Only Two Weekends Left in the WCHA Regular Season

RandBall asks: What were/are the geekiest sports-related things you have done? Immediately I thought of my all-time college hockey program rankings.

As I wasn't blogging last April, I never posted the yearly update on my (would-be?) scientific calculations have determined the Top Ten College Hockey Programs Of All Time:

1 - Michigan (4094 points)
2 - North Dakota (3591)
3 - Denver (3170)
4 - Minnesota (3120)
5 - Wisconsin (2721)
6 - Boston University (2575)
7 - Boston College (1840)
8 - Michigan Tech (1609)
9 - Maine (1550)
10 - Lake Superior State (1349)

The only change in the rankings from last year is that Wisconsin moves past Boston University into fifth.

The calculations used were as follows:

1) Making it only to the NCAA semifinals and not to the title game gives points as follows: 1 point for 1948 semifinalists, 2 points for 1949 semifinalist, 3 points for 1950 semifinalists, and so on through 2006. More points are assigned the closer we get to the present under the What Have You Done For Me Lately Theorem.

2) Finishing second in the NCAAs gives points as follows: 118 points for 1948 runners-up, 119 points for 1949 runners-up, 120 points for 1950 runners-up, and so on through 2006. 118 points is given to the 1948 runners-up under the reasoning that finishing second is twice as great as being a semifinalist in 2006 (59 points.) The What Have You Done For Me Lately Theorem also applies here.

3) Winning the NCAA championship gives points as follows: 352 points for 1948 champions, 353 points for 1949 champions, 354 points for 1950 champions, and so on through 2005. 352 points is given to the 1948 champions under the reasoning that winning it all is twice as great as finishing second in 2006 (176 points.) The What Have You Done For Me Lately Theorem also applies here.

The Excel file I used to make these calculations is available for download here.