Around the Rinks/U.S. College Hockey Online Poll
 Princeton, New Jersey/Minneapolis, Minnesota
            January 6, 1997
 
    Team (first-place votes)   Record      Pts    Last
 1. Michigan (29)              18-1-1      299      1
 2. North Dakota (1)           14-4-2      234      3
 3. Boston University          12-4-3      221      6
 4. Minnesota                  14-6-0      203      4
 5. New Hampshire              15-4-0      189      2
 6. Miami                      17-5-0      178      5
 7. Michigan State             13-6-0       99      8
 8. Colorado College           11-7-1       59      7
 9. Lake Superior              13-8-1       57     10
10. Vermont                    12-5-0       50      -
 
Others receiving votes: St. Cloud 37, Princeton 11,
Denver 8, Cornell 5
 
How the top ten fared:
#1 Michigan def. Ferris St. 11-1
#2 North Dakota def. Western Michigan twice 6-3, 5-3
#3 Boston University def. #5 New Hampshire twice, @BU 9-4, @NH 3-2 OT
#4 Minnesota def. Alaska-Anchorage twice, 4-1, 6-2
#5 New Hampshire lost to #3 Boston University twice, @BU 4-9, @NH 2-3 OT
#6 Miami def. Mankato State 4-2, Notre Dame 6-3
#7 Michigan State def. #8Colorado College 6-2
#8 Colorado College lost to #7 Michigan State 2-6
#9 Lake Superior def. Ohio State twice, 3-1, 6-4
#10 Vermont def. Harvard 5-1, Brown 4-3
 
 
Up next:
#1 Michigan hosts Cornell (Jan. 7), Alaska-Fairbanks, Ferris State
#2 North Dakota plays @St. Cloud (two games)
#3 Boston University hosts Northeastern
#4 Minnesota hosts Denver (two games)
#5 New Hampshire hosts St. Lawrence, Clarkson
#6 Miami plays away and home with Ohio State
#7 Michigan State plays @#9 Lake Superior (two games)
#8 Colorado College plays @Air Force (Jan. 7), @Michigan Tech (two games)
#9 Lake Superior hosts #7 Michigan State (two games)
#10 Vermont plays @Princeton, @Yale
Note: Games up next are played this coming weekend, Jan. 10-12, unless
otherwise noted.
 
The Around the Rinks/USCHO Poll (formerly known as the Troy Record Poll)
consists of 30 voters, including five coaches from each major Division I
conference, two beat writers from each conference, and two voters with
national interests. The poll is conducted on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis,
and published weekly by the Associated Press. The current poll can be
found on the World Wide Web at http://uscollegehockey.com
 
 
 
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