The Gophers' run atop the polls has ended. Boston College is the new No. 1.
Wisconsin's rare sweep of the Gophers ended their seven-week stay at No. 1. The Badgers defeated the Gophers by a score of 2-1 both nights at the Kohl Center, handing them just their third and fourth losses of the season.
The bad weekend dropped the Gophers to No. 2 and earned Boston College 47 of the first-place votes. The Gophers received 3 first-place votes.
The Gophers hadn't been swept since February 2012 and hadn't been swept in Madison, Wis., since the 1999-2000 season.
Wisconsin climbed into the Top 10 and into second place in the Big Ten standings with the pair of wins.
Michigan held its spot at No. 10 and comes to Mariucci Arena, this weekend.
St. Cloud State remained at No. 6 and Minnesota Duluth climbed a spot to No. 16.
USCHO Division I men's hockey poll
February 10
Team
(First Place Votes)
Record
Points
Last Poll
1
Boston College
(47)
21- 4-3
997
2
2
Minnesota
( 3)
19- 4-5
917
1
3
Union
19- 6-3
889
4
4
Ferris State
20- 6-3
817
5
4
Quinnipiac
20- 5-5
817
3
6
St. Cloud State
15- 6-5
746
6
7
Massachusetts-Lowell
19- 7-3
715
7
8
Wisconsin
16- 8-2
646
12
9
Providence
15- 7-5
618
8
10
Michigan
14- 7-3
509
10
11
Cornell
12- 5-5
493
9
12
Northeastern
16- 9-3
474
11
13
Yale
12- 7-4
344
13
14
Clarkson
17-11-2
267
14
15
Vermont
15- 9-3
262
19
16
Minnesota-Duluth
13- 9-4
254
17
17
North Dakota
14- 9-3
209
16
18
Denver
13- 9-6
201
15
19
Colgate
14-11-3
105
NR
20
Notre Dame
16-12-1
92
18
Others receiving votes: Maine 64, Western Michigan 25, Minnesota State 15, Ohio State 14, Air Force 8, Nebraska-Omaha 1, New Hampshire 1.