Oswego maintains stranglehold on top spot in men’s D-III poll

The top four teams remain the same as last week in the USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll, including top-ranked Oswego, which received 17 of 20 first-place votes this week.

No. 3 St. Norbert garnered two first-place votes and No. 8 Wisconsin-Eau Claire had the other.

Norwich stays No. 2 this week and Plattsburgh is back sitting fourth.

Adrian jumps three spots to No. 5, Hobart and Amherst trade places with Hobart now sixth, Utica moves up one to No. 9 and Bowdoin climbs three to sit tenth.

At No. 11, Wisconsin-River Falls is down two, followed by Gustavus Adolphus at 12, dropping from No. 5 last week. St. Thomas tied with Gustavus Adolphus for the 12th spot, while previously-unranked Wisconsin-Superior and Middlebury enter the rankings this week at No. 14 and No. 15, respectively.

The USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll is compiled weekly and consists of 20 voters, including 18 coaches of Division III programs and two men’s hockey writers.