Gophers hockey falls from No. 1 in poll

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.

February 10

(First Place Votes)

Record

Points

Last Poll

1

(47)

21- 4-3

997

2

2

( 3)

19- 4-5

917

1

3

19- 6-3

889

4

4

Ferris State

817

5

4

Quinnipiac

20- 5-5

3

6

St. Cloud State

15- 6-5

746

7

Massachusetts-Lowell

19- 7-3

715

7

Wisconsin

16- 8-2

646

12

9

15- 7-5

618

8

10

Michigan

509

10

11

Cornell

12- 5-5

9

12

Northeastern

16- 9-3

474

13

Yale

12- 7-4

344

13

Clarkson

17-11-2

267

14

15

15- 9-3

262

19

16

Minnesota-Duluth

254

17

17

North Dakota

14- 9-3

16

18

Denver

13- 9-6

201

19

Colgate

14-11-3

105

NR

Notre Dame

16-12-1

92

18