St. Cloud State remains #1 in latest USA men’s hockey poll

St. Cloud State University holds onto the No. 1 ranking for the fifth consecutive week and fifth time this season. The Huskies 

were idle this past weekend. St. Cloud’s next game is on December 27th when they play host to the US U18 team in an exhibition at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud.

Rank

School

Last Week’s Rank

2018-19 Record

Weeks in Top 151.St. Cloud State University, 495 (19)113-1-2122.University of Massachusetts, 491 (15)214-2-083.University of Minnesota Duluth, 428410-4-2124.Quinnipiac University, 398514-3-095.Ohio State University, 36469-4-3126.University of Notre Dame, 326811-5-1127.University of Denver, 30178-4-2128.Minnesota State University, 282314-4-0129.Bowling Green State University, 2331213-3-3810.Penn State University, 203911-5-21111.Providence College, 178109-4-31212.Northeastern University, 1281110-3-1913.Arizona State University, 1241314-6-0414.Union College, 63148-4-3815.Yale University, 35—7-3-21

Others Receiving Votes: University of North Dakota, 13; Western Michigan University, 11; Clarkson University, 3.

Notes: There are no Top 15 matchups this week … The Big Ten, ECAC Hockey, the Hockey East Association and the NCHC each have three teams in the rankings, while the WCHA has two and the Independents have one … Team records are listed as W-L-T … For past poll results, click here.

About the Poll: The 24th annual USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s College Hockey Poll is conducted each week in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association. The poll includes input from coaches and journalists representing each of the six NCAA Division I ice hockey conferences, as well as composite votes from officers of the AHCA and USA Hockey.