Notre Dame Tops USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s College Hockey Poll Entering NCAA Men’s Frozen Four
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
2017-18 Men’s College Hockey Poll – Week #25
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank
School
Last Week’s Rank
2017-18 Record
Weeks in Top 15
1. University of Notre Dame, 509 (33) 2 27-9-2 25
2. Ohio State University, 474 (1) 5 26-9-5 16
3. University of Minnesota Duluth, 394 11 23-16-3 22
4. University of Michigan, 378 10 22-14-3 6
5. University of Denver, 370 4 23-10-8 25
6. St. Cloud State University, 367 1 25-9-6 25
7. Cornell University, 317 3 25-6-2 19
8. Providence College, 248 7 24-12-4 25
9. Minnesota State University, 220 6 29-10-1 24
10. Northeastern University, 213 8 23-10-5 24
11. Boston University, 212 13 22-14-4 8
12. Clarkson University, 134 9 23-11-6 23
13. Penn State University, 103 12 18-15-5 15
14. United States Air Force Academy, 46 – 23-15-5 1
15. Michigan Tech University, 36 – 22-17-5 1
Upcoming Top 15
Matchups
Thursday, April 5
No. 4 Michigan
vs
No. 1 Notre Dame
No. 3 Minnesota Duluth
vs
No. 2 Ohio State
Note: Both games played in Saint Paul, Minnesota, as part of the NCAA Men’s Frozen Four
Others Receiving Votes: Boston College, 17; University of North Dakota, 17; Princeton University, 10; University of Minnesota, 8; Northern Michigan University, 7.
Notes: The University of Notre Dame takes the number one spot with 509 points and 33 first-place votes … 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.
