Men Leap to #4, Women Stay at #6

After taking 3 points from BC this weekend, the BU Mens’ Ice Hockey Team rose to #4 in the national rankings. The women, on the other hand, remained at #6 after losing a decision to Vermont, but beating UNH in the shootout. Let’s take a look at the rest of the mens’ poll.

Rank	Team	First Place Votes	Record	Points	Last Poll
1	Notre Dame	(41)	12-3-2	976	1
2	Minnesota	( 3)	7-2-5	918	3
3	Miami	( 3)	10-3-3	873	4
4	Boston University		10-4-1	805	7
5	Northeastern		11-3-2	759	6
6	Denver	( 1)	11-5-1	731	8
7	Boston College		9-5-2	723	2
8	Princeton	( 2)	10-2-0	678	9
9	Colorado College		9-5-4	570	5
10	Cornell		7-1-2	544	13
11	Vermont		9-3-2	507	12
12	Air Force		14-2-0	445	10
13	Michigan		11-7-0	438	14
14	Minnesota State		8-5-3	272	11
15	New Hampshire		7-6-3	214	19
16	Wisconsin		9-7-2	183	NR
17	St. Cloud State		10-6-0	169	NR
18	Dartmouth		6-4-0	163	16
19	Nebraska-Omaha		9-4-3	156	18
20	Alaska		8-4-4	86	20
Others Receiving Votes: Minnesota-Duluth 47, Alaska-Anchorage 45, North Dakota 44, Mass.-Lowell 40, Ohio State 39, Maine 35, Massachusetts 23, Yale 14, Niagara 2, Quinnipiac 1

There has been quite a bit of movement in the polls, with 2 WCHA teams jumping pretty high up into the polls after being unranked last week. Wisconsin and St. Cloud St entered at # 16 and 17 respectively, with both boasting some pretty impressive records. Air Force, on the other hand, dropped one spot after being upset by RIT on Saturday night in overtime. Notre Dame remained the clear number 1, winning both of their games last weekend. Following the Irish are the Golden Gophers of Minnesota, and the Redhawks of Miami.

BU is in a very good position in terms of the polls right now. High enough to be respected but not #1 with the bullseye on their back. UMass Lowell will visit Agganis on Friday, and will be the Terriers’ last game before taking their winter break.

Very very competitive hockey throughout the country this year, it should be interesting come tournament time.

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