The Sparks Magazine college hockey poll for the week ending Sunday, 3/13:
 
1.   Michigan (30)            730
2.   Boston University (20)   729
3.   Harvard                  641
4.   Minnesota                570
5.   Lake Superior            549
6.   Mass Lowell              458
7.   Wisconsin                427
8.   New Hampshire            423
9.   RPI                      332
10.  Clarkson                 306
11.  Colorado College         257
12.  Western Michigan         245
13.  Michigan State           154
14.  Northern Michigan         82
15.  St. Cloud                 81
 
Others receiving votes:  Northeastern 63, Brown 62
 
Sparks Magazine also has coaches vote on the top ten teams in their own
region, East and Central/West.  Here are the results of those polls:
 
Top Ten East:
 
1.   Boston University (18)   235
2.   Harvard                  212
3.   RPI (6)                  168
4.   Mass Lowell              161
5.   Clarkson                 160
6.   New Hampshire (1)        148
7.   Northeastern              80
8.   Union                     76
9.   Brown                     63
10.  Vermont                   31
 
(That's exactly as written on the fax of the poll results.  Personally, I
find it difficult to believe that RPI got six first-place votes and Harvard
got none.  Especially since that would mean the other nineteen voters gave
RPI a total of only 18 points)
 
Top Ten Central and West:
 
1.   Michigan (25)            250
2.   Lake Superior            206
3.   Minnesota                195
4.   Wisconsin                151
5.   Michigan State           137
6.   Western Michigan         132
7.   Colorado College          79
8.   Northern Michigan         76
9.   St. Cloud                 57
10.  Alaska-Fairbanks          23
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