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> U.S. College Hockey Online Poll
> Minneapolis, Minnesota (October 13, 1997)
>
>    Team (First Place Votes)   Record  Pts   Last
>  1 North Dakota (30)           0-0-0  300     1
>  2 Michigan State              0-0-1  263     3
>  3 Colorado College            0-0-0  191     5
>  4 Boston University           0-0-0  176     2
>  5 Michigan                    1-0-0  160     9
>  6 New Hampshire               0-0-0  147     6
>  7 Minnesota                   0-0-0  125     4
>  8 Maine                       0-0-0  113     7
>  9 Miami                       1-0-0   87     8
> 10 Rensselaer                  0-0-0   50    10
>
> Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 17, Cornell 13,
> Boston College 4, Denver 4
>
> How the top ten fared:
> #1 North Dakota did not play
> #2 Michigan State def. #4 Boston University 3-1 (EX), won
>       @Wisconsin 2-1 (EX)
> #3 Colorado College did not play
> #4 Boston University lost to #2 Michigan State 1-3 (EX), def.
>       Clarkson 5-4 (EX)
> #5 Michigan won @#7 Minnesota 3-2 (EX), def. Toronto 9-2
> @#6 New Hampshire def. New Brunswick 6-2 (EX)
> @#7 Minnesota lost to #5 Michigan 2-3 (EX)
> #8 Maine did not play
> @#9 Miami def. Waterloo 10-2
> #10 Rensselaer did not play
>
> Up next (games are 10/17 and 10/18 unless noted):
> #1 North Dakota hosts Manitoba (10/19, EX)
> #2 Michigan State plays home and away with Western Michigan
> #3 Colorado College hosts Calgary (10/17, EX)
> #4 Boston University hosts #10 Rensselaer (10/18)
> #5 Michigan hosts Colgate (2 games)
> #6 New Hampshire hosts Vermont (10/18)
> #7 Minnesota hosts #8 Maine (2 games)
> #8 Maine plays @#7 Minnesota (2 games)
> #9 Miami hosts Ohio State (10/18)
> #10 Rensselaer plays @#4 Boston University (10/18)
>
> The U.S. College Hockey Online Poll consists of 30 voters, including
> five
> coaches from each major Division I conference, two beat writers from
> each
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> Deron Treadwell - [log in to unmask]
> University of Maine
 
A question:  How can a team not play a game, have two of the teams
ranked above it lose,  and lose a place in the polls?   That seems to
have happened to Maine dropping form 7 to 8 while BU and Minnesota both
lost.  Can you figure it out?  I can't.
 
John Duffill