It’s unanimous: Boston College stays atop D-I men’s poll

Boston College received all 50 first-place votes this week to remain the top-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll.

Ferris State and Minnesota-Duluth trade places this week, with Ferris State jumping to No. 2. Michigan rises two to No. 4 and Minnesota drops one to No. 5.

Boston University falls a pair to No. 6, Massachusetts-Lowell is up one to No. 7, flip-flopping with Union, while Denver stays ninth and Maine is again tenth.

Miami stays 11th, North Dakota rises two to No. 12, Cornell remains the 13th-ranked school, Merrimack falls two to No. 14 and Michigan State holds steady at No. 15.

At No. 16, Western Michigan assumes the same spot as last week, Notre Dame jumps one to No. 17, Colorado College is up one notch to No. 18, Air Force rises one to No. 19 and previously-unranked Lake Superior State comes in at No. 20 this week.

Eight other schools received votes.

The USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll consists of 50 voters, including 28 coaches from the Division I conferences and 22 beat writers and sports professionals from across the country.