A weekend sweep of No. 10 Massachusetts kept Boston College in the top slot in this week's USA Hockey / The Rink Live men's college poll. After that, the top 10 got put in a shaker.
Boston University moved up a spot to No. 2, along with Denver and Michigan State gaining ground as the top four. North Dakota, swept by Colorado College, dropped three spots to No. 5.
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Colorado College had the biggest move this week, jumping six spots to No. 10. Its previous high was in Week 17 when the Tigers were ranked 15th.
Hockey East and the NCHC lead with six ranked teams while the Big 10 has five and the ECAC has two.
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1. Boston College, 680 (34), 1, 23-5-1, 19
2. Boston University, 637, 3, 20-8-2, 19
3. University of Denver, 590, T-5, 20-8-2, 19
4. Michigan State University, 574, T-5, 20-7-3, 19
5. University of North Dakota, 547, 2, 20-8-2, 19
6. University of Wisconsin, 494, 4, 22-8-2, 16
7. Quinnipiac University, 488, 9, 22-7-2, 19
8. University of Minnesota, 428, 7, 19-8-5, 19
9. University of Maine, 401, 8, 18-8-2, 15
10. Colorado College, 357, 16, 18-9-1, 9
11. Providence College, 326, 11, 16-10-3, 16
12. Western Michigan University, 304, 13, 17-10-1, 19
13. Cornell University, 298, 12, 16-4-5, 19
14. University of Massachusetts, 249, 10, 16-9-3, 16
15. St. Cloud State University, 190, 15, 14-9-5, 16
16. University of Michigan, 171, 14, 15-12-3, 19
17. University of New Hampshire, 159, 19, 16-11-1, 14
18. Arizona State University, 91, 17, 20-6-6, 18
19. University of Nebraska Omaha, 74, 18, 15-10-3, 5
20. University of Notre Dame, 33, NR, 15-15-2, 9
Also receiving votes: Northeastern University, 21; Rochester Institute of Technology, 15; College of the Holy Cross, 13.