Final Pre-Season Bracketology for 2006-2007

The day has come. This is the final pre-season bracketology for 2006-2007 pre-season. Before I jump into the rankings lets recap yesterday's predictions from the conference tournaments.

We will first start with the automatic bids.

Atlantic Hockey: Sacred Heart
CCHA: Michigan State
CHA: Bemidji State
ECACHL: Harvard
Hockey East: Boston College
WCHA: North Dakota

Now let's take a look at who is in for the at-large bids.

Atlantic Hockey: None
CCHA: Miami, Michigan, Ohio State
CHA: None
ECACHL: Cornell, Dartmouth
Hockey East: Boston University, Maine, New Hampshire
WCHA: Minnesota, Wisconsin

Out from last month: St. Cloud State
In from last month: Cornell

Now lets rank the teams, with my predicted records for the season.

#1 Boston College (30-6-2)
#2 Minnesota (28-10-3)
#3 North Dakota (26-10-4)
#4 Wisconsin (27-10-3)
#5 Michigan State (27-8-4)
#6 Maine (26-10-3)
#7 Michigan (28-9-3)
#8 Harvard (25-6-2)
#9 Miami (29-11-3)
#10 Boston University (24-10-3)
#11 Ohio State (23-12-3)
#12 New Hampshire (22-12-4)
#13 Dartmouth (23-8-4)
#14 Cornell (21-12-2)
#15 Sacred Heart (26-9-2)
#16 Bemidji State (20-11-3)

Now that you know the rankings, it is time to place the teams in their regions

The top seed in the tournament is Hockey East champ Boston College, and they will be placed in the East Regional held in Rochester, NY. Joining them will be ECACHL champ Harvard, CHA champ, Bemidji State, Miami.

East Regional:

#1 Boston College vs #4 Bemidji State
#2 Harvard vs #3 Miami

The second seed is Minnesota and they will be placed in the Midwest regional in Grand Rapids, MI. Joining them will be Boston University, Michigan, and Atlantic Hockey Champion Sacred Heart.

Midwest Regional:

#1 Minnesota vs #4 Sacred Heart
#2 Michigan vs #3 Boston University

The third overall seed is WCHA tournament champion North Dakota. They will be placed in the West Regional in Denver, CO with Cornell, Maine, and Ohio State.

West Regional:

#1 North Dakota vs #4 Cornell
#2 Maine vs #3 Ohio State

And finally the last number one seed (foruth overall) is Wisconsin, and they will be placed in the Northeast Regional in Manchester, NH. Joining them will be the host, New Hampshire, another in state team in Dartmouth, and CCHA tournament champion Michigan State.

Northeast Regional:

#1 Wisconsin vs #4 Dartmouth
#2 Michigan State vs #3 New Hampshire

So here is what the bracket would look like come Frozen Four time.

East vs Northeast
Midwest vs West

There are still two more media days, but come Friday, everyones record is 0-0-0. We will have a preview of opening weekend on Thursday here at Hockeynuts. But tommorrow I will give you a Frozen Four prediction from this bracketology.