Michigan State University Athletics
MSU Hockey Maintains Top-Five Status In Polls
11/6/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Nov. 6, 2001
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan State hockey team remained in top five in both major college hockey polls released Monday (Nov. 5).
The Spartans, coming off a home sweep of Bowling Green, are rated fourth in the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine poll with 225 points. St. Cloud State is the nation's top-ranked team with 282 points and 16 first-place votes. Minnesota, with 264 points and three first-place votes, is second followed by Denver with 244 points. Boston University rounds out the top five. Other CCHA schools in the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine poll are Nebraska-Omaha (sixth), Northern Michigan (ninth), Michigan (13th), Miami (14th) and Ohio State, Alaska Fairbanks and Western Michigan (receiving votes).
St. Cloud State is also the top-ranked team in the U.S. College Hockey.com poll with 596 points and 36 first-place votes. Minnesota is second with 552 points and four first-place mentions. Denver sneaks into the third spot with 505 points while MSU, with 495 points, drops to fourth this week. Boston University completes the top five. Other CCHA teams in the USCHO poll are Nebraska-Omaha (sixth), Northern Michigan (ninth), Michigan (12th), Miami (15th) and Ohio State, Alaska Fairbanks and Western Michigan (receiving votes).
The Spartans dropped to fifth in this week's Sporting News Power Poll, also released Monday (Nov. 5). St. Cloud State, Minnesota, Denver and Nebraska-Omaha comprise the top four. Other CCHA schools in the Sporting News rankings are Northern Michigan (eighth), Michigan (10th) and Ohio State and Miami (honorable mention).
U.S. COLLEGE HOCKEY ONLINE POLL (Nov. 5)
Rank Team (1st place) Votes 1 St. Cloud State (36) 596 2 Minnesota (4) 552 3 Denver 505 4 Michigan State 495 5 Boston University 406 6 Nebraska-Omaha 369 7 New Hampshire 295 8 North Dakota 277 9 Northern Michigan 245 10 Maine 214 11 Mass.-Lowell 196 12 Michigan 169 13 Colorado College 165 14 Harvard 67 15 Miami 57
Receiving votes: Cornell 50, Wisconsin, 19, MSU-Mankato 17, Ohio State 15, Clarkson 14, Union 13, Brown 12, Dartmouth 11, Alaska Fairbanks 8, Michigan Tech 6, Minnesota-Duluth 6, Western Michigan 6, Niagara 5, Providence 3, Boston College 2, Rensselaer 2, Iona 1, Mass.-Amherst 1, Wayne State 1
USA TODAY/AMERICAN HOCKEY MAGAZINE POLL (Nov. 5)
Rank Team (1st place) Votes 1 St. Cloud State (16) 282 2 Minnesota (3) 264 3 Denver 244 4 Michigan State 225 5 Boston University 207 6 Nebraska-Omaha 178 7 New Hampshire 158 8 Mass.-Lowell 120 9 Northern Michigan 98 10 North Dakota 87 11 Maine 85 12 Colorado College 78 13 Michigan 77 14 Miami 47 15 Cornell 46
Receiving votes: Harvard 22, MSU-Mankato 17, Clarkson 8, Brown 7, Ohio State 7, Dartmouth 5, Wisconsin 5, Providence 4, Rensselaer 4, Niagara 2, Union 2, Alaska Fairbanks 1, Western Michigan 1
SPORTING NEWS POWER POLL (Nov. 5)
Rank Team 1 St. Cloud State 2 Minnesota 3 Denver 4 Nebraska-Omaha 5 Michigan State 6 Boston University 7 New Hampshire 8 Northern Michigan 9 Mass.-Lowell 10 Michigan
Honorable mention: Ohio State, Maine, Miami
