Losses by Vermont and Princeton helped CC move up to No. 11 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine weekly poll despite being on a bye week. Boston College also lost, helping the Tigers move up to No. 12 in the U.S. College Hockey Online weekly rankings.
Miami is the overwhelming choice for No. 1 in both polls. North Dakota is No. 2 in the USA Today poll followed by Denver while the Pioneers are No. 2 in the USCHO poll ahead of the Sioux.
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
Men’s College Hockey Poll - #5
(first-place votes in parenthesis)
|
Rank
|
School
|
Last Poll’s Ranking
|
2009-10 Record |
Weeks in Top-15
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami University, 504 (29) |
1
|
6-1-1
|
5
|
| 2 | University of North Dakota, 459 |
2
|
4-1-1
|
5
|
| 3 | University of Denver, 457 (4) |
3
|
5-2-1
|
5
|
| 4 | University of Michigan, 389 |
5
|
4-2-0
|
5
|
| 5 | Boston University, 323 |
4
|
2-3-0
|
5
|
| 6 | Cornell University, 320 |
6
|
1-0-0
|
5
|
| 7 | Yale University, 291 (1) |
7
|
1-0-0
|
5
|
| 8 | University of Massachusetts Lowell, 287 |
8
|
4-2-0
|
5
|
| 9 | University of Notre Dame, 220 |
11
|
4-3-1
|
5
|
| 10 | University of Nebraska Omaha, 173 |
13
|
4-0-2
|
4
|
| 11 | Colorado College, 117 |
14
|
4-1-1
|
2
|
| 12 | Bemidji State University, 110 |
15
|
5-0-1
|
2
|
| 13 | Princeton University, 104 |
9
|
1-1-0
|
5
|
| 14 | University of Alaska, 87 |
NR
|
5-0-1
|
1
|
| 15 | University of Vermont, 64 |
10
|
2-3-0
|
5
|
Others receiving votes: Boston College, 46; University of Massachusetts, 42; University of Wisconsin, 42; Michigan State University, 24; University of Minnesota Duluth, 13; Quinnipiac University, 5; St. Cloud State University, 2; University of Minnesota, 1.
November 2, 2009
| Team | (First Place Votes) | Record | Points | Last Poll | |
| 1 | Miami | (41) | 6-1-1 | 931 | 1 |
| 2 | Denver | ( 4) | 5-2-1 | 856 | 2 |
| 3 | North Dakota | 4-1-1 | 833 | 3 | |
| 4 | Michigan | 4-2-0 | 711 | 5 | |
| 5 | Cornell | 1-0-0 | 657 | 6 | |
| 6 | Yale | ( 1) | 1-0-0 | 634 | 7 |
| 7 | Boston University | 2-3-0 | 613 | 4 | |
| 8 | Mass.-Lowell | 4-2-0 | 572 | 9 | |
| 9 | Notre Dame | 4-3-1 | 552 | 8 | |
| 10 | Nebraska-Omaha | 4-0-2 | 430 | 12 | |
| 11 | Bemidji State | 5-0-1 | 385 | 14 | |
| 12 | Colorado College | 4-1-1 | 372 | 15 | |
| 13 | Alaska | 5-0-1 | 363 | 16 | |
| 14 | Princeton | 1-1-0 | 314 | 11 | |
| 15 | Vermont | 2-3-0 | 271 | 10 | |
| 16 | Boston College | 2-2-0 | 233 | 13 | |
| 17 | Michigan State | 6-2-0 | 231 | 20 | |
| 18 | Wisconsin | 3-2-1 | 225 | 19 | |
| 19 | Massachusetts | 4-1-0 | 205 | 17 | |
| 20 | Minnesota-Duluth | 5-2-1 | 92 | NR | |
| Others Receiving Votes: Quinnipiac 53, Minnesota 36, Harvard 22, St. Cloud State 21, Providence 18, Northeastern 10, New Hampshire 7, Merrimack 6, Minnesota State 6, Ohio State 1 | |||||
U.S. College Hockey Online has a poll for online viewers to vote for which unheralded team, including CC and Air Force, that people expect could reach the Frozen Four.
