Boston College gets 48 of 50 first-place votes to stay No. 1 in men’s poll

The top three teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll remain the same as last week, including top-ranked Boston College as the Eagles received 48 of 50 first-place votes.

Minnesota is still No. 2 and Denver stays No. 3. The Pioneers received a first-place vote this week as well.

Cornell jumps two spots to No. 4 and Miami drops one to sit fifth.

North Dakota is also down one place to No. 6, while Notre Dame remains seventh, Union moves from 10th to eighth and tallied the other first-place vote, New Hampshire is again ninth and Western Michigan moves from No. 11 to No. 10.

Boston University climbs one to go to No. 11, Michigan falls four spots to No. 12, St. Lawrence jumps three places to No. 13, Harvard drops one spot to sit 14th and St. Cloud gets into the top 15 with a three-spot jump from No. 18 last week.

At No. 16, Northern Michigan rises four, Massachusetts-Lowell falls three places to No. 17, Ferris State climbs one to No. 18, Colorado College gets back into the rankings at No. 19 and Minnesota-Duluth drops three places to No. 20 this week.

Additionally, 16 other teams 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.