Bracketology Wednesday 2007 Week 3

There is some moving around in the rankings, so lets get right to this weeks bracket.

First off let me point out that there are no new teams but like I said there are some seeding changes.

Before we get to the teams lets breakdown the conference bids.

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

Now here are the conference leaders (or for some the projected conference winner at the end of the year)

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

So your team is not a conference leader, but did they get an at-large bid? Here are the 10 at-large teams

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

Now its finally time to rank the teams. Like I said there are some changes but there are no new teams. Some rankings have remained the same, but 10 of the teams are either moving up and down in the "hockeynuts rankings." Anyway let's take a look.

#1 Minnesota (21-3-3) =
#2 New Hampshire (18-4-1) =
#3 St. Cloud State (16-4-4) +
#4 Notre Dame (20-5-1) -
#5 Denver (18-8-2) =
#6 Clarkson (15-6-3) =
#7 Maine (15-6-2) +
#8 Michigan State (16-8-1) +
#9 Vermont (14-8-2) +
#10 Michigan (17-9-0) +
#11 Colorado College (14-9-1) -
#12 Miami (18-8-2) -
#13 Boston College (12-8-1) -
#14 Boston University (12-4-6) -
#15 Bemidji State (12-9-3) =
#16 RIT (14-8-2) =

The rankings are all set, now lets place them in their regional sites.

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

Northeast: #2 New Hampshire vs #15 Bemidji State
#7 Maine vs #10 Michigan

East: #3 St. Cloud State vs #14 Boston University
#6 Clarkson vs #11 Colorado College

West: #4 Notre Dame vs #13 Boston College
#5 Denver vs #12 Miami

The Frozen Four Bracket will look like this:

Midwest vs West
Northeast vs East

On the bubble this week:

North Dakota
Quinnipiac
St. Lawrence

Thats all for this weeks bracketology, be sure to take a look at next weeks bracket, and do not forget about the weekly preview for this weeks games exclusively here on hockeynuts.