North Dakota Maintains 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 #3

(First-place votes in parentheses)
 
This Week’s Top 15 Matchups

Monday, Nov. 23
No. 14 Penn State
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No. 15 Wisconsin

No. 10 Ohio State
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No. 7 Minnesota

Tuesday, Nov. 24
No. 14 Penn State
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No. 15 Wisconsin

No. 10 Ohio State
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No. 7 Minnesota

Friday, Nov. 27
No. 2 Boston College
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No. 13 Providence

Saturday, Nov. 28
No. 13 Providence
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No. 2 Boston College


Rank School Last Week’s Rank 2020-21 Record Weeks in Top 15
1. University of North Dakota, 501 (28) 1 0-0-0 3
2. Boston College, 461 (2) 2 0-0-0 3
3. University of Michigan, 422 (4) 6 4-0-0 3
4. University of Minnesota-Duluth, 414 3 0-0-0 3
5. Minnesota State University, 370 4 1-0-0 3
6. University of Denver, 356 5 0-0-0 3
7. University of Minnesota, 272 11 2-0-0 3
8. University of Massachusetts, 266 7 1-0-1 3
9. Clarkson University, 250 8 1-0-0 3
10. Ohio State University, 204 10 0-0-0 3
11. Quinnipiac University, 141 14 0-0-0 3
12. University of Massachusetts-Lowell, 156 12 0-0-0 3
13. Providence College, 80 15 0-0-0 2
14. Penn State University, 58 9 0-2-0 3
15. University of Wisconsin, 49 13 2-2-0 2
 
Others Receiving Votes: Northeastern University, 29; Boston University, 17; Western Michigan University, 14; Bemidji State University, 10; Bowling Green State University, 8; Robert Morris University, 8; Northern Michigan University, 5; Michigan State University, 4; Michigan Tech Univeristy, 3; Air Force Academy, 2; Lake Superior State University, 2.

Notes: The University of North Dakota holds the No. 1 ranking for the third week in a row with 501 points and 28 first-place votes… The Big Ten leads with five teams in the ranking, while the Hockey East Association has four, NCHC has three, ECAC has two and the WCHA has one… 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.