| USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s College Hockey Poll USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine 2019-20 Men’s College Hockey Poll – Preseason (First-place votes in parentheses) Rank School Final 2018-19 Rank 2018-19 Record Weeks in Top 151. University of Minnesota Duluth, 508 (32) 1 29-11-2 1 2. University of Denver, 446 (2) 3 24-12-5 1 3. University of Massachusetts, 371 2 31-10-0 1 4. Minnesota State University, 325 6 32-8-2 1 5. Cornell University, 268 10 21-11-4 1 6. Providence College, 256 4 24-12-6 1 7. Boston College, 231 NR 14-22-3 1 8. St. Cloud State University, 207 5 30-6-3 1 9. Penn State University, 201 NR 22-15-2 1 10. University of Notre Dame, 177 12 23-14-3 1 11. Quinnipiac University, 169 7 26-10-2 1 12. Clarkson University, 158 8 26-11-2 1 13. Ohio State University, 155 11 20-11-5 1 14. Northeastern University, 124 9 27-11-1 1 15. Western Michigan University, 121 NR 21-15-1 1 Others receiving votes: Wisconsin, 114; Bowling Green, 64; Harvard, 50; North Dakota, 36; Minnesota, 34; Arizona State, 30; Boston University, 20; AIC, 7; Brown, 4; Michigan, 4. Notes: Back-to-back defending NCAA national champion University of Minnesota Duluth is number one with 508 points and 32 first-place votes…The NCHC and Hockey East Association each have four teams ranked, while the Big Ten and ECAC each have three ranked teams. The WCHA has one team ranked in this week’s poll. About the Poll: The 25th 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. |
