January 21, 2008

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. ­– The University of Michigan received all 34 first-place votes for a total of 510 points to remain atop the USAToday/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s College Hockey Poll. Michigan, which was a unanimous No. 1 selection for the second consecutive week, swept then-No. 8 University of Notre Dame in a weekend series.

Miami (Ohio) University (474) and Colorado College (444) remained at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. The University of North Dakota (378) jumped up three spots to No. 4, while Michigan State University (374) moved up one to the No. 5 position.

This Week’s Top-15 Match-ups

Friday, Jan. 25 -          No. 5 Michigan State University @ No. 1 University of Michigan

Saturday, Jan. 26 -     No. 1 University of Michigan @ No. 5 Michigan State University

ABOUT THE POLL: The 13th 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 six NCAA Division I ice hockey conferences, as well as composite votes from officers of the American Hockey Coaches Association and USA Hockey Magazine, the most widely distributed hockey magazine in the world.

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
Men’s College Hockey Poll -- #15
(first-place votes in parentheses)

Rank	Team	Last Week's Ranking	2007-08 Record	Weeks in Top-15
1	Michigan, 510 (34)	1	22-2-0	15
2	Miami (Ohio), 474	2	23-3-0	15
3	Colorado College, 444	3	18-6-0	15
4	North Dakota, 378	7	14-8-1	15
5	Michigan State, 374	6	16-5-4	15
6	Denver, 362	4	18-6-0	15
7	New Hampshire, 295	5	13-7-1	15
8	Boston College, 267	11	11-5-6	13
9	Notre Dame, 229	8	18-9-1	15
10	Clarkson, 199	12	13-7-2	15
11	Northeastern, 152	10	11-6-3	7
12	Quinnipiac, 105	14	14-5-3	4
13	St. Cloud State, 103	13	11-10-3	7
14	Massachusetts, 66	9	9-7-5	10
15	Massachusetts Lowell, 60	15	11-6-4	3

Others receiving votes: University of Minnesota, 12; University of Wisconsin, 12; U.S. Air Force Academy, 12; Princeton University, 10; Rochester Institute of Technology, 10; Bowling Green State University, 4; Union College, 2.