It's the quick and dirty "I still haven't recovered from the Rose Bowl" edition of the Hockey-L poll!

Michigan State became the unanimous #1 choice this week. I guess beating the #2 team will do that for you. :-) Michigan took something of a hit for losing to Michigan Tech at the GLI, as they dropped from 4th (getting one first-place vote) to 9th (and being off one ballot entirely).

The top eight teams appeared on all ballots. Michigan and Providence were on
each ballot save one. Below that the consensus disappeared. Rensselaer and
Northern Michigan dropped out, and are replaced by Denver and Wisconsin.

The WCHA has six teams in the Top 12, the CCHA has three teams and Hockey
East has three. The closest ECAC team was Vermont, who fell 1.5 points short.
There were nine votes this week, four West (3 WCHA, 1 CCHA) and five East
(2 ECAC, 2 HEA, 1 MAAC).

    Team               Points  Votes   LW (Dec. 14)
1   Michigan State (9)  108      9     1t
2   Boston College       98.5    9     3
3   North Dakota         86.5    9     2
4   Colorado College     68      9     7
5   Western Michigan     67      9     6
6   New Hampshire        66      9     5
7t  Minnesota            50      9     9
7t  St Cloud State       50      9     8
9   Michigan             44      8     4
10  Providence           20      8     10
11  Denver               13      4     RV
12  Wisconsin            10.5    6     RV
Others receiving votes (votes-points): Vermont (3-9), Maine (4-6.5),
Rensselaer (2-2.5), Cornell (2-2), Boston University (1-0.5)

Votes by position
  Team            Points    Votes    1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12
 1  Michigan State    108       9    9  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
 2  Boston College     98.5     9    -  9* -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
 3  North Dakota       86.5     9    -  1* 5  2  1  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
 4  Colorado College   68       9    -  -  1  2  3  1  -  1  1  -  -  -
 5  Western Michigan   67       9    -  -  -  2  3  2  1  1  1  -  -  -
 6  New Hampshire      66       9    -  -  2  1  1  1  2  2  -  -  -  -
 7t Minnesota          50       9    -  -  -  -  1  2  1  2  3  -  -  -
 7t St Cloud State     50       9    -  -  -  1  -  2  1  3  -  2  -  -
 9  Michigan           44       8    -  -  -  1  -  1  3  -  2  -  1  -
10  Providence         20       8    -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  2  2  2  2
11  Denver             13       4    -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  1  3  -  -
12  Wisconsin          10.5     6    -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  1  3  2*
RV  Vermont             9       3    -  -  -  -  -  -  1  -  -  -  1  1
RV  Maine               6.5     4    -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  1  1  2*
RV  Rensselaer          2.5     2    -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  1  1*
RV  Cornell             2       2    -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  2
RV  Boston University   0.5     1    -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  1*

*-Indicates one tie vote in this position
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  John Edwards - Carleton (Ont) '96, Manitoba '00 - [log in to unmask]
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