Michigan State held on to the No. 1 spot in Week 15 of the USA Hockey / The Rink Live men's poll.
The Spartans are coming off a win and tie against Penn State. Meanwhile, Boston College, Minnesota, Providence and Western Michigan round out the top five.
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No. 17 Connecticut entered the poll for the first time. St. Cloud State and Colorado College had the biggest drops in the poll. The now-No. 14 Huskies were swept by unranked Minnesota Duluth and the Tigers are on a five-game skid.
The weekend slate includes plenty of intriguing matchups, including the Spartans against in-state rival and 10th-ranked Michigan while No. 4 Providence travels to second-ranked Boston College. No. 5 Western Michigan also travels to No. 18 North Dakota in a matchup of first-place NCHC teams.
Rank, school, points, last week, record, weeks in poll
1. Michigan State University, 678 (33), 1, 18-2-2, 15
2. Boston College, 629, 2, 13-4-1, 15
3. University of Minnesota, 598, 3, 18-4-2, 15
4. Providence College, 544, 4, 15-3-2, 15
5. Western Michigan University, 542, 5, 13-4-1, 15
T-6. University of Denver, 529 (1), 6, 17-5-0, 15
T-6 University of Maine, 529, 7, 15-4-2, 15
8. Ohio State University, 396, 11, 15-6-1, 12
9. University of Massachusetts Lowell, 385, 8, 12-6-2, 11
10. University of Michigan, 372, 9, 13-8-1, 15
11. Boston University, 353, 13, 11-7-1, 15
12. Minnesota State University, 239, 12, 15-5-2, 13
13. Arizona State University, 227, 15, 11-8-1, 6
14. St. Cloud State University, 223, 10, 11-9-0, 15
15. Quinnipiac University, 185, 18, 13-7-1, 14
16. University of North Dakota, 171, 17, 12-8-1, 15
17. University of Connecticut, 168, RV, 11-8-1, 1
18. University of New Hampshire, 112, 16, 10-6-3, 3
19. Colorado College, 91, 14, 10-9-1, 15
20. Clarkson University, 49, 19, 12-6-2, 8
Others receiving votes: Augustana University, 38; Cornell University, 31; University of Massachusetts, 26; University of Wisconsin, 12; Dartmouth College, 9; Northeastern University, 3; University of Nebraska Omaha, 1.
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