COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Yale University retains the No. 1 ranking in this week's USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll after splitting a weekend series with Brown University. The Bulldogs, who boast a 15-2-0 record, collected 500 points and 26 first-place votes to claim the top spot for the sixth week in a row.

This Week's Top-15 Match-ups

Friday, January 21
No. 15 University of Nebraska Omaha
at
No. 2 University of North Dakota

Saturday, January 22
No. 15 University of Nebraska Omaha
at
No. 2 University of North Dakota

The University of North Dakota sits at No. 2 with 479 points and the remaining eight first-place votes after a weekend split with the University of Minnesota, while Boston College (404) claims the No. 3 spot. The University of Denver (380) advances two places to No. 4 after posting a 1-0-1 record against Minnesota State University, while the University of Minnesota Duluth (370) rounds out the top five after registering a win and a loss against then-No.11 University of Wisconsin.

This weekend features a Western Collegiate Hockey Association match-up between No. 2 University of North Dakota and No. 15 University of Nebraska Omaha.

NOTES: The WCHA leads all conferences with five ranked teams, while Hockey East boasts four ranked programs, and the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and ECAC Hockey each have three ... A total of 20 teams received votes.

ABOUT THE POLL: The 16th annual USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Menâs College Hockey Poll is conducted each week in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association. The poll includes input from coaches and journalists representing each of the five NCAA Division I ice hockey conferences, as well as composite votes from officers of the AHCA and USA Hockey Magazine, the most widely distributed hockey magazine in the world.

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
Men's College Hockey Poll - #15
(first-place votes in parentheses)

Rank

School

Last Week's Ranking
2010-11 Record Weeks in Top 10
1 Yale University, 500 (26)
1
15-2-0
15
2 University of North Dakota, 479 (8)
2
17-6-2
15
3 Boston College, 404
3
15-6-0
15
4 University of Denver, 380
6
14-5-5
15
5 University of Minnesota Duluth, 370
5
15-5-3
15
6 University of Michigan, 353
7
15-6-4
15
7 University of New Hampshire, 325
4
12-4-4
15
8 University of Notre Dame, 236
8
15-8-3
12
9 University of Wisconsin, 190
11
15-8-3
10
10 Union College, 172
13
15-6-3
12
11 University of Maine, 164
14
11-6-4
15
12 Miami University, 151
12
13-8-3
15
13 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 121
9
13-6-3
7
14 Merrimack College, 120
15
12-4-4
2
15 University of Nebraska Omaha, 48
10
12-8-2
13

Others receiving votes: Boston University, 37; Dartmouth College, 21; Western Michigan University, 4; University of Alaska, 3; Robert Morris University, 2.

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