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North Dakota regained the top spot in the USA Hockey / The Rink Live men's poll this week after a split against then-No. 3 Denver over the weekend. The Fighting Hawks are far from unanimous, however, as five teams picked up first-place votes.

UND supplanted Boston College, which lost 5-3 to unranked Northeastern at home on Friday before turning things around Saturday for a 3-1 win in the home-and-home series with the Huskies. UND beat the Pioneers 7-5 on Friday and lost 3-2 in overtime on Saturday.

It's the second time this season UND has been ranked No. 1 in the poll. The Fighting Hawks shared the top spot with Boston College two weeks ago.

Boston University moved up three spots to No. 2 after a pair of wins over Merrimack. Quinnipiac remained fourth while Denver slid two spots to No. 5.

Team, points, last week, record, weeks in poll
1. University of North Dakota, 649 (23), 2, 12-3-1, 10
2. Boston University, 620 (6), 5, 11-4-1, 10
3. Boston College, 607 (1), 1, 12-3-1, 10
4. Quinnipiac University, 585 (3), 4, 11-4-1, 10
5. University of Denver, 584 (1), 3, 11-4-1, 10
6. University of Wisconsin, 494, 8, 12-4-0, 7
7. Michigan State University, 461, 7, 10-4-2, 10
8. University of Maine, 412, 11, 8-3-1, 6
9. University of Minnesota, 411, 6, 8-5-3, 9
10. Providence College, 382, 9, 9-4-2, 10
11. University of Massachusetts, 324, 10, 9-4-1, 7
12. Arizona State University, 289, 13, 11-3-2, 8
13. Western Michigan University, 279, 15, 10-3-1, 10
14. University of Michigan, 234, 12, 8-7-3, 10
15. St. Cloud State University, 181, 17, 8-5-1, 7
16. University of New Hampshire, 168, 14, 7-4-1, 6
17. Penn State University, 149, 18, 9-5-3, 10
18. Cornell University, 142, 16, 6-4-1, 10
19. Rochester Institute of Technology, 71, 19, 10-4-0, 2
20. University of Notre Dame, 53, 20, 8-6-2, 4
Others receiving votes: University of Nebraska Omaha, 29; University of Alaska, 7; Clarkson University, 3; Michigan Tech University, 3; Merrimack College, 2; American International College, 1.