TV Coverage

[Facts]

1 Miami (42) 8-1-3 986 1
2 North Dakota ( 2) 7-2-1 916 2
3 Denver ( 2) 6-3-1 855 4
4 Mass.-Lowell ( 3) 7-2-1 824 5
5 Cornell 4-1-0 781 3
6 Michigan State ( 1) 9-2-1 727 13
7 Colorado College 7-2-1 695 10
8 Bemidji State 8-1-1 658 7
9 Yale 2-1-2 506 12
10 Alaska 7-2-1 505 9
11 Massachusetts 7-2-0 414 14
12 Nebraska-Omaha 5-2-3 371 11
13 Quinnipiac 8-1-0 366 20
14 Notre Dame 5-5-2 299 8
15 Wisconsin 6-3-1 242 NR
16 Michigan 4-6-0 230 6
17 Vermont 4-4-1 222 15
17 Boston College 4-3-1 222 16
19 Princeton 3-2-1 181 19
20 Minnesota-Duluth 7-4-1 175 18

Others Receiving Votes: Ferris State 128, St. Cloud State 46, Colgate 43, Boston University 41, Merrimack 17, Rensselaer 16, Providence 12, Union 9, Northeastern 8, RIT 3, New Hampshire 2


It always makes me laugh when people claim this is DI hockey. How many true DI schools have hockey?....Part of the appeal of und hockey is the idea of "little old" und taking on and beating the "big boys" of DI.....funny? Notre Dame Hockey does not equal Notre Dame Football.

The TV thing is a due to regional interest.

This got me to thinking, so I did alittle research. If you classify True D1 schools as being those with FBS football, the answer is 13/58. If True D1 is FBS or FCS football, the answer is 28/58. If True D1 is D1 basketball, the answer is 35/58. It all depends on how you define "true D1".

In my attempt for tallest post ever, I made the following table (I can't get the columns to line up on this paste) Enjoy:
Rpi, DI Men’s Hockey Team, Football Division, D1 basketball (yes or no)
1 Miami FBS Yes
2 Bemidji State DII No
3 Michigan State FBS (BCS) Yes
4 Quinnipiac -- Yes
5 North Dakota FCS Yes
6 Massachusetts FCS Yes
7 Mass.-Lowell -- No
8 Colorado College -- No
9 Wisconsin FBS (BCS) Yes
10 Denver -- Yes
11 Cornell FCS Yes
12 Minnesota-Duluth DII No
13 Alaska -- No
14 Boston College FBS (BCS) Yes
15 Providence -- Yes
16 Ferris State DII No
17 Nebraska-Omaha DII No
18 St. Cloud State DII No
19 Union DIII No
20 Princeton FCS Yes
21 Notre Dame FBS (BCS) Yes
22 Merrimack DII No
23 Colgate FCS Yes
24 Vermont -- Yes
25 Western Michigan FBS Yes
26 Northern Michigan DII No
27 Northeastern FCS Yes
28 Maine FCS Yes
29 Rensselaer DIII No
30 Michigan FBS (BCS) Yes
31 Minnesota FBS (BCS) Yes
32 New Hampshire FCS Yes
33 Ohio State FBS (BCS) Yes
34 St. Lawrence DIII No
35 Lake Superior -- No
36 Michigan Tech DII No
37 Boston University -- Yes
38 Robert Morris FCS Yes
39 Air Force FBS Yes
40 Yale FCS Yes
41 Alaska-Anchorage -- No
42 Minnesota State DII No
43 Alabama-Huntsville -- No
44 RIT -- No
45 Bentley DII No
46 Canisius -- Yes
47 Sacred Heart FCS Yes
48 Clarkson -- No
49 Bowling Green FBS Yes
50 Holy Cross FCS Yes
51 Niagara -- Yes
52 Harvard FCS Yes
53 Army FBS Yes
54 Connecticut FBS (BCS) Yes
55 American Int'l DII No
56 Mercyhurst DII No
57 Brown FCS Yes
58 Dartmouth FCS Yes

[99Bison]

Another side note... Men's hockey has about the same number of teams competing in DI as men's lacross and men's field hockey. That is about 1/4 of men's soccer for example. Some of those also have DII classifications so if you include those it's even lower in competition/interest/etc.

[TheDoctor]

If anyone thinks UND or ice hockey has a National base, then you better agree with Duke and the rest of the ACC that lacrosse has a National fan base. Anyone follow collegiate lacrosse? My point is that they have a very nice regional fan base. Be proud of what you have.....BUT don't be delusional.

[IndyBison]

Flipping through the channels and caught the end of the UMKC-UND game (last night?). I had noticed several UND hockey games and a football game and now a basketball game. They are definitely kicking our butt in getting on the regional sports networks. I hope we are able to figure out a way to do it.

BTW...UND has some really dorky looking guys on their team.

[Twentysix]

I watched the UND-Waldorf game looked like it was recorded with an old Hi8 tape then dubbed to VHS then played on tv.

[Flanders]

I watched the UND-Waldorf game looked like it was recorded with an old Hi8 tape then dubbed to VHS then played on tv.

Really? That's strange because that game wasn't televised.

[JSUBison]

Really? That's strange because that game wasn't televised.

I think 26 may be right.
I saw the link on channelsurfing, but never bothered to click on it for obvious reasons.