Around the Rinks/U.S. College Hockey Online Poll Princeton, New Jersey/Minneapolis, Minnesota (November 18, 1996) Team (first-place votes) Record Pts Last 1. Michigan (23) 9-1-1 292 1 2. Boston University (7) 7-1-0 276 2 3. Minnesota 7-3-0 209 4 4. Vermont 6-2-0 187 3 5. Colorado College 7-3-0 174 5 6. New Hampshire 7-2-0 127 9 7. Miami 8-2-0 124 8 8. Michigan State 7-4-0 83 7 9. North Dakota 7-3-0 75 6 10. Cornell 4-0-0 61 - Others Receiving Votes: St. Cloud 17, Minnesota-Duluth 10, Bowling Green 4, Colgate 3, Lake Superior 3, Clarkson 2, Wisconsin 2, Boston College 1 How the top ten fared: #1 Michigan def. Michigan St. 5-1, and tied @Bowling Green 3-3 #2 Boston University def. Northeastern twice, @NU 5-1, @BU 8-1 #3 @Minnesota def. Michigan Tech twice, 3-0, 3-0 #4 Vermont lost @#10 Cornell, 4-6, won @Colgate, 5-4 #5 @Colorado College def. Wisconsin twice, 7-3, 5-4 #6 @New Hampshire def. Maine twice, 6-3, 6-5 #7 @Miami def. Bowling Green 4-0 #8 Michigan State lost @#1 Michigan 1-5, won @Ferris State 7-3 #9 @North Dakota lost to St. Cloud 2-5, def. St. Cloud 5-3 #10 @Cornell def. #4 Vermont 6-4, Dartmouth 6-3 Up next: #1 Michigan hosts Brown (2 games) #2 Boston University home and away with Merrimack #3 Minnesota plays @Northern Michigan (2 games) #4 Vermont plays @Dartmouth, hosts Mass Amherst #5 Colorado College does not play #6 New Hampshire home and away with Boston College #7 Miami hosts #9 Michigan State, Notre Dame #8 Michigan State plays @#7 Miami, @Bowling Green #9 North Dakota plays @Alaska Anchorage (2 games) #10 Cornell plays @Yale, @Princeton 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 --- Deron Treadwell ([log in to unmask])