Minnesota falls out of top 10 as Boston College remains atop USA Hockey/The Rink Live men's poll

Coming out of the break, Boston College retained the No. 1 ranking in Week 13 of the USA Hockey/The Rink Live men's college hockey poll. Wisconsin, coming off two wins over Notre Dame, moved up to No. 3.

Minnesota, meanwhile, lost its opening game to then No. 20 Colorado College on Sunday night and fell out of the top 10 to No. 11. The Tigers jumped to No. 18 before Monday night's series finale in Minneapolis.

For Boston College, it's the third straight week it has commanded the top spot and seventh time this season. Five different teams have held the No. 1 spot this season (Boston University, Minnesota, Boston College, North Dakota and Wisconsin.)

Hockey East has six ranked teams while the Big 10 and NCHC each have five.

Rank, School, Last Week's Rank, 2023-24 Record, Weeks in Top 20
(First-place votes in parentheses)
1. Boston College, 673 (28), 1, 13-3-1, 13
2. Boston University, 638 (3), 2, 12-4-1, 13
3. University of Wisconsin, 589 (3), 6, 18-4-0, 10
4. University of North Dakota, 556, 4, 14-5-1, 13
5. Quinnipiac University, 555, 3, 13-4-2, 13
6. University of Denver, 524, 5, 14-5-1, 13
7. University of Maine, 487, 8, 13-3-2, 9
8. Michigan State University, 457, 7, 13-4-3, 13
9. Providence College, 371, 11, 10-5-2, 13
10. Western Michigan University, 365, 12, 13-4-1, 13
11. University of Minnesota, 304, 9, 9-6-4, 13
12. Arizona State University, 285, 13, 16-3-5, 11
13. University of Massachusetts, 272 10 11-5-3 10
14. St. Cloud State University, 265, 14, 11-5-2, 10
15. University of Michigan, 209, 15, 8-7-3, 13
16. University of New Hampshire, 195, 16, 11-5-1, 9
17. Cornell University, 124, 17, 6-4-3, 13
18. Colorado College, 107, 20, 10-6-1, 3
19. Penn State University, 79, 18, 10-7-3, 13
20. Rochester Institute of Technology, 60, 19, 13-6-1, 5

Others receiving votes: Clarkson University, 12; University of Nebraska Omaha, 10; University of Notre Dame, 3.