St. Cloud State Claims No. 1 Spot in Latest USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s College Hockey Poll
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
2018-19 Men’s College Hockey Poll – Week #8
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank
School
Last Week’s Rank
2018-19 Record
Weeks in Top 15
1. St. Cloud State University, 502 (16) 2 11-1-0 8
2. University of Minnesota Duluth, 466 (5) 1 9-2-1 8
3. Minnesota State University, 447 3 9-1-0 8
4. University of Massachusetts, 415 4 10-1-0 4
5. Ohio State University, 349 6 8-3-1 8
6. Penn State University, 327 5 9-2-0 7
7. University of Denver, 287 7 6-3-1 8
8. University of Notre Dame, 274 8 7-4-1 8
9. Providence College, 253 9 7-3-1 8
10. Quinnipiac University, 193 14 9-2-0 5
11. Bowling Green State University, 154 10 8-3-2 4
12. Union College, 142 12 7-3-1 4
13. Northeastern University, 118 15 7-3-1 5
14. Arizona State University, 63 — 10-4-0 1
15. Cornell University, 32 — 5-3-0 5
Upcoming Top-15
Matchups
Friday, Nov. 23
No. 6 Penn State
at
No. 5 Ohio State
No. 9 Providence
at
No. 7 Denver
Saturday, Nov. 24
No. 6 Penn State
at
No. 5 Ohio State
No. 9 Providence
at
No. 7 Denver
Others Receiving Votes: Miami University, 15; University of Michigan, 15; University of North Dakota, 14; Bemidji State University, 7; Princeton University, 3; Clarkson University, 2; Lake Superior State University, 1; Rochester Institute of Technology, 1.
Notes: St. Cloud State University holds the No. 1 ranking for the first time this season … The Big Ten, ECAC Hockey, the Hockey East Association and the NCHC each have three teams in the rankings while the WCHA has two and the Independents have one … Team records are listed as W-L-T … For past poll results, click here.
About the Poll: The 24th 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.
