

#6 - University of Florida (5-1-2)
Last Week: 4

#7 – University of Michigan
Last Week: 7

#8 - SUNY Buffalo (8-1-0)
Last Week: 9

#9 - University of California, Irvine (4-0-0)
Last Week: 12

#10 – Long Beach State (6-1-0)
Last Week: NR

#11 - Colorado State University (8-0-1)
Last Week: 11

#12 - University of North Texas (6-0-0)
Last Week: 14

#13 - California Polytechnic State University, SLO (5-1-1)
Last Week: 10

#14 - University of California, Santa Barbara (5-1-2)
Last Week: 13

#15 - North Carolina State University (3-1-0)
Last Week: 15

Week 6: DII National Rankings

#1 – Neumann College (8-0-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 – Truman State University (2-0-1)
Last Week: 2

#3 – Emory University
Last Week: 3

#4 - Cal Poly Pomona (4-0-0)
Last Week: 4

#5 – West Chester University (6-2-0)
Last Week: 5

#6 - University of California, San Diego (3-1-0)
Last Week: 7

#7 – Missouri State University (2-0-1)
Last Week: 8

#8 – Washington University (STL) (3-0-0)
Last Week: 9

#9 – Elon University (3-1-0)
Last Week: 10

#10 – California State University, San Bernardino (3-1-0)
Last Week: 11

#11- University of Louisiana at Lafayette (6-0-0)
Last Week: 12

#12 – Albany (7-2-1)
Last Week: NR

#13 - Shippensburg University (8-3-0)
Last Week: 13

#14 – University of Nevada, Reno (2-1-1)
Last Week: 15

#15 – Grand Valley State (3-1-2)
Last Week: NR

Week 6: DIII National Rankings

#1 – St. Charles Community College (3-0-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 – Broward Community College (6-1-1)
Last Week: 2

#3 – Arapahoe County Community College (8-1-0)
Last Week: 3

#4 – St. Louis CC – Meramec (3-0-0)
Last Week: NR

#5 – Nassau County Community College (6-3-1)
Last Week: 5

Week 6: B National Rankings

#1 – Lindenwood University – Gold (5-0-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 – Michigan State University (4-0-0)
Last Week: 4

#3 – University of Central Florida (7-0-1)
Last Week: 6

#4 – University of Michigan
Last Week: 7

#5 - State University of New York at Buffalo (7-0-2)
Last Week: 8

#6 - Penn State University (7-0-2)
Last Week: 11

#7- North Texas University (3-0-0)
Last Week: 9

#8 - Colorado State University (8-0-1)
Last Week: 10

#9 – St. Charles Community College (3-1-0)
Last Week: 5

#10 – UC Santa Barbara Gold (5-1-2)
Last Week: 3

#11 - Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Gold (3-1-0)
Last Week: 12

#12 - Ohio State University (3-1-0)
Last Week: 13

#13 - Lindenwood University Black (2-1-1)
Last Week: 15

#14 – Central Michigan University (4-0-0)
Last Week: NR

#15 - University of Missouri-St. Louis (3-1-0)
Last Week: NR

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Week 5: Recap

The 2007-2008 season is almost completely kicked off after the MCRHL played their first games this past weekend. With the ECRHA, SCHL and SECRHL in action as well, it provided many changes in the IRC National Rankings.

In Division I
, Lindenwood University extended the national record for weeks ranked as tops in the country at 24. Lindenwood hasn't taken to the rink yet this season, however, this weekend they face-off against #8 UMSL in what is one of the most anticipated games of the season. Stony Brook moved into the #2 ranking this weekend after skating to their seventh consecutive victory to start the season, moving their current streak up to 28 games, the second longest in the country. #1 Lindenwood is currently on a 90 game winning streak.

Ohio State moved into the #3 spot this weekend, their highest ranking in team history after upsetting then #2 ranked Michigan State 5-4. #4 Florida remained in the top five after being idle this week. Michigan State rounds out the top five after posting a 4-1-0 record this weekend. Outscoring their opponents 46-12 MSU dominated their game before being beaten by Ohio State.

#6 Eastern Michigan and #7 Michigan both fell this week without playing a game. UMSL, Buffalo, and Cal Poly SLO round out the top 10. Colorado State, UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbra all moved up to 11,12 and 13th.

North Texas joined the poll at 14 after posting a perfect 3-0-0 record this past weekend as they opened their title defense in the SCHL. NC State dropped drastically after struggling with James Madison, a team that is attempt to pound down the door at the IRC and being upset by the #10 ranked Elon Phoenix of Division II.

In Division II
, The only game played in the top five this week was between then #1 Neumann and #2 West Chester. Neumann got the upper hand on West Chester, skating off with the 7-4 victory. With the loss, West Chester fell down three spots to fifth, while Truman State, Emory and Cal Poly Pomona improved one spot each.

6th through 10th stayed the same this weekend, #10 Elon lost their opportunity to move up after being upset by James Madison. However, Elon responded by defeating #8 NC State (DI) and overcoming a four goal, 1st period deficit against the College of Charleston. 11th through 15th remained the same as well, with all the teams idle in the final weekend of October.

In Division III, Nassau fell one spot to 5th after an unimpressive weekend. Nassau lost big to #2 Stony Brook (DI) and to unranked Towson (DI). Suffolk CCC moved up one spot to fourth.

In the B Division, fans were treated to their first rankings of the season, which after so many teams have yet to play, could be very volatile to start the season. Lindenwood Gold was an easy selection to open the season on top of the polls after taking home their fourth consecutive national championship last spring. Michigan State, UC Santa Barbara, Meramec Gold, and St. Charles round out the top five.

Central Florida, Michigan, Buffalo, North Texas and Colorado State round out the top ten. Buffalo and Central Florida are making only their second appearance in the top 15 in school history and both are ranked inside the top ten.

Penn State, Cal Poly SLO, Ohio State, Rutgers and Lindenwood Black finish the top 15. Penn State, Ohio State and Lindenwood Black are making their first appearances in the rankings in school history.

Stay Tuned for next weeks rankings as the Great Plains kickoff their season this weekend. The ECRHA and SCHL will be holding two events this weekend. The MCRHL, WCRHL and RMCRHA all will be in action this weekend as well.

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Week 5: DI National Rankings

#1 – Lindenwood University
Last Week: 1

#2 - SUNY Stony Brook (7-0-0)
Last Week: 7

#3 - The Ohio State University (5-0-0)
Last Week: 5

#4 - University of Florida (3-0-1)
Last Week: 4

#5 - Michigan State University (4-1-0)
Last Week: 3

#6 - Eastern Michigan University
Last Week: 2

#7 – University of Michigan
Last Week: 6


#8 – University of Missouri-St.Louis
Last Week: 9

#9 - SUNY Buffalo (6-0-0)
Last Week: 10

#10 - California Polytechnic State University, SLO (4-0-0)
Last Week: 13

#11 - Colorado State University (6-0-1)
Last Week: 12

#12 - University of California, Irvine (4-0-0)
Last Week: 14

#13 - University of California, Santa Barbara (4-0-0)
Last Week: 15

#14 - University of North Texas (3-0-0)
Last Week: NR

#15 - North Carolina State University (3-1-0)
Last Week: 8

Week 5: B National Rankings

#1 – Lindenwood University - Gold
Last Week: 1

#2 – Michigan State University (4-0-0)
Last Week: 4

#3 – UC Santa Barbara Gold (3-0-1)
Last Week: 8

#4 – STL Community College - Meramec Gold
Last Week: 2

#5 – St. Charles Community College
Last Week: 5

#6 – University of Central Florida (4-0-0)
Last Week: 15

#7 – University of Michigan
Last Week: 8

#8 - State University of New York at Buffalo (5-0-1)
Last Week: NR

#9 - North Texas University (3-0-0)
Last Week: 14

#10 - Colorado State University (6-0-1)
Last Week: 10

#11 - Penn State University (5-0-1)
Last Week: NR

#12 - Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Gold (3-0-1)
Last Week: NR

#13 - Ohio State University (3-1-0)
Last Week: NR

#14 - Rutgers University (2-1-0)
Last Week: 10

#15 - Lindenwood University Black
Last Week: NR

Week 5: DII National Rankings

#1 – Neumann College (5-0-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 – Truman State University
Last Week: 3

#3 – Emory University
Last Week: 4

#4 - Cal Poly Pomona (4-0-0)
Last Week: 5

#5 – West Chester University (3-1-0)
Last Week: 2

#6 - Saint Louis University
Last Week: 6

#7 - University of California, San Diego (3-1-0)
Last Week: 7

#8 – Missouri State University
Last Week: 8

#9 – Washington University (STL)
Last Week: 9

#10 – Elon University (3-1-0)
Last Week: 10

#11 – California State University, San Bernardino (3-1-0)
Last Week: 11

#12 - University of Louisiana at Lafayette (3-0-0)
Last Week: 12

#13 - Shippensburg University (8-3-0)
Last Week: 13

#14 - Slippery Rock University (5-1-0)
Last Week: 14

#15 – University of Nevada, Reno (2-1-1)
Last Week: 15

Week 5: DIII National Rankings

#1 – St. Charles Community College
Last Week: 1

#2 – Broward Community College (2-1-1)
Last Week: 2

#3 – Arapahoe County Community College (6-1-0)
Last Week: 3

#4 – Suffolk County Community College (1-1-1)
Last Week: 5

#5 – Nassau County Community College (6-3-0)
Last Week: 4

Monday, October 22, 2007

Week 4 Recap

With the start of the season in the WCRHL, Week 4 saw some major changes to both the DI and DII polls and moved the B rankings to just one week away. With games being played in four regions, there was plenty of action to follow this weekend.

In Division I, the top 10 remained the same, with #10 Buffalo winning all three games, including a come from behind win over unranked RIT. The three wins moved Buffalo to 6-0-0 on the season, but wasn’t enough for them to move up in the standings. #11 Colorado State won both games over the weekend and improved their record to 6-0-1 with wins over Denver and Northern Colorado. Three WCRHL teams moved into the rankings, forcing Towson University to fall out. Cal Poly SLO, UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara all finished their weekends 4-0-0, and finished the week ranked 13th, 14th and 15th respectively.

In Division II, Cal Poly Pomona, powered by an impressive 4-0-0 weekend, jumped up three spots to five in the rankings. UCSD fell one spot after posting a 3-1-0 record to number seven. CSU San Bernardino, making the move down to DII this season, started 3-1-0 on the weekend as they debuted at number eleven in the rankings. Louisiana-Lafayette also debuted after an impressive opening weekend in the SCHL, posting a 3-0-0 record. #13 Shippensburg and #14 Slippery Rock squared off this weekend in a highly anticipated game, with Shippensburg holding on for a 4-3 victory. Nevada fell ten spots to #15 after a 2-1-1 weekend to start the season.

Division III remained the same.

B Rankings will debut next week.

Week 4: DI National Rankings

#1 – Lindenwood University
Last Week: 1

#2 - Eastern Michigan University
Last Week: 2

#3 - Michigan State University
Last Week: 3

#4 - University of Florida (3-0-1)
Last Week: 4

#5 - The Ohio State University
Last Week: 5

#6 - University of Michigan
Last Week: 6

#7 – SUNY Stony Brook (3-0-0)
Last Week: 7

#8 – North Carolina State University
Last Week: 8

#9 - University of Missouri-St.Louis
Last Week: 9

#10 - SUNY Buffalo (6-0-0)
Last Week: 10

#11 - Colorado State University (6-0-1)
Last Week: 12

#12 - University of Rhode Island (2-1-0)
Last Week: 13

#13 - California Polytechnic State University, SLO (4-0-0)
Last Week: 15

#14 - University of California, Irvine (4-0-0)
Last Week: NR

#15 - University of California, Santa Barbara (4-0-0)
Last Week: NR

Week 4: DII National Rankings

#1 – Neumann College (3-0-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 – West Chester University (3-0-0)
Last Week: 2

#3 – Truman State University
Last Week: 3

#4 - Emory University
Last Week: 4

#5 – Cal Poly Pomona (4-0-0)
Last Week: 8

#6 - Saint Louis University
Last Week: 7

#7 - University of California, San Diego (3-1-0)
Last Week: 6

#8 – Missouri State University
Last Week: 9

#9 – Washington University (STL)
Last Week: 11

#10 – Elon University
Last Week: 12

#11 – California State University, San Bernardino (3-1-0)
Last Week: NR

#12 - University of Louisiana at Lafayette (3-0-0)
Last Week: NR

#13 - Shippensburg University (8-3-0)
Last Week: 13

#14 - Slippery Rock University (5-1-0)
Last Week: 15

#15 – University of Nevada, Reno (2-1-1)
Last Week: 5

Week 4: DIII National Rankings

#1 – St. Charles Community College
Last Week: 1

#2 – Broward Community College (2-1-1)
Last Week: 2

#3 – Arapahoe County Community College (6-1-0)
Last Week: 3

#4 – Nassau County Community College (5-1-0)
Last Week: 4

#5 – Suffolk County Community College (1-1-1)
Last Week: 5

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Week 3 Recap - Results

All Rankings Listed Are From Week 3:

Division I:

#10 Buffalo 5 Penn State 2
#10 Buffalo 8 Pittsburgh 2
#10 Buffalo 3 Rochester IT 2
#11 Colorado State 8 Denver 3
#11 Colorado State 7 Northern Colorado 2
#15 Cal Poly SLO 7 Chapman 2
#15 Cal Poly SLO 9 California 4
#15 Cal Poly SLO 8 UNLV 6
#15 Cal Poly SLO 5 Evergreen (DII) 1

Division II:
#8 Cal Poly Pomona 10 #5 Nevada 3
#5 Nevada 6 UC Riverside 6
#5 Nevada 4 #10 San Diego 0
#5 Nevada 11 Claremont 0
#8 Cal Poly Pomona 6 #6 UC San Diego 3
#6 UC San Diego 8 CSU San Bernardino 4
#6 UC San Diego 13 Claremont 0
#6 UC San Diego 7 #10 San Diego 3
#8 Cal Poly Pomona 7 USC #3
#8 Cal Poly Pomona 11 CSU Monterey Bay 1
San Bernardino 8 #10 San Diego 7
#10 San Diego 7 CSU Monterey Bay 4
#13 Shippensburg 7 Cornell 0
#13 Shippensburg 4 #15 Slippery Rock 3
Brockport 5 #13 Shippensburg 3
#14 SFA State 7 UT Dallas 6
Sam Houston State 10 #14 SFA State 3
Louisiana at Lafayette 7 #14 SFA State 1
#15 Slippery Rock 4 Brockport 1
#15 Slippery Rock 5 Cornell 2

Division III:
#3 Arapahoe CC 5 Metro State - Denver (DI) 3
#3 Arapahoe CC 10 School of Mines (DI) 1

Sunday, October 14, 2007

Week 3 Recap

The action in the NCRHA picked up over the weekend with three regions (SECRHL, ECRHA and SCHL) starting their respective seasons. The opening weekend wasn't without its share of upsets or newcomers to the TOP 15 poll.

In Division I, the University of Florida came out as expected and posted a 3-0-1 record to maintain their 4th place ranking. The only movement out of the poll was Florida International, who finished the weekend with a 1-2-1 record. Cal Poly SLO moved into the poll for the first time this season and takes the 15th and final spot in the poll. Lindenwood University continued its national record of 22 consecutive weeks being ranked 1st in the country.

Division II was subject to a ton of movement after a upset filled day. The University of Miami struggled out of the gate, dropping out of the rankings are a 2-1-1 weekend. Joining Miami on the way out was 5-time defending SCHL champions, the University of Texas-Dallas. UTD failed to win a game, going 0-1-2 on the weekend to fall out of the rankings. Stephen F. Austin State University joined the rankings after starting the season with a 2-0-1 weekend in the SCHL. Slippery Rock University also joined the rankings after going 3-0-0 last weekend.

Division III remained pretty much the same, with just some minor leap frogging going on. St. Charles, the defending National Champs, moved into the top spot for the first time this season.

Look for the IRC B National Rankings in just under two weeks. Additionally, anyone who would like to submit game pictures for the column on the right hand side of the page is asked to e-mail IndRankCom@gmail.com and we will do our best to get them onto the site.


Weekend Events:
SCHL
WCRHL
ECRHA
RMCRHA

Week 3: DI National Rankings

#1 – Lindenwood University
Last Week: 1

#2 - Eastern Michigan University
Last Week: 2

#3 - Michigan State University
Last Week: 3

#4 - University of Florida (3-0-1)
Last Week: 4

#5 - The Ohio State University
Last Week: 5

#6 - University of Michigan
Last Week: 6

#7 – SUNY Stony Brook (3-0-0)
Last Week: 7

#8 – North Carolina State University
Last Week: 8

#9 - University of Missouri-St.Louis
Last Week: 9

#10 - SUNY Buffalo (3-0-0)
Last Week: 11

#11 - Colorado State University (4-0-1)
Last Week: 12

#12 - University of Rhode Island (2-1-0)
Last Week: 13

#13 - California State University, San Bernardino
Last Week: 14

#14 - Towson University (2-1-0)
Last Week: 15

#15 - California Polytechnic State University, SLO
Last Week: NR

Week 3: DII National Rankings

#1 – Neumann College (3-0-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 – West Chester University (3-0-0)
Last Week: 2

#3 – Truman State University
Last Week: 3

#4 - Emory University
Last Week: 4

#5 – University of Reno, Nevada
Last Week: 5

#6 - University of California, San Diego
Last Week: 6

#7 - Saint Louis University
Last Week: 7

#8 – Cal Poly Pomona
Last Week: 8

#9 – Missouri State University
Last Week: 10

#10 – University of San Diego
Last Week: 11

#11 – Washington University (STL)
Last Week: 13

#12 - Elon University
Last Week: 15

#13 - Shippensburg University (6-2-0)
Last Week: 14

#14 - Stephen F. Austin State University (2-0-1)
Last Week: NR

#15 – Slippery Rock University (3-0-0)
Last Week: NR

Week 3: DIII National Rankings

#1 – St. Charles Community College
Last Week: 2

#2 – Broward Community College (2-1-1)
Last Week: 1

#3 – Arapahoe County Community College (4-1-0)
Last Week: - 3

#4 – Nassau County Community College (5-1-0)
Last Week:5

#5 – Suffolk County Community College (1-1-1)
Last Week: - 4

Sunday, October 7, 2007

Week 2: DIII National Rankings

#1 – Broward Community College
Last Week: 1

#2 – St. Charles Community College
Last Week: 2

#3 – Arapahoe County Community College (4-1-0)
Last Week: -

#4 – Suffolk County Community College (1-1-1)
Last Week: -

#5 – Nassau County Community College (2-1-0)
Last Week:

Week 2: DII National Rankings

#1 – Neumann College (3-0-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 – West Chester University (3-0-0)
Last Week: 2

#3 – Truman State University
Last Week: 3

#4 - Emory University
Last Week: 4

#5 – University of Reno, Nevada
Last Week: 5

#6 - University of California, San Diego
Last Week: 6

#7 - Saint Louis University
Last Week: 7

#8 – Cal Poly Pomona
Last Week: 9

#9 – University of Miami
Last Week: 10

#10 – Missouri State University
Last Week: 11

#11 – University of San Diego
Last Week: 12

#12 - University of Texas - Dallas
Last Week: 13

#13 - Washington University (STL)
Last Week: 14

#14 - Shippensburg University (3-1-0)
Last Week: NR

#15 – Elon University
Last Week: NR

Week 2: DI National Rankings

#1 – Lindenwood University
Last Week: 1

#2 - Eastern Michigan University
Last Week: 4

#3 - Michigan State University
Last Week: 5

#4 - University of Florida
Last Week: 8

#5 - The Ohio State University
Last Week: 6

#6 - University of Michigan
Last Week: 7

#7 – SUNY Stony Brook (3-0-0)
Last Week: 12

#8 – North Carolina State University
Last Week: 10

#9 - University of Missouri-St.Louis
Last Week: 11

#10 - Florida International University
Last Week: 13

#11 - SUNY Buffalo (3-0-0)
Last Week: NR

#12 - Colorado State University (4-0-1)
Last Week: 14

#13 - University of Rhode Island (2-1-0)
Last Week: 2

#14 - California State University, San Bernardino
Last Week: NR

#15 - Towson University (2-1-0)
Last Week: 9

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Week 1 Rankings

The rankings remained nearly unchanged after the season kicked off in the Rocky Mountains this weekend. The only change to the poll was Colorado State joining the ranks after posting an impressive 4-0-1 mark this weekend. The Rams defeated Red Rocks CC (DIII) 12-6, the University of Colorado 9-3, Kansas State University (DII) 17-3, Arapahoe CC (DIII) 4-1, and tied AIMS (DIII) 5-5.

The ECRHA kicks off its season this weekend with its annual Columbus Day Event. Most of the ECRHA teams should be in action this weekend.

Week 1: DI National Rankings

#1 – Lindenwood University
Last Week: 1

#2 – University of Rhode Island
Last Week: 2

#3 – Rochester IT
Last Week: 3

#4 - Eastern Michigan University
Last Week: 4

#5 - Michigan State University
Last Week: 5

#6 – The Ohio State University
Last Week: 6

#7 - University of Michigan
Last Week: 7

#8 - University of Florida
Last Week: 8

#9 – Towson University
Last Week: 9

#10 – North Carolina State University
Last Week: 10

#11 – University of Missouri-St.Louis
Last Week: 11

#12 – SUNY Stony Brook
Last Week: 12

#13 - Florida International University
Last Week: 13

#14 - Colorado State University (4-0-1)
Last Week: NR

#15 - University of Central Florida
Last Week: 14

Week 1: DII National Rankings

#1 – Neumann College
Last Week: 1

#2 – West Chester University
Last Week: 2

#3 – Truman State University
Last Week: 3

#4 - Emory University
Last Week: 4

#5 – University of Reno, Nevada
Last Week: 5

#6 - University of California, San Diego
Last Week: 6

#7 - Saint Louis University
Last Week: 7

#8 – Drexel University
Last Week: 8

#9 – Cal Poly Pomona
Last Week: 9

#10 – University of Miami
Last Week: 10

#11 – Missouri State University
Last Week: 11

#12 - University of San Diego
Last Week: 12

#13 - University of Texas - Dallas
Last Week: 13

#14 - Washington University (STL)
Last Week: 14

#15 – SUNY Albany
Last Week: 15

Week 1: DIII National Rankings

#1 – Broward Community College
Last Week: 1

#2 – St. Charles Community College
Last Week: 2

#3 – Suffolk Country Community College
Last Week: 3

#4 – Nassau Community College
Last Week: 4

#5 – Riverside Community College
Last Week: 5

Friday, September 21, 2007

Week 1 Rankings

#1 Lindenwood continues to set records all around the country. After successfully going wire to wire last year, the Lions once again remain atop the polls for the 19th consecutive week. In DI, only four teams were ranked in every poll last season. Those teams include: #1 Lindenwood, #5 Michigan State, #10 NC State and #13 Florida International. #11 UM-St.Louis and #12 SUNY Stony Brook are two teams, formerly of DII, that have moved into the national spotlight in their first years at the DI level. Both teams will have their work cut out for them, but expect to see at least one, if not both at Nationals once again this season.

In DII #1 Neumann is back were they belong at the top of the rankings. After spending 16 weeks at #1 last year, the Knights expect to be there just as long this season.

In DIII, #1 Broward Community College opens the season at the top of the poll, followed by the defending national champions #2 St. Charles Community College. Broward and St. Charles met in the finals last season and you should expect the same this year.

Good Luck to everyone opening the season next weekend in the Rockies. Including Kansas State who is traveling outside their region. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come in the NCRHA this year.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

2007-2008 Pre-Season DI Rankings

#1 – Lindenwood University
Last Week: 1

#2 – University of Rhode Island
Last Week: 2

#3 – Rochester IT
Last Week: 3

#4 - Eastern Michigan University
Last Week: 4

#5 - Michigan State University
Last Week: 6

#6 – The Ohio State University
Last Week: 5

#7 - University of Michigan
Last Week: 7

#8 - University of Florida
Last Week: 11

#9 – Towson University
Last Week: 9

#10 – North Carolina State University
Last Week: 10

#11 – University of Missouri-St.Louis
Last Week: NR

#12 – SUNY Stony Brook
Last Week: NR

#13 - Florida International University
Last Week: 8

#14 - University of Central Florida
Last Week: 12

#15 - Purdue University
Last Week: 13

2007-2008 Pre-Season DII Rankings

Rankings for this week were edited with the movement of Long Beach State to DI. Good Luck at the DI level.


#1 – Neumann College
Last Week: 3

#2 – West Chester University
Last Week: 8

#3 – Truman State University
Last Week: 10

#4 - Emory University
Last Week: 9

#5 – University of Reno, Nevada
Last Week: 7

#6 - University of California, San Diego
Last Week: 6

#7 - Saint Louis University
Last Week: 2

#8 – Drexel University
Last Week: 4

#9 – Cal Poly Pomona
Last Week: 11

#10 – University of Miami
Last Week: NR

#11 – Missouri State University
Last Week: 13

#12 - University of San Diego
Last Week: 12

#13 - University of Texas - Dallas
Last Week: NR

#14 - Washington University (STL)
Last Week: NR

#15 – SUNY Albany
Last Week: NR

2007-2008 Pre-Season DIII Rankings

#1 – Broward Community College
Last Week: 2

#2 – St. Charles Community College
Last Week: 1

#3 – Suffolk Country Community College
Last Week: 3

#4 – Nassau Community College
Last Week: 4

#5 – Riverside Community College
Last Week: NR

Sunday, April 8, 2007

National Champions

DI: Lindenwood University

DII: SUNY Stony Brook

DIII: St. Charles Community College

B: Lindenwood University

Final 2006-2007 DI National Rankings

#1 – Lindenwood University
Last Week: 1

#2 – University of Rhode Island
Last Week: 7

#3 – Rochester IT
Last Week: 5

#4 - Eastern Michigan University
Last Week: 2

#5 - The Ohio State University
Last Week: 18

#6 –Michigan State University
Last Week: 6

#7 - University of Michigan
Last Week: 17

#8 - Florida International University
Last Week: 14

#9 – Towson University
Last Week: 12

#10 – North Carolina State University
Last Week: 3

#11 – University of Florida
Last Week: 19

#12 – University of Central Florida
Last Week: 8

#13 - Purdue University
Last Week: 20

#14 - CSU San Bernardino
Last Week: 4

#15 - University of Missouri
Last Week: 16

Final 2006-2007 DII National Rankings

#1 – SUNY Stony Brook
Last Week: 2

#2 – Saint Louis University
Last Week: 13

#3 – Neumann College
Last Week: 5

#4 - University of Missouri - St. Louis
Last Week: 1

#5 – Long Beach State
Last Week: 3

#6 - University of California, San Diego
Last Week: 14

#7 - University of Reno, Nevada
Last Week: 12

#8 – West Chester University
Last Week: 8

#9 – Emory University
Last Week: 4

#10 – Truman State University
Last Week: 6

#11 –Drexel University
Last Week: 10

#12 - Cal Poly Pomona
Last Week: 11

#13 - Missouri State University
Last Week: 17

#14 - University of San Diego (12-8-4)
Last Week: 15

#15 – Hofstra University (16-10-0)
Last Week: 7

Final 2006-2007 DIII National Rankings

#1 – St. Charles Community College
Last Week: 1

#2 – Broward Community College
Last Week: 3

#3 – Suffolk Country Community College
Last Week: 2

#4 – Nassau Community College
Last Week: 4

#5 – Macomb Community College
Last Week: NR

Final 2006-2007 B National Rankings

#1 – Lindenwood University
Last Week: 1

#2 – STL Community College - Meramec Gold
Last Week: 3

#3 – Suffolk County Community College
Last Week: 2

#4 – Michigan State University
Last Week: 6

#5 – St. Charles Community College
Last Week: 4

#6 – University of Michigan
Last Week: 5

#7 – University of Florida
Last Week: 9

#8 - UC Santa Barbara Gold
Last Week: 8

#9 - Towson University
Last Week: 12

#10 - Rutgers University
Last Week: NR

#11 - Western Michigan University
Last Week: NR

#12 - Drexel University
Last Week: NR

#13 - Colorado State University
Last Week: 10

#14 - North Texas University
Last Week: 7

#15 - Central Florida University
Last Week: NR

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Explination of Rankings

The Rankings that follow have been voted on by the IRC to represent what we thought was each teams incoming seed into the national tournament. Using the concept that the NCRHA was attempting to make the pools as even as possible, the DI and DII ranking were calculated to were teams 1,10,11,20 are all in the same pool. The rankings are base off what we think the NCRHA was trying to accomplish, since they don’t post pools. If these rankings don’t interest you, please refer to the most recent normal rankings as the most recent rankings.

Some Interesting Statistics Regarding the Rankings This Year:

Teams Ranked Every Week of Rankings:
DI: Lindenwood, NC State, Michigan State, North Texas, and Florida International
DII: UMSL, Long Beach State, Neumann, Truman State, West Chester, Texas-Dallas, Drexel, Saint Louis, Washington
DIII: St. Charles and Broward
B: Lindenwood Gold, Meramec Gold, Suffolk, St. Charles, North Texas, Florida, Colorado State Green

Total Teams That Spent 1 Week in Rankings:
DI: 25
DII: 28
DIII: 8
B: 21

DI National Rankings - Special Nationals Seedings

#1 – Lindenwood University (23-0-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 - Eastern Michigan University (9-14-1)
Last Week: NR

#3 – North Carolina State University (19-5-0)
Last Week: 5

#4 - CSU San Bernardino (12-9-4)
Last Week: 15

#5 – Rochester IT (20-4-3)
Last Week: 9

#6 –Michigan State University – (23-2-1)
Last Week: 6

#7 – University of Rhode Island (20-4-2)
Last Week: 4

#8 – University of Central Florida (12-5-2)
Last Week: 13

#9 – University of North Texas (22-1-1)
Last Week: 3

#10 - Colorado State University (15-5-2)
Last Week: NR

#11 - University of Texas (16-7-1)
Last Week: NR

#12 – Towson University (19-9-0)
Last Week: 10

#13 - SUNY Buffalo (17-9-0)
Last Week: 14

#14 - Florida International University – (19-6-5)
Last Week: 7

#15 – University of Denver (13-9-2)
Last Week: 13

#16 - University of Missouri (10-5-1)
Last Week: NR

#17 - University of Michigan (18-7-3)
Last Week: 12

#18 - The Ohio State University (16-6-1)
Last Week: NR

#19 – University of Florida (11-4-4)
Last Week: 11

#20 - Purdue University (12-7-3)
Last Week: NR

DII National Rankings - Special Nationals Seedings

#1 – University of Missouri – St. Louis (18-1-1)
Last Week: 4

#2 - SUNY Stony Brook (21-4-3)
Last Week: 5

#3 – Long Beach State – (24-2-0)
Last Week: 2

#4 – Emory University (18-6-0)
Last Week: 7

#5 – Neumann College (21-1-1)
Last Week: 1

#6 – Truman State University (18-2-0)
Last Week: 6

#7 – Hofstra University (16-10-0)
Last Week: 9

#8 – West Chester University (17-8-0)
Last Week: 11

#9 – University of Texas, Dallas (22-1-1)
Last Week: 3

#10 –Drexel University (15-10-0)
Last Week: 10

#11 - Cal Poly Pomona (15-8-1)
Last Week: 15

#12 - University of Reno, Nevada (14-8-1)
Last Week: NR

#13 – Saint Louis University (13-5-2)
Last Week: 14

#14 - University of California, San Diego (14-9-1)
Last Week: NR

#15 - University of San Diego (12-8-4)
Last Week: NR

#16 - Northern Illinois University (4-16-0)
Last Week: NR

#17 - Missouri State University (12-8-1)
Last Week: NR

#18 - State University of New York at Albany (12-10-4)
Last Week: NR

#19 – Washington (STL) University (15-6-0)
Last Week: 9

#20 - Shippensburg University (8-14-4)
Last Week: NR

DIII National Rankings - Special Nationals Seedings

#1 – St. Charles Community College (18-2-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 – Suffolk Country Community College (16-6-1)
Last Week: 2

#3 – Broward Community College (12-4-4)
Last Week: 3

#4 – Nassau Community College (10-10-3)
Last Week: NR

#5 – St. Louis CC - Meramec (10-10-0)
Last Week: NR

B National Rankings - Special Nationals Seedings

#1 – Lindenwood University (GOLD) (21-2-1)
Last Week: 1

#2 – Suffolk County Community College (22-2-2)
Last Week: 4

#3 – STL Community College - Meramec Gold (17-3-1)
Last Week: 2

#4 – St. Charles Community College (16-4-0)
Last Week: 3

#5 – University of Michigan (14-7-1)
Last Week: 10

#6 – Michigan State University (10-5-1)
Last Week: 12

#7 – University of North Texas (16-3-0)
Last Week: 8

#8 - UC Santa Barbara Gold (13-6-0)
Last Week: NR

#9 – University of Florida (16-2-2)
Last Week: 5

#10 – Colorado State University Green (15-3-1)
Last Week: 7

#11– Texas A&M (12-7-0)
Last Week: 13

#12 - Towson University (16-10-2)
Last Week: 15

#13-15 will not be ranked in these rankings.

Monday, March 26, 2007

Nationals

Rankings will be released once the 2006-2007 national championship pools are released. Rankings will be expanded to represent the number of teams at the tourney. Rankings will be based off of the current rankings and the distributions in the pool. Our goal is to place an incoming seed into each bracket for the tourney.

Once again, the rankings are not affiliated with the NCRHA and do not reflect any of the decisions that the NCRHA made in making the pools.

At the conclusion of the season, one final poll will be released. This poll will reflect the 15-15-15-5 formats that we currently are ranking.

Thursday, March 8, 2007

DI National Rankings

#1 – Lindenwood University (23-0-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 - University of California - Irvine (15-5-3)
Last Week: 3

#3 – University of North Texas (22-1-1)
Last Week: 4

#4 – University of Rhode Island (20-4-2)
Last Week: 2

#5 – North Carolina State University (19-5-0)
Last Week: 8

#6 –Michigan State University – (23-2-1)
Last Week: 6

#7 – Florida International University – (19-6-5)
Last Week: 7

#8– Cal Poly SLO (13-5-4)
Last Week: 9

#9 – Rochester IT (20-4-3)
Last Week: 12

#10 – Towson University (19-9-0)
Last Week: 10

#11 – University of Florida (11-4-4)
Last Week: NR

#12 - University of Michigan (18-7-3)
Last Week: 14

#13 – University of Denver (13-9-2)
Last Week: NR

#14 - SUNY Buffalo (17-9-0)
Last Week: NR

#15 - CSU San Bernardino (12-9-4)
Last Week: NR

DII National Rankings

#1 – Neumann College (21-1-1)
Last Week: 1

#2 – Long Beach State – (24-2-0)
Last Week: 3

#3 – University of Texas, Dallas (22-1-1)
Last Week: 4

#4 – University of Missouri – St. Louis (18-1-1)
Last Week: 5

#5 - SUNY Stony Brook (21-4-3)
Last Week: 6

#6 – Truman State University (18-2-0)
Last Week: 2

#7 – Emory University (18-6-0)
Last Week: 12

#8 – Washington (STL) University (15-6-0)
Last Week: 9

#9 – Hofstra University (16-10-0)
Last Week: 11

#10 –Drexel University (15-10-0)
Last Week: 10

#11 – West Chester University (17-8-0)
Last Week: 13

#12 – Elon University – (16-7-1)
Last Week: 14

#13 -Sam Houston State University (19-5-0)
Last Week: 15

#14 – Saint Louis University (13-5-2)
Last Week: 8

#15 - Cal Poly Pomona (15-8-1)
Last Week: NR

DIII National Rankings

#1 – St. Charles Community College (18-2-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 – Suffolk Country Community College (16-6-1)
Last Week: 3

#3 – Broward Community College (12-4-4)
Last Week: 2

#4 – Riverside Community College (10-7-1)
Last Week: 4

#5 – Arapahoe Community College (10-8-3)
Last Week: NR

B National Rankings

#1 – Lindenwood University (GOLD) (21-2-1)
Last Week: 1

#2 – STL Community College - Meramec Gold (17-3-1)
Last Week: 2

#3 – St. Charles Community College (16-4-0)
Last Week: 3

#4 – Suffolk County Community College (22-2-2)
Last Week: 5

#5 – University of Florida (16-2-2)
Last Week: 4

#6 – Cal Poly SLO (GOLD) (12-5-2)
Last Week: 6

#7 – Colorado State University Green (15-3-1)
Last Week: 7

#8 – University of North Texas (16-3-0)
Last Week: 9

#9 – Rutgers University (19-6-1)
Last Week: 8

#10 – University of Michigan (14-7-1)
Last Week: 13

#11 – STL Community College - Meramec Green (11-7-1)
Last Week: 11

#12 – Michigan State University (10-5-1)
Last Week: NR

#13 – Texas A&M (12-7-0)
Last Week: NR

#14 – Drexel University (15-6-4)
Last Week: 12

#15 – Towson University (16-10-2)
Last Week: NR

Monday, February 26, 2007

DI National Rankings

#1 – Lindenwood University (19-0-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 – University of Rhode Island (17-2-2)
Last Week: 3

#3 - University of California - Irvine (14-4-2)
Last Week: 4

#4 – University of North Texas (18-1-1)
Last Week: 5

#5 - Eastern Michigan University (14-7-2)
Last Week: NR

#6 –Michigan State University – (22-3-1)
Last Week: 2

#7 –
Florida International University – (17-3-5)
Last Week: 6

#8 – North Carolina State University (15-5-0)
Last Week: 8

#9– Cal Poly SLO (11-4-4)
Last Week: #9

#10 – Towson University (16-8-0)
Last Week: 10

#11 – University of California - Davis (11-7-1)
Last Week: 11

#12 – Rochester IT (15-3-3)
Last Week: 14

#13 – Central Florida University (10-4-2)
Last Week: 13

#14 - University of Michigan (16-7-4)
Last Week: 12

#15 – Colorado State University (12-3-1)
Last Week: 15

DII National Rankings

#1 – Neumann College (17-0-1)
Last Week: 1

#2 – Truman State University (16-1-0)
Last Week: 2

#3 – Long Beach State – (19-2-0)
Last Week: 3

#4 – University of Texas, Dallas (18-1-1)
Last Week: 4

#5 – University of Missouri – St. Louis (15-1-1)
Last Week: 5

#6 - SUNY Stony Brook (15-4-3)
Last Week: 7

#7 - University of Reno, Nevada (13-6-1)
Last Week: 6

#8 – Saint Louis University (12-4-1)
Last Week: 9

#9 – Washington (STL) University (13-4-0)
Last Week: 10

#10 –Drexel University (13-8-0)
Last Week: 11

#11 – Hofstra University (13-8-0)
Last Week: 12

#12 – Emory University (14-5-1)
Last Week: NR

#13 – West Chester University (11-7-0)
Last Week: 13

#14 – Elon University – (12-3-1)
Last Week: 8

#15 -Sam Houston State University (17-3-0)
Last Week: 15

DIII National Rankings

#1 – St. Charles Community College (15-2-0)
Last Week: 1

#2 – Broward Community College (12-4-4)
Last Week: 3

#3 – Suffolk Country Community College (14-6-1)
Last Week: 3

#4 – Riverside Community College (10-7-1)
Last Week: 4

#5 – Evergreen Valley College (11-7-2)
Last Week: 5

B National Rankings

#1 – Lindenwood University (GOLD) (16-2-1)
Last Week: 1

#2 – STL Community College - Meramec Gold (14-2-0)
Last Week: 2

#3 – St. Charles Community College (14-2-0)
Last Week: 3

#4 – University of Florida (16-2-2)
Last Week: 4

#5 – Suffolk County Community College (17-2-2)
Last Week: 5

#6 – Cal Poly SLO (GOLD) (10-4-2)
Last Week: 6

#7 – Colorado State University Green (13-3-1)

Last Week: 7

#8 – Rutgers University (16-4-1)

Last Week: 8

#9 – University of North Texas (13-1-0)
Last Week: 10

#10 – University of Michigan (10-5-1)
Last Week: 13

#11 – STL Community College - Meramec Green (11-4-1)
Last Week: 11

#12 – Drexel University (14-4-3)
Last Week: 12

#13 – Western Michigan University (10-3-1)
Last Week: 14

#14 – University of Texas - Arlington (10-3-0)
Last Week: NR

#15 – Eastern Michigan University (9-6-1)
Last Week: NR

The Rankings Explained

Since the conclusion of the season both founders set out to find the best solution to answer the age old question, “Who’s #1?” After much search, the answer was to use a mathematical formula to calculate the answer. Removing the human element from the voting would likely result in less biased rankings towards individual teams and regions.

The solution would be found in the ELO chess rating system. They system was created to rank chess players by another means that wins, losses and draws. The system uses a mathematical formula to reward each person for impressive feats and punish them for lesser impressive feats. Because chess and inline hockey are two different animals, the general equation had to be changed to allow for more hockeys related factors into the equation.

Using the FIFA Women’s World Rankings as a guideline (Elo Based), we managed to change the rankings to suit the nature of our sport. The rankings include the importance of the game, the outcome of the game, the expected result of the game, and the goal differential of the game when calculating a result. To better explain the way the rankings work I give you the following examples (all team start with a ranking of 1500):

Lindenwood University (1500) vs. UMSL (1500): If Lindenwood won the regular season game 4-3; they would be awarded 15 points for the victory and UMSL would be docked 15 points. However, if the game was won 12-2, Lindenwood would earn 39.38 points for the victory and UMSL would be docked 39.38 points. Additionally, the importance of the game could change, using the national title game as the example, with both teams having equal ratings Lindenwood would be awarded 52.5 points for a 6-3 win.

However, as you could assume, two teams having the same rating would be rare. Each teams point total carries over from one week to the next and from one season to the next. The following is a example of two teams with different point values and the different results it can produce.

Lindenwood University (1746.38) vs. Illinois State (1360.88): There are a few things that you can determine because of the vast difference in each teams rating (385.5). The first is that Lindenwood is expected to win the game. The second is that Illinois State winning the game would be a much bigger accomplishment that Lindenwood winning the game. The maximum points Lindenwood can earn from this game is 7.72, which would mean they won by at least 10 goals. However, on the flip side, if Illinois State was to win the game by at least 10 goals they could earn as many as 71.03 points. This is based on the projection that Lindenwood would win the match-up 90% of the time.

As the two examples show, there are a bunch of positives when using this system. For starters, once a team has achieved a high rating, it becomes difficult for them to increase it without playing a higher level of competition. This rewards regions that have more competitive teams. It also rewards teams who travel out of the region and win games against other higher rated teams. For example, last season, Towson and Army both played James Madison who would have had a higher rating that both visiting teams. In the games, Army and Towson both won handily and would have increased their ratings while negatively hurting James Madison. But, the hidden bonus is they now can bring those rating points back into their region. Those points then become spread out over the entire region as the season progresses and teams win and lose.

For the ratings system to work, each game has to have a certain amount of value attached to it. In the system we will be using five different levels to rate the importance of any give game. The first level is the lowest level of importance; it contains all pre-season exhibition games. The second level includes all regular-season regional games, as well as cross-divisional exhibition games. Level three includes all cross-regional games and invitational based tournaments, like WinterFest. The fourth level includes all regional playoff games and the fifth and final level includes all national playoff games.

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