Denver Holds No. 1 Rank in Week 2 USA Hockey/The Rink Live Men’s College Hockey Poll
Boston College, Boston University, Michigan State, and Minnesota round out top five
USA Hockey/The Rink Live
2024-25 Men’s College Hockey Poll – Week 2
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank School Last Week’s Rank 2024-25
Record Weeks in Top 20
1. University of Denver, 673 (26) 1 2-0-0 2
2. Boston College, 643 (6) 2 0-0-0 2
3. Boston University, 599 3 1-0-0 2
4. Michigan State University, 570 4 2-0-0 2
5. University of Minnesota, 529 5 0-0-0 2
6. University of North Dakota, 475 6 0-0-0 2
7. Cornell University, 458 (2) 9 0-0-0 2
8. Quinnipiac University, 426 7 0-0-0 2
9. University of Wisconsin, 374 10 0-0-0 2
10. University of Maine, 356 11 1-0-0 2
11. Providence College, 338 13 0-0-0 2
12. Colorado College, 333 12 0-0-0 2
13. University of Michigan, 323 8 1-1-0 2
14. University of Massachusetts, 215 14 1-0-0 2
15. St. Cloud State University, 180 16 1-0-0 2
16. University of Nebraska Omaha, 165 17 0-0-0 2
17. Western Michigan University, 159 15 0-0-0 2
18. University of Notre Dame, 62 19 0-0-0 2
19. Minnesota State University, 56 RV 1-1-0 1
20. Northeastern University, 53 RV 0-0-0 1
Upcoming Top 20
Matchups
Friday, Oct. 11
No. 2 Boston College
vs.
No. 4 Michigan State
No. 16 Omaha
vs.
No. 14 UMass*
Saturday, Oct. 12
No. 2 Boston College
vs.
No. 4 Michigan State
No. 11 Providence
vs.
No. 6 North Dakota
*@ Paradise, NV (Ice Breaker Tournament)
Others Receiving Votes: University of Minnesota Duluth, 37; Penn State University, 31; Arizona State University, 22; University of New Hampshire, 10; St. Thomas University, 10; Rochester Institute of Technology, 8; Bemidji State University, 7; Dartmouth College, 7; University of Connecticut, 6; Harvard University, 6; Michigan Tech University, 5; University of Massachusetts Lowell, 4; St. Lawrence University, 1.
Notes: NCHC has seven teams in the rankings, while the Big Ten has five, the Hockey East Association has five, ECAC Hockey has two, and the CCHA has one… Team records are listed as W-L-T.
About the Poll: The 30th annual USA Hockey/The Rink Live 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.
For more information contact Francis Forte ([email protected]/201.923.3229)