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<blockquote data-quote="sl1000794" data-source="post: 276243" data-attributes="member: 6974"><p>Cornell is still #1: <a href="https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/icehockey-men/d1/uschocom" target="_blank">https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/icehockey-men/d1/uschocom</a></p><p></p><p>But UND is #1, Mankato is #2 and Cornell is #3 in the PairWise: <a href="https://www.uscho.com/rankings/pairwise-rankings/d-i-men/" target="_blank">https://www.uscho.com/rankings/pairwise-rankings/d-i-men/</a></p><p></p><p>At this time of the season I believe that the PairWise ranking is a more accurate barometer of team placement than the votes of 50 sports writers most of whom are probably in the Eastern Time Zone. If all 60 teams play games on Friday and Saturday the sports writers would have to review 60 game stats before making their selections on Monday. I'm sure that the east coast sports writers favor east coast teams that they see and hear more.</p><p></p><p>It's like the Frozen Four Championship in 2016 between UND and Quinnipiac. Quinnipiac was rated #1 for much of the season but UND won 5-1 and the game was never in question. The championship game was really with Denver U in the semi's when the game was tied at 2-2 with 1 minute to go and UND scored and then got an empty netter with just a few seconds to go to win 4-2.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sl1000794, post: 276243, member: 6974"] Cornell is still #1: [URL]https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/icehockey-men/d1/uschocom[/URL] But UND is #1, Mankato is #2 and Cornell is #3 in the PairWise: [URL]https://www.uscho.com/rankings/pairwise-rankings/d-i-men/[/URL] At this time of the season I believe that the PairWise ranking is a more accurate barometer of team placement than the votes of 50 sports writers most of whom are probably in the Eastern Time Zone. If all 60 teams play games on Friday and Saturday the sports writers would have to review 60 game stats before making their selections on Monday. I'm sure that the east coast sports writers favor east coast teams that they see and hear more. It's like the Frozen Four Championship in 2016 between UND and Quinnipiac. Quinnipiac was rated #1 for much of the season but UND won 5-1 and the game was never in question. The championship game was really with Denver U in the semi's when the game was tied at 2-2 with 1 minute to go and UND scored and then got an empty netter with just a few seconds to go to win 4-2. [/QUOTE]
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