On Feb 1,  9:29, Polly Kurz wrote:
>Question: When is the last time an idle team took over #1 on the hockey
>poll(s) for the next week, if ever??
 
I suspect it happens fairly often in the early stages of the season, when some
teams start playing earlier than others.  Sometimes you'll see a preseason #1
lose a game or two, resulting in some other ranked team which hasn't even
played a game yet getting elevated to the top spot.
 
I think you don't usually see idle teams moving up to #1 this late in the
season... mostly because there aren't that many teams that have weekends off
this late in the season.
 
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