In this week's post-Nemo D3Hockey.com computer rankings, little changes at the top of the rankings or with NESCAC schools. The intro to this week's ratings discusses the similarities and differences between the D3H rankings and the NCAA's Regional Rankings, used to determine seeding in the NCAA tournament, released this week.
The top five NESCAC schools made the regional rankings and we have included these rankings (as does D3H) on the chart next to the school's name. For example, Bowdoin was 5th in the East region, so E5 is seen in parentheses next to Bowdoin on the chart.
The most notable movement among 'Cac members came from Middlebury, whose weekend split with Williams moved them up four spots in the computer's eye for the second week in a row. The greatest downward trend came from Conn College, who suffered a weekend sweep at home against Amherst and Hamilton.
Below are the latest NESCAC teams place in the Computer Rankings, including their change in ranking over the past week and their NESCAC standing. For the full rankings click here.
| School | NESCAC Standing | Computer Rank | Last week | Change |
| Bowdoin (E5) | 1st | 8th | 8th | 0 |
| Amherst (E8) | 2nd | 10th | 11th | +1 |
| Williams (E7) | 2nd | 15th | 13th | -2 |
| Trinity (E11) | 5th | 16th | 16th | 0 |
| Middlebury (E15) | 2nd | 17th | 21st | +4 |
| Wesleyan | 6th | 28th | 28th | 0 |
| Conn. College | 8th | 40th | 36th | -4 |
| Tufts | 10th | 49th | 49th | 0 |
| Hamilton | 7th | 51st | 52nd | +1 |
| Colby | 9th | 56th | 59th | +3 |
New Enland Hockey Journal Rankings/Game of the Week
In their weekly D-3 column and New England D-3 Hockey Rankings, the NEHJ selected four NESCAC teams for their top 10: #2. Bowdoin , #3. Amherst, #5. Williams, #7. Trinity. The Lord Jeffs moved up two spots to leap frog the Ephs, who moved down one spot; otherwise no change for the 'Cac from last week.
This Friday's Williams at Amherst contest was selected as "Game of the Week." As they put it, "This one could go a long way in determining who grabs that No. 2 seed behind Bowdoin for the NESCAC tournament."
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