Rank
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School
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Last Week's Ranking
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2011-12 Record
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Weeks in Top 15 |
1 |
Boston College, 504 (31) |
2
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23-10-1
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|
2 |
University of Minnesota Duluth, 468 (2) |
4
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22-7-5
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|
3 |
Ferris State University, 418 (1) |
1
|
22-9-5
|
16
|
4 |
Boston University, 399 |
6
|
20-11-1
|
18
|
5 |
University of Minnesota, 381 |
5
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23-11-1
|
20
|
6 |
University of Michigan, 372 |
3
|
21-11-4
|
17
|
7 |
Union College, 255 |
8
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20-7-7
|
19
|
8 |
UMass Lowell, 249 |
7
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20-10-1
|
9
|
9 |
Miami University, 192 |
15
|
21-13-2
|
5
|
10 |
University of Denver, 189 |
10
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19-11-4
|
20
|
11 |
University of Maine, 185 |
11
|
19-11-3
|
6
|
12 |
Merrimack College, 158 |
13
|
16-9-7
|
20
|
13 |
Cornell University, 106 |
9
|
15-7-7
|
11
|
14 |
Michigan State University, 91 |
14
|
19-13-4
|
6
|
15 |
University of North Dakota, 87 |
12
|
18-12-3
|
9
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Others receiving votes: Northern Michigan University, 14; Western Michigan University, 5; Ohio State University, 4; University of Notre Dame, 2; United States Air Force Academy, 1.
NOTES: The Hockey East Association led all conferences with five raned teams, while the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association had four ranked teams and ECAC Hockey had two ranked programs ... A total of 20 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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