While there was little movement in the top 10, or at least any team drastically changing positions, the bottom half of the rankings seemed to be put in a blender for the latest USA Hockey / The Rink Live men's hockey poll. Blame the NCHC.
Boston College, now on a nine-game heater, remains No. 1 while picking up every first-place vote. Boston University is at No. 2 while Denver moved up a spot to third and North Dakota dropped two spots to round out the top five. Colorado College cracked the top 10.
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St. Cloud State has now lost four straight after Minnesota Duluth's sweep last weekend at Amsoil Arena.
Omaha, on a four-game run including last weekend's sweep of UND, jumped four spots to No. 13.
Massachusetts, swept by now No. 8 Maine, dropped five spots to No. 16.
1. Boston College, 680 (34), 1, 28-5-1, 22
2. Boston University, 646, 2, 24-8-2, 22
3. University of Denver, 581, 4, 24-9-3, 22
4. Michigan State University, 578, 5, 22-9-3, 22
5. University of North Dakota, 536, 3, 24-10-2, 22
6. University of Minnesota, 497, 8, 22-9-5, 22
7. Quinnipiac University, 481, 7, 24-8-2, 22
8. University of Maine, 447, 9, 22-10-2, 18
9. University of Wisconsin, 424, 6, 26-11-2, 19
10. Colorado College, 358, 12, 20-11-3, 12
11. University of Michigan, 347, 13, 20-13-3, 22
12. Western Michigan University, 265, 14, 20-13-1, 22
13. University of Nebraska Omaha, 242, 17, 20-10-4, 8
14. Providence College, 241, 10, 18-12-4, 19
15. Cornell University, 213, 15, 17-6-6, 22
16. University of Massachusetts, 211, 11, 19-12-3, 19
17. University of New Hampshire, 136, 18, 19-14-1, 17
18. St. Cloud State University, 113, 16, 15-14-5, 19
19. Rochester Institute of Technology, 49, 20, 24-10-2, 11
20. Northeastern University, 35, NR, 16-15-3, 6
Others receiving votes: Arizona State University, 32; Bemidji State University, 13; College of the Holy Cross, 7; Michigan Tech University, 4; Colgate University, 1; Minnesota State University, University of Notre Dame, 1; Ohio State University, 1.
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