Michigan State Claims No. 1 Spot in Week Nine of USA Hockey/The Rink Live Men’s College Hockey Poll

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Michigan State Claims No. 1 Spot in Week Nine of USA Hockey/The Rink Live Men’s College Hockey Poll
Denver, BC, Minnesota and Maine round out top five
USA Hockey/The Rink Live
2024-25 Men’s College Hockey Poll – Week 9
(First-place votes in parentheses)

Rank School Last Week’s Rank 2024-25
Record		 Weeks in Top 20
1. Michigan State University, 664 (24) 2 9-1-0 9
2. University of Denver, 628 (5) 1 12-2-0 9
3. Boston College, 605 (1) 3 9-3-0 9
4. University of Minnesota, 604 (4) 4 12-2-0 9
5. University of Maine, 534 6 8-2-2 9
6. University of Michigan, 517 5 9-2-1 9
7. Western Michigan University, 463 9 8-1-1 9
8. Colorado College, 411 8 9-2-1 9
9. St. Cloud State University, 370 10 9-4-0 9
10. Providence College, 335 11 8-3-2 9
11. Cornell University, 309 7 4-2-2 9
12. Ohio State University, 287 12 9-2-1 6
13. Boston University, 253 16 6-5-1 9
14. Dartmouth College, 237 15 5-0-1 3
15. University of North Dakota, 230 14 7-6-0 9
16. University of Massachusetts Lowell, 217 13 9-3-0 5
17. Minnesota State University, 184 17 10-4-2 7
18. Quinnipiac University, 82 18 6-6-0 8
19. Clarkson University, 56 19 9-4-1 2
20. Arizona State University, 47 RV 6-7-1 1
 
 

Upcoming Top 20
Matchups

Friday, Nov. 29

No. 6 Michigan
vs.
No. 7 Western Michigan

No. 14 Dartmouth
vs.
No. 3 Boston College

No. 10 Providence
vs.
No. 19 Clarkson*

Saturday, Nov. 30

No. 7 Western Michigan
vs.
No. 6 Michigan

No. 11 Cornell
vs.
No. 18 Quinnipiac+

No. 16 UMass Lowell
vs.
No. 19 Clarkson*

*- at Lake Placid, N.Y.
+- at New York, N.Y.

Others Receiving Votes: Union College, 31; University of Massachusetts, 21; University of Connecticut, 18; Bentley University, 16; Harvard University, 13; Colgate University, 4; Michigan Tech University, 3; Bowling Green University, 1.

Notes: The NCHC has six teams in the rankings, while Hockey East has five. The Big Ten and ECAC Hockey have four each 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)

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