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Rank
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School
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Last Week's Ranking
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2011-12 Record |
Weeks in Top 15 |
| 1 |
University of Minnesota Duluth, 495 (19) |
5
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11-3-2
|
10
|
| 2 |
University of Minnesota, 473 (11) |
4
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13-4-1
|
9
|
| 3 |
Boston College, 418 (3) |
3
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11-5-0
|
10
|
| 4 |
Ohio State University, 410 (1) |
7
|
12-3-1
|
4
|
| 5 |
Merrimack College, 382 |
1
|
9-2-1
|
9
|
| 6 |
Colorado College, 329 |
8
|
8-4-0
|
10
|
| 7 |
University of Notre Dame, 306 |
2
|
10-5-3
|
10
|
| 8 |
Western Michigan University, 233 |
12
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8-4-4
|
10
|
| 9 |
Union College, 199 |
9
|
7-3-5
|
10
|
| 10 |
Ferris State University, 198 |
6
|
10-5-1
|
7
|
| 11 |
Colgate University, 158 |
14
|
11-4-1
|
4
|
| 12 |
Boston University, 156 |
13
|
8-5-1
|
7
|
| 13 |
University of Denver, 134 |
10
|
6-5-3
|
10
|
| 14 |
Michigan State University, 87 |
NR
|
10-5-1
|
1
|
| 15 |
Lake Superior State University, 47 |
11
|
10-6-2
|
6
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Others receiving votes: Cornell University, 37; Yale University, 7; UMass Lowell, 6; Providence College, 3; United States Air Force Academy, 1; University of North Dakota, 1.
NOTES: The Central Collegiate Hockey Association leads all conferences with six ranked teams, while the Western Collegiate Hockey Association has four ranked teams and Hockey East has three ranked programs. ECAC Hockey has two ranked teams this week ... A total of 21 teams received votes.
ABOUT THE POLL: The 17th 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 five NCAA Division I ice hockey conferences, as well as composite votes from officers of the AHCA and USA Hockey Magazine, the most widely distributed hockey magazine in the world.
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This Week's Top-15 Match-ups
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Friday, December 9
No. 7 University of Notre Dame
at
No. 10 Ferris State University
Saturday, December 10
No. 5 Merrimack College
at
No. 11 Colgate University
No. 10 Ferris State University
at
No. 7 University of Notre Dame
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