The Gophers moved into a tie with Quinnipiac in the USA today/USA Hockey Magazine national ratings, despite their 2-0 loss to Colorado College in the Final Five semifinals. The Bobcats had more first-place votes, 16 to nine for the Gophers, but both teams had 473 points.
This is the first time the Gophers have been No. 1 since Week 17, Feb. 4. The U were tied for first in the preseason poll with Boston College.
Wisconsin and Notre Dame made the biggest jumps in the ratings. The Badgers moved up from No. 15 to a tie for eighth after winning the Final Five while the Irish moved up five spots to No. 4 after winning the CCHA tournament.
This is the 25th week the Gophers have been in the USA Today poll, the 16th week for Quinnipiac.
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
2012-13 Men's College Hockey Poll - #24
(first-place votes in parentheses)
Rank School Last Week Record
T-1 Quinnipiac, 473 (16) 1 27-7-5
T-1 Minnesota, 473 (9) 2 26-8-5
3 UMass-Lowell, 463 (9) 5 26-10-2
4 Notre Dame, 399 9 25-12-3
5 Miami University, 376 3 24-11-5
6 Boston College, 354 4 22-11-4
7 North Dakota, 286 6 21-12-7
T-8 MN State, 202 8 24-13-3
T-8 Wisconsin, 202 15 22-12-7
10 New Hampshire, 201 11 19-11-7
11 St. Cloud State, 196 7 23-15-1
12 Denver, 158 12 20-13-5
13 Union College, 135 NR 21-12-5
14 Niagara University, 71 14 23-9-5
15 Yale, 57 10 18-12-3
Others receiving votes: Boston University, 20; Western Michigan University, Michigan and Providence 1.
The poll includes input from coaches and journalists representing each of the five NCAA Division I ice hockey conferences, as well as composite votes from officers of the AHCA and USA Hockey Magazine.
