National Champion Minnesota Duluth Tops Final
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s College Hockey Poll
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
2017-18 Men’s College Hockey Poll – Week #26
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank
School
Last Week’s Rank
2017-18 Record
Weeks in Top 15
1. University of Minnesota Duluth, 510 (34) 3 25-16-3 23
2. University of Notre Dame, 476 1 28-10-2 26
3. Ohio State University, 436 2 26-10-5 17
4. University of Michigan, 396 4 22-15-3 7
5. St. Cloud State University, 367 6 25-9-6 26
6. University of Denver, 353 5 23-10-8 26
7. Cornell University, 270 7 25-6-2 20
8. Minnesota State University, 259 9 29-10-1 25
9. Providence College, 244 8 24-12-4 26
10. Northeastern University, 203 10 23-10-5 25
11. Boston University, 202 11 22-14-4 9
12. Clarkson University, 148 12 23-11-6 24
13. Penn State University, 87 13 18-15-5 16
14. United States Air Force Academy, 36 14 23-15-5 2
15. Michigan Tech University, 27 15 22-17-5 2
Others Receiving Votes: Boston College, 15; Harvard University, 15; Princeton University, 15; University of Minnesota, 12; University of North Dakota, 6; Union College, 3.
Notes: University of Minnesota Duluth tops this season’s final poll with 510 points and all 34 first-place votes. The Bulldogs defeated Notre Dame, 2-1, last Saturday in the NCAA title game in St. Paul, Minn. … The Big Ten has four teams in the rankings, the NCHC and Hockey East Association have three, ECAC Hockey and the WCHA have two and the Atlantic Hockey Conference has one … For past poll results, click here.
About the Poll: The 23rd 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.
