Boston College Holds No. 1 Spot in USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s College Hockey Poll

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
2020-21 Men’s College Hockey Poll – Week #12

(First-place votes in parentheses)
 Rank School Last Week’s Rank 2020-21 Record Weeks in Top 15
1. Boston College, 488 (23) 1 9-2-1 12
2. Minnesota State University, 467 2 9-1-1 12
3.University of North Dakota, 461 (4) 3 12-3-1 12
4.University of Minnesota, 422 4 13-3-0 12
5.St. Cloud State University, 352 6 11-6-0 8
6.University of Minnesota Duluth, 311 7 8-5-2 12
7.University of Michigan, 299 9 10-6-0 12
8.Bowling Green State University, 252 5 14-4-0 7
9.University of Nebraska-Omaha, 210 11 9-4-1 6
10.University of Massachusetts, 202 8 9-5-3 12
11.Quinnipiac University, 146 10 10-5-3 11
12.Northeastern University, 125 13 6-3-2 9
13.University of Wisconsin, 102 12 9-7-0 10
14.Clarkson University, 921 4 9-6-3 11
15.Boston University, 52 NR 5-1-0 1
 
This Week’s Top 15
Matchups


Friday, Jan. 29
No. 3 North Dakota
at
No. 9 Nebraska-Omaha

Saturday, Jan. 30
No. 3 North Dakota
at
No. 9 Nebraska-Omaha

Others Receiving Votes: University of Denver, 27; Michigan Tech University, 25; University of Massachusetts-Lowell, 16; University of Notre Dame, 15; AIC, 9; Robert Morris University, 4; UConn, 1; Mercyhurst University, 1; Providence College, 1.

Notes: Boston College holds the No. 1 ranking with 488 points and 23 first-place votes… The Hockey East Association and NCHC lead with four teams in the ranking, while the Big Ten has three and the ECAC and WCHA have two… Team records are listed as W-L-T… For past polls, click here.

About the Poll: The 26th annual USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s College Hockey Poll is conducted each week in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association. The poll includes input from coaches and journalists representing each of the six NCAA Division I ice hockey conferences, as well as composite votes from officers of the AHCA and USA Hockey.