American Hockey Coaches Association

January 23, 2012

Univ. of Minnesota Duluth Remains No. 1 in USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll -
January 23, 2012

Rank	Team (First Place)	Last Week	2011-12 Record	Weeks in Top 15
1	University of Minnesota Duluth, 507 (31)	1	17-4-3	16
2	Boston University, 479 (3)	3	15-6-1	13
3	University of Minnesota, 420	2	17-9-1	15
4	University of Notre Dame, 375	6	14-9-3	16
5	Merrimack College, 333	7	13-5-5	15
6	Cornell University, 320	9	11-4-4	6
7	Ohio State University, 292	5	14-7-4	10
8	Boston College, 261	4	14-10-1	16
9	University of Michigan, 239	10	15-9-4	12
10	Colorado College, 199	11	14-9-1	16
11	UMass Lowell, 183	13	14-6-0	4
12	Ferris State University, 154	14	15-8-3	11
13	Union College, 104	12	13-6-6	14
14	Western Michigan University, 103	8	12-9-5	16
15	University of Denver, 51	15	13-8-3	15
Others Receiving Votes: Miami University, 30; Michigan State University, 12; University of Maine, 10; Northern Michigan University, 6; Rochester Institute of Technology, 1; University of North Dakota, 1.

NOTES: The University of Minnesota Duluth is atop the poll for the seventh straight week ... The Central Collegiate Hockey Association leads all conferences with five ranked teams, while Hockey East Association and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association have four ranked teams and ECAC Hockey has two ranked programs ... 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.