Bracketology Wednesday 2007 Week 2

There is a lot of moving around in this weeks edition of bracketology so lets get right to the projected bracket.

First here are the number of bids each conference would have if the season ended today.

Hockey East: 5
CCHA: 4
WCHA: 4
ECACHL: 1
Atlantic Hockey: 1
CHA: 1

Now here are the conference winners if the season ended today (tournament winners if neccesary like the ECACHL). New leaders are in bold.

Atlantic Hockey: RIT
CCHA: Notre Dame
CHA: Bemidji State
ECACHL: Clarkson
Hockey East: New Hampshire
WCHA: Minnesota

And now here are the 10 at large teams, new teams are in bold.

CCHA: Miami, Michigan. Michigan State
Hockey East: Boston College, Boston University, Maine, Vermont
WCHA: Colorado College, Denver, St. Cloud State

Out from last week are Lake Superior, Niagara, and Sacred Heart

Now lets rank the teams as hockeynuts sees it. The movement of seeds is based on this + is higher than last week, - is lower than last week, and = means the team stayed at that spot.

#1 Minnesota (20-2-3) =
#2 New Hampshire (17-3-1) =
#3 Notre Dame (19-4-1) +
#4 St. Cloud State (14-4-4) -
#5 Denver (17-7-2) +
#6 Clarkson (13-5-3) +
#7 Boston College (12-6-1) +
#8 Maine (14-5-2) -
#9 Michigan State (14-8-1) +
#10 Colorado College (14-9-1) +
#11 Miami (17-8-1) -
#12 Michigan (15-9-0) -
#13 Boston University (10-4-6) +
#14 Vermont (12-8-2) +
#15 Bemidji State (12-7-3) -
#16 RIT (13-7-2) +

Now that you know the teams lets place them in their regions:

Midwest: #1 Minnesota vs #16 RIT
#8 Maine vs #9 Michigan State

Norteast: #2 New Hampshire vs #15 Bemidji State
#7 Boston College vs #10 Colorado College

East: #3 Notre Dame vs #14 Vermont
#6 Clarkson vs #11 Miami

West: #4 St. Cloud State vs #13 Boston University
#5 Denver vs #12 Michigan

Teams on the bubble this week are:

Lake Superior
Quinnipiac
Cornell

Thats all for this weeks edition of bracketology. Tommorrow hockeynuts will bring you the weekly preview for all the big games in college hockey.