2011–12_NCAA_Division_I_men's_ice_hockey_rankings
Two human polls made up the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings, the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports poll and the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll. As the 2011–12 season progressed, rankings were updated weekly.
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| 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings | |
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| NCAA tournament | 2012 |
| NCAA champion | Boston College |
| Preseason No. 1 (USA Today) | Miami |
| Preseason No. 1 (USCHO) | Notre Dame |
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More information Preseason Sep 26, Week 1 Oct 10 ...
| Preseason Sep 26[1] | Week 1 Oct 10[2] | Week 2 Oct 17[3] | Week 3 Oct 24[4] | Week 4 Oct 31[5] | Week 5 Nov 7[6] | Week 6 Nov 14[7] | Week 7 Nov 21[8] | Week 8 Nov 28[9] | Week 9 Dec 5[10] | Week 10 Dec 12[11] | Week 11 Dec 19[12] | Week 12 Jan 2[13] | Week 13 Jan 9[14] | Week 14 Jan 16[15] | Week 15 Jan 23[16] | Week 16 Jan 30[17] | Week 17 Feb 6[18] | Week 18 Feb 13[19] | Week 19 Feb 20[20] | Week 20 Feb 27[21] | Week 21 Mar 5[22] | Week 22 Mar 12[23] | Week 23 Mar 19[24] | Final Apr 9[25] | ||
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| 1. | Notre Dame (45) | Boston College (2–0–0) (36) | Michigan (4–0–0) (24) | Boston College (5–1–0) (32) | Boston College (7–1–0) (42) | Minnesota (9–1–0) (32) | Minnesota (10–2–0) (20) | Merrimack (8–0–1) (27) | Merrimack (9–0–1) (48) | Minnesota–Duluth (11–3–2) (25) | Minnesota–Duluth (12–3–3) (49) | Minnesota–Duluth (12–3–3) (48) | Minnesota–Duluth (12–3–3) (47) | Minnesota–Duluth (14–3–3) (50) | Minnesota–Duluth (15–4–3) (50) | Minnesota–Duluth (17–4–3) (45) | Minnesota–Duluth (17–5–4) (28) | Boston University (16–8–1) (12) | Ferris State (20–8–4) (27) | Ferris State (22–8–4) (36) | Boston College (23–10–1) (44) | Boston College (25–10–1) (50) | Boston College (27–10–1) (50) | Boston College (29–10–1) (50) | Boston College (33–10–1) (50) | 1. |
| 2. | Miami (3) | Notre Dame (1–1–0) (7) | Boston College (3–1–0) (15) | Denver (3–1–0) (11) | Colorado College (4–0–0) (5) | Boston College (8–2–0) (15) | Merrimack (8–0–1) (25) | Notre Dame (9–2–2) (10) | Boston College (10–4–0) т (2) | Minnesota (13–4–1) (9) | Minnesota (14–5–1) | Minnesota (14–5–1) (1) | Ohio State (14–4–1) (2) | Ohio State (14–4–3) | Boston University (13–6–1) | Boston University (15–6–1) (5) | Minnesota (19–9–1) (21) | Minnesota (19–9–1) (22) | Boston University (17–9–1) (6) | Boston College (21–10–1) (11) | Minnesota–Duluth (22–7–5) (5) | Ferris State (22–9–5) | Minnesota–Duluth (24–8–6) | Michigan (24–12–4) | Ferris State (26–12–5) | 2. |
| 3. | North Dakota (2) | Denver (0–0–0) (2) | Denver (1–1–0) (4) | Colorado College (2–0–0) (4) | Michigan (6–1–1) | Colorado College (5–1–0) | Boston College (9–3–0) (4) | Minnesota (11–3–0) (11) | Notre Dame (10–3–3) т | Boston College (11–5–0) (8) | Boston College (12–6–0) | Boston College (12–6–0) | Minnesota (15–6–1) (1) | Notre Dame (13–6–3) | Boston College (14–8–1) | Minnesota (17–9–1) | Boston University (15–8–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (18–6–4) (10) | Boston College (18–10–1) (13) | Michigan (20–10–4) (3) | Ferris State (22–9–5) (1) | Minnesota–Duluth (22–8–6) | Michigan (23–11–4) | Union (24–7–7) | Union (26–8–7) | 3. |
| 4. | Denver | Michigan (3–0–0) | Colorado College (2–0–0) (4) | Michigan (4–1–1) | Western Michigan (5–0–3) (1) | Michigan (7–2–1) (1) | Notre Dame (7–2–2) (1) | Colorado College (7–2–0) (1) | Minnesota–Duluth (9–3–2) | Ohio State (12–3–1) (7) | Ohio State (13–4–1) (1) | Ohio State (13–4–1) (1) | Boston College (13–7–0) | Boston College (13–7–1) | Minnesota (16–8–1) | Notre Dame (14–9–3) | Merrimack (14–5–5) | Michigan (17–9–4) (4) | Minnesota–Duluth (19–7–4) (1) | Minnesota–Duluth (20–7–5) | Boston University (20–11–1) т | Michigan (21–11–4) | Minnesota (26–12–1) | North Dakota (25–12–3) | Minnesota (28–14–1) | 4. |
| 5. | Boston College | Miami (1–1–0) (1) | North Dakota (2–1–1) | Notre Dame (3–2–0) (1) | Minnesota (7–1–0) | Western Michigan (6–1–3) | Colorado College (5–2–0) | Boston College (9–4–0) (1) | Minnesota (11–4–1) | Merrimack (9–2–1) | Merrimack (10–2–2) | Notre Dame (11–6–3) | Notre Dame (12–6–3) | Minnesota (15–7–1) | Ohio State (14–6–3) | Merrimack (13–5–5) | Boston College (16–10–1) | Boston College (16–10–1) | Michigan (18–10–4) (1) | Boston University (19–11–1) | Minnesota (23–11–1) т | Minnesota (24–12–1) | Boston University (23–13–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (24–9–6) | North Dakota (26–13–3) | 5. |
| 6. | Michigan | North Dakota (1–1–0) | Notre Dame (2–2–0) | Ferris State (6–0–0) (1) | Notre Dame (5–2–0) | Merrimack (7–0–1) (2) | Ferris State (9–2–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (9–3–2) | Ferris State (10–3–1) | Colorado College (8–4–0) | Notre Dame (11–6–3) | Colorado College (11–5–0) | Colorado College (12–6–0) | Boston University (11–6–1) | Merrimack (12–4–5) | Ohio State (14–7–4) | Ferris State (17–8–3) (1) | Ferris State (18–8–4) (1) | Massachusetts–Lowell (19–8–0) (1) | Minnesota (21–11–1) | Michigan (21–11–4) | Boston University (21–12–1) | Union (22–7–7) | Minnesota (26–13–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (25–10–6) | 6. |
| 7. | Colorado College | Colorado College (0–0–0) | Boston University (2–1–0) (1) | Western Michigan (3–0–3) | Merrimack (6–0–0) | Notre Dame (5–2–2) | Michigan (7–3–2) | Ferris State (10–3–1) | Ohio State (10–3–1) | Notre Dame (10–5–3) (1) | Colorado College (9–5–0) | Merrimack (10–3–2) | Merrimack (11–3–3) | Merrimack (11–4–4) | Notre Dame (13–8–3) | Boston College (14–10–1) | Michigan (15–9–4) | Massachusetts–Lowell (18–7–0) (1) | Minnesota (19–11–1) (1) | Massachusetts–Lowell (20–9–0) | Union (20–7–7) | Massachusetts–Lowell (22–10–1) | Miami (23–13–2) | Miami (24–14–2) | Michigan (24–13–4) | 7. |
| 8. | Minnesota–Duluth | Boston University (2–0–0) (3) | Minnesota (4–0–0) (1) | Minnesota (5–1–0) | Denver (3–2–1) | Ferris State (8–2–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (7–3–2) | Yale (5–1–1) | Colorado College (7–4–0) | Western Michigan (8–4–4) | Western Michigan (9–4–5) | Western Michigan (9–4–5) | Western Michigan (10–5–5) | Colorado College (12–7–1) | Western Michigan (12–7–5) | Michigan (15–9–4) | Notre Dame (15–10–3) | Merrimack (15–6–5) | Union (17–6–7) | Union (19–6–7) | Massachusetts–Lowell (20–10–1) | Union (20–7–7) | Ferris State (23–11–5) | Boston University (23–14–1) | Miami (24–15–2) | 8. |
| 9. | Yale | Minnesota–Duluth (1–1–0) | Yale (0–0–0) (1) | Merrimack (4–0–0) | Yale (1–0–1) (1) | Union (5–1–3) | Yale (4–1–1) | Ohio State (10–3–1) | Union (7–3–3) | Ferris State (10–5–1) | Boston University (8–5–1) | Boston University (10–5–1) | Colgate (12–4–2) | Cornell (9–4–2) | Cornell (10–4–3) | Cornell (11–4–4) | Massachusetts–Lowell (16–7–0) | Notre Dame (16–11–3) | Merrimack (15–7–6) | Denver (18–10–4) | Denver (19–11–4) | Denver (21–11–4) | Denver (23–12–4) | Ferris State (23–11–5) | Massachusetts–Lowell (24–13–1) | 9. |
| 10. | Boston University | Yale (0–0–0) (1) | Miami (2–2–0) | Yale (0–0–0) (1) | Ferris State (6–2–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (5–3–2) | Western Michigan (6–3–3) | Denver (5–3–3) | Denver (6–4–3) | Union (7–3–5) | Ferris State (10–5–1) | Union (9–3–5) | Boston University (10–6–1) | Western Michigan (10–7–5) | Michigan (14–8–4) | Ferris State (15–8–3) | Ohio State (14–8–5) | Colorado College (15–9–2) | Denver (17–9–4) | Maine (18–10–3) | Maine (19–11–3) | Maine (20–11–3) | Massachusetts–Lowell (23–12–1) | Denver (25–13–4) | Cornell (19–9–7) | 10. |
| 11. | Union | Union (1–0–0) | Western Michigan (2–0–2) | Union (2–0–3) | Lake Superior State (7–1–0) | Lake Superior State (8–2–0) | Denver (4–3–2) | Michigan (7–5–2) | Lake Superior State (10–4–2) | Boston University (8–5–1) | Union (7–3–5) | Ferris State (11–6–1) | Denver (10–7–3) | Massachusetts–Lowell (12–5–0) | Colorado College (13–8–1) | Massachusetts–Lowell (14–6–0) | Colorado College (14–9–1) т | Union (16–6–7) | Maine (17–9–3) | Cornell (14–6–7) | Miami (21–13–2) | Miami (21–13–2) | Maine (22–12–3) | Maine (23–13–3) | Boston University (23–15–1) | 11. |
| 12. | New Hampshire | Western Michigan (2–0–0) | Union (1–0–2) | North Dakota (2–3–1) | Boston University (3–2–1) | Denver (3–3–2) | Lake Superior State (8–3–1) | Western Michigan (6–4–3) | Western Michigan (6–4–4) | Colgate (11–4–1) | Colgate (11–4–1) | Colgate (11–4–2) | Massachusetts–Lowell (12–5–0) | Colgate (12–6–2) | Union (12–5–6) | Colorado College (14–9–1) | Union (15–6–6) т | Maine (16–8–3) | Cornell (13–6–6) | Merrimack (15–9–6) | Merrimack (16–9–7) | North Dakota (20–12–3) | North Dakota (22–12–3) | Western Michigan (21–13–6) | Denver (25–14–4) | 12. |
| 13. | Western Michigan | Merrimack (1–0–0) | Merrimack (2–0–0) | Boston University (2–2–0) | Union (3–1–3) | Yale (2–1–1) | Union (5–3–3) | Lake Superior State (9–3–2) т | Boston University (7–4–1) | Denver (6–5–3) | Cornell (7–3–1) | Cornell (7–3–1) | Cornell (8–4–1) | Ferris State (13–8–1) | Ferris State (14–8–2) | Western Michigan (12–9–5) | Denver (15–8–3) | Cornell (11–6–6) | Notre Dame (16–13–3) | Michigan State (18–12–4) | Cornell (15–7–7) | Cornell (15–7–7) | Cornell (17–7–7) | Massachusetts–Lowell (23–12–1) | Maine (23–14–3) | 13. |
| 14. | Omaha | Minnesota (2–0–0) | Ferris State (4–0–0) | Northern Michigan (4–1–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (4–3–1) | Northern Michigan (4–3–3) | Ohio State (8–3–1) | Union (6–3–3) т | Yale (5–3–1) | Michigan State (10–5–1) | Denver (7–6–3) | Michigan State (10–6–2) | Union (9–5–5) | Union (10–5–6) | Massachusetts–Lowell (12–6–0) | Union (13–6–6) | Cornell (11–6–4) | Denver (15–9–4) | North Dakota (16–11–2) | North Dakota (17–11–3) | North Dakota (18–12–3) | Merrimack (17–10–7) | Western Michigan (19–13–6) | Cornell (18–8–7) | Western Michigan (21–14–6) | 14. |
| 15. | Merrimack | New Hampshire (0–1–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (1–3–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (2–3–1) | North Dakota (3–4–1) | Michigan Tech (6–3–1) | Michigan Tech (6–3–1) | Boston University (6–4–1) | Colgate (9–4–1) | Lake Superior State (10–6–2) | Michigan State (10–6–2) | Denver (8–7–3) | Michigan State (11–7–2) | Michigan (12–8–4) | Denver (13–8–3) | Denver (13–8–3) | Maine (14–8–3) | Ohio State (14–10–5) | Colorado College (15–11–2) | Miami (19–13–2) | Michigan State (19–13–4) | Michigan State (19–13–4) | Merrimack (18–12–7) | Michigan State (19–15–4) | Michigan State (19–16–4) | 15. |
| 16. | Maine | Omaha (1–1–0) | Colgate (3–1–0) | Colgate (3–1–1) т | Michigan Tech (5–2–1) | Boston University (3–3–1) | Boston University (4–4–1) | Colgate (8–4–1) | Michigan State (8–5–1) | Cornell (7–3–1) | Lake Superior State (11–7–2) | Lake Superior State (11–7–2) | Michigan (11–8–3) | Denver (11–8–3) | Michigan State (12–9–3) | Michigan State (13–9–4) | Western Michigan (13–10–5) | North Dakota (15–10–2) | Michigan State (16–12–4) | Colorado College (16–12–2) | Western Michigan (17–13–6) | Western Michigan (17–13–6) | Michigan State (19–15–4) | Air Force (21–10–7) | Air Force (21–11–7) | 16. |
| 17. | Wisconsin | Maine (1–1–0) | Northern Michigan (3–1–0) | Miami (2–4–0) т | Northern Michigan (4–3–1) | Dartmouth (3–1–0) | Colgate (6–4–1) | Cornell (5–2–0) | Cornell (6–3–0) | Yale (6–4–1) | Massachusetts–Lowell (10–5–0) | Massachusetts–Lowell (10–5–0) | Ferris State (11–8–1) | North Dakota (11–8–2) | North Dakota (12–9–2) | Miami (14–10–2) | North Dakota (15–10–2) | Michigan State (15–11–4) | Ohio State (15–11–5) | Ohio State (15–11–5) | Northern Michigan (16–12–6) | Notre Dame (19–16–3) | Air Force (19–10–7) | Merrimack (18–12–7) | Merrimack (18–12–7) | 17. |
| 18. | Rensselaer | Wisconsin (1–1–0) | Maine (1–2–1) | Lake Superior State (5–1–0) | Colgate (4–2–1) | Colgate (5–3–1) | Cornell (3–2–0) | Michigan Tech (7–4–1) | Miami (8–6–2) | Massachusetts–Lowell (9–4–0) | North Dakota (9–8–1) | North Dakota (9–8–1) | Lake Superior State (12–8–2) | Michigan State (11–9–2) | Colgate (12–8–2) | North Dakota (13–10–2) | Miami (15–11–2) | Western Michigan (14–11–5) | Western Michigan (15–12–5) | Notre Dame (16–15–3) | Notre Dame (17–16–3) | Colorado College (18–14–2) | Notre Dame (19–18–3) | Harvard (13–10–11) | Harvard (13–10–11) | 18. |
| 19. | Minnesota | Cornell (0–0–0) | Lake Superior State (4–0–0) | Cornell (0–0–0) | Quinnipiac (6–2–0) | Quinnipiac (7–3–1) | Omaha (6–5–1) | Omaha (6–6–2) | Michigan (7–7–2) | North Dakota (8–7–1) | Yale (6–5–1) | Yale (6–5–1) | North Dakota (10–8–2) | Lake Superior State (12–9–3) | Lake Superior State (13–10–3) | Northern Michigan (11–8–5) | Northern Michigan (12–9–5) | Northern Michigan (12–10–6) | Miami (17–13–2) | Western Michigan (16–13–5) | Colorado College (16–14–2) | Air Force (17–9–7) | Harvard (12–9–11) | Notre Dame (19–18–3) | Notre Dame (19–18–3) | 19. |
| 20. | Cornell | Rensselaer (1–1–0) | Cornell (0–0–0) | Quinnipiac (6–2–0) | Maine (3–2–1) | North Dakota (3–6–1) | Northern Michigan (4–5–3) | Michigan State (7–5–0) | Michigan Tech (8–5–1) | Providence (8–6–1) | Michigan (9–8–3) | Michigan (9–8–3) | Yale (7–5–1) | Northern Michigan (10–7–4) | Miami (12–10–2) | Maine (12–8–3) | Colgate (14–9–3) | Miami (15–13–2) | Northern Michigan (14–10–6) | Colgate (16–13–5) | Air Force (17–9–7) | Lake Superior State (18–15–5) | Colgate (19–15–3) | Northern Michigan (17–14–6) | Northern Michigan (17–14–6) | 20. |
| Preseason Sep 26[1] | Week 1 Oct 10[2] | Week 2 Oct 17[3] | Week 3 Oct 24[4] | Week 4 Oct 31[5] | Week 5 Nov 7[6] | Week 6 Nov 14[7] | Week 7 Nov 21[8] | Week 8 Nov 28[9] | Week 9 Dec 5[10] | Week 10 Dec 12[11] | Week 11 Dec 19[12] | Week 12 Jan 2[13] | Week 13 Jan 9[14] | Week 14 Jan 16[15] | Week 15 Jan 23[16] | Week 16 Jan 30[17] | Week 17 Feb 6[18] | Week 18 Feb 13[19] | Week 19 Feb 20[20] | Week 20 Feb 27[21] | Week 21 Mar 5[22] | Week 22 Mar 12[23] | Week 23 Mar 19[24] | Final Apr 9[25] | ||
| None | Dropped: New Hampshire Omaha Rensselaer Wisconsin | Dropped: Maine | Dropped: Cornell Miami | Dropped: Maine | Dropped: Dartmouth North Dakota Quinnipiac | Dropped: Northern Michigan | Dropped: Omaha | Dropped: Miami Michigan Michigan Tech | Dropped: Providence | None | None | Dropped: Yale | Dropped: Northern Michigan | Dropped: Colgate Lake Superior State | Dropped: Michigan State | Dropped: Colgate | None | Dropped: Northern Michigan | Dropped: Colgate Ohio State | Dropped: Northern Michigan | Dropped: Colorado College Lake Superior State | Dropped: Colgate | None | |||
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More information Preseason Sep 26, Week 1 Oct 10 ...
| Preseason Sep 26[26] | Week 1 Oct 10[27] | Week 2 Oct 17[28] | Week 3 Oct 24[29] | Week 4 Oct 31[30] | Week 5 Nov 7[31] | Week 6 Nov 14[32] | Week 7 Nov 21[33] | Week 8 Nov 28[34] | Week 9 Dec 5[35] | Week 10 Dec 12[36] | Week 11 Dec 19[37] | Week 12 Jan 2[38] | Week 13 Jan 9[39] | Week 14 Jan 16[40] | Week 15 Jan 23[41] | Week 16 Jan 30[42] | Week 17 Feb 6[43] | Week 18 Feb 13[44] | Week 19 Feb 20[45] | Week 20 Feb 27[46] | Week 21 Mar 5[47] | Week 22 Mar 12[48] | Week 23 Mar 19[49] | Week 24 Mar 26[50] | Final Apr 9[51] | ||
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| 1. | Miami (3) | Boston College (2–0–0) (27) | Boston College (3–1–0) (15) | Boston College (5–1–0) (22) | Boston College (7–1–0) (30) | Minnesota (9–1–0) (27) | Minnesota (10–2–0) (14) | Merrimack (8–0–1) (20) | Merrimack (9–0–1) (34) | Minnesota–Duluth (11–3–2) (19) | Minnesota–Duluth (12–3–3) (34) | Minnesota–Duluth (12–3–3) (34) | Minnesota–Duluth (12–3–3) (33) | Minnesota–Duluth (14–3–3) (34) | Minnesota–Duluth (15–4–3) (34) | Minnesota–Duluth (17–4–3) (31) | Minnesota (19–9–1) (18) | Minnesota (19–9–1) (16) | Ferris State (20–8–4) (20) | Ferris State (22–8–4) (28) | Boston College (23–10–1) (31) | Boston College (25–10–1) (34) | Boston College (27–10–1) (34) | Boston College (29–10–1) (34) | Boston College (31–10–1) (34) | Boston College (33–10–1) (34) | 1. |
| 2. | Notre Dame (45) | Notre Dame (1–1–0) (3) | Michigan (4–0–0) (12) | Denver (3–1–0) (6) | Colorado College (4–0–0) (3) | Boston College (8–2–0) (6) | Merrimack (8–0–1) (20) | Minnesota (11–3–0) (12) | Notre Dame (10–3–3) | Minnesota (13–4–1) (11) | Minnesota (14–5–1) | Minnesota (14–5–1) | Ohio State (14–4–1) (1) | Ohio State (14–4–3) | Minnesota (16–8–1) | Boston University (15–6–1) (3) | Minnesota–Duluth (17–5–4) (16) | Boston University (16–8–1) (9) | Boston University (17–9–1) (4) | Boston College (21–10–1) (6) | Minnesota–Duluth (22–7–5) (2) | Ferris State (22–9–5) | Minnesota–Duluth (24–8–6) | Michigan (24–12–4) | Minnesota (26–13–1) | Ferris State (26–12–5) | 2. |
| 3. | North Dakota (2) | Denver (0–0–0) (2) | Denver (1–1–0) (2) | Colorado College (2–0–0) (3) | Michigan (6–1–1) | Colorado College (5–1–0) | Boston College (9–3–0) | Notre Dame (9–2–2) (2) | Boston College (10–4–0) | Boston College (11–5–0) (3) | Ohio State (13–4–1) | Boston College (12–6–0) | Notre Dame (12–6–3) | Notre Dame (13–6–3) | Boston University (13–6–1) | Minnesota (17–9–1) | Boston University (15–8–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (18–6–4) (8) | Minnesota–Duluth (19–7–4) (3) | Michigan (20–10–4) | Ferris State (22–9–5) (1) | Minnesota–Duluth (22–8–6) | Michigan (23–11–4) | Union (24–7–7) | Union (24–7–7) | Union (26–8–7) | 3. |
| 4. | Denver | Miami (1–1–0) | Colorado College (2–0–0) (3) | Michigan (4–1–1) (2) | Notre Dame (5–2–0) | Merrimack (7–0–1) (1) | Notre Dame (7–2–2) | Colorado College (7–2–0) | Minnesota (11–4–1) | Ohio State (12–3–1) (1) | Boston College (12–6–0) | Ohio State (13–4–1) | Boston College (13–7–0) | Boston College (13–7–1) | Boston College (14–8–1) | Notre Dame (14–9–3) | Merrimack (14–5–5) | Boston College (16–10–1) | Boston College (18–10–1) (6) | Minnesota–Duluth (20–7–5) | Boston University (20–11–1) | Minnesota (24–12–1) | Minnesota (26–12–1) | North Dakota (25–12–3) | Ferris State (23–11–5) | Minnesota (28–14–1) | 4. |
| 5. | Boston College | Michigan (3–0–0) | Notre Dame (2–2–0) | Notre Dame (3–2–0) | Minnesota (7–1–0) | Michigan (7–2–1) | Colorado College (5–2–0) | Boston College (9–4–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (9–3–2) | Merrimack (9–2–1) | Merrimack (10–2–2) | Colorado College (11–5–0) | Minnesota (15–6–1) | Minnesota (15–7–1) | Ohio State (14–6–3) | Merrimack (13–5–5) | Boston College (16–10–1) | Ferris State (18–8–4) (1) | Michigan (18–10–4) (1) | Minnesota (21–11–1) | Minnesota (23–11–1) | Michigan (21–11–4) | Boston University (23–13–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (24–9–6) | North Dakota (25–12–3) | Minnesota–Duluth (25–10–6) | 5. |
| 6. | Boston University | North Dakota (1–1–0) | North Dakota (2–1–1) | Yale (0–0–0) (1) | Western Michigan (5–0–3) | Western Michigan (6–1–3) | Ferris State (9–2–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (9–3–2) | Ferris State (10–3–1) | Colorado College (8–4–0) | Notre Dame (11–6–3) | Notre Dame (11–6–3) | Merrimack (11–3–3) | Boston University (11–6–1) | Notre Dame (13–8–3) | Cornell (11–4–4) | Notre Dame (15–10–3) | Michigan (17–9–4) | Massachusetts–Lowell (19–8–0) | Boston University (19–11–1) | Michigan (21–11–4) | Boston University (21–12–1) | Union (22–7–7) | Minnesota (26–13–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (24–9–6) | North Dakota (26–13–3) | 6. |
| 7. | Colorado College | Boston University (2–0–0) (1) | Miami (2–2–0) | Ferris State (6–0–0) | Merrimack (6–0–0) | Notre Dame (5–2–2) | Michigan (7–3–2) | Ferris State (10–3–1) | Ohio State (10–3–1) | Notre Dame (10–5–3) (1) | Colorado College (9–5–0) | Merrimack (10–3–2) | Colgate (12–4–2) | Merrimack (11–4–4) | Merrimack (12–4–5) | Ohio State (14–7–4) | Ferris State (17–8–3) | Massachusetts–Lowell (18–7–0) | Minnesota (19–11–1) | Massachusetts–Lowell (20–9–0) | Union (20–7–7) | Union (20–7–7) | Ferris State (23–11–5) | Miami (24–14–2) | Michigan (24–12–4) | Michigan (24–13–4) | 7. |
| 8. | Yale | Colorado College (0–0–0) | Boston University (2–1–0) (1) | Minnesota (5–1–0) | Denver (3–2–1) | Ferris State (8–2–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (7–3–2) | Yale (5–1–1) | Colorado College (7–4–0) | Western Michigan (8–4–4) | Western Michigan (9–4–5) | Western Michigan (9–4–5) | Colorado College (12–6–0) | Colorado College (12–7–1) | Western Michigan (12–7–5) | Boston College (14–10–1) | Michigan (15–9–4) | Merrimack (15–6–5) | Union (17–6–7) | Union (19–6–7) | Massachusetts–Lowell (20–10–1) | Massachusetts–Lowell (22–10–1) | Miami (23–13–2) | Ferris State (23–11–5) | Cornell (18–8–7) | Denver (25–14–4) | 8. |
| 9. | Michigan | Minnesota–Duluth (1–1–0) | Yale (0–0–0) (1) | Merrimack (4–0–0) | Yale (1–0–1) (1) | Union (5–1–3) | Yale (4–1–1) | Denver (5–3–3) | Union (7–3–3) | Union (7–3–5) | Boston University (8–5–1) | Boston University (10–5–1) | Western Michigan (10–5–5) | Cornell (9–4–2) | Cornell (10–4–3) | Michigan (15–9–4) | Massachusetts–Lowell (16–7–0) | Notre Dame (16–11–3) | Merrimack (15–7–6) | Cornell (14–6–7) | Miami (21–13–2) | Denver (21–11–4) | Denver (23–12–4) | Denver (25–13–4) | Massachusetts–Lowell (23–12–1) | Massachusetts–Lowell (24–13–1) | 9. |
| 10. | Minnesota–Duluth | Yale (0–0–0) (1) | Minnesota (4–0–0) | Western Michigan (3–0–3) | Ferris State (6–2–0) | Yale (2–1–1) | Western Michigan (6–3–3) | Ohio State (10–3–1) | Denver (6–4–3) | Ferris State (10–5–1) | Colgate (11–4–1) | Union (9–3–5) | Denver (10–7–3) | Massachusetts–Lowell (12–5–0) | Michigan (14–8–4) | Colorado College (14–9–1) | Ohio State (14–8–5) | Colorado College (15–9–2) | Denver (17–9–4) | Denver (18–10–4) | Denver (19–11–4) | Maine (20–11–3) | Massachusetts–Lowell (23–12–1) т | Boston University (23–14–1) | Denver (25–13–4) | Miami (24–15–2) | 10. |
| 11. | Union | Union (1–0–0) | Union (1–0–2) | Union (2–0–3) | Union (3–1–3) | Lake Superior State (8–2–0) | Denver (4–3–2) | Michigan (7–5–2) | Lake Superior State (10–4–2) | Colgate (11–4–1) | Ferris State (10–5–1) | Colgate (11–4–2) | Boston University (10–6–1) | Western Michigan (10–7–5) | Colorado College (13–8–1) | Massachusetts–Lowell (14–6–0) | Colorado College (14–9–1) | Union (16–6–7) | Maine (17–9–3) | Maine (18–10–3) | Maine (19–11–3) | Miami (21–13–2) | Maine (22–12–3) т | Maine (23–13–3) | Boston University (23–14–1) | Boston University (23–15–1) | 11. |
| 12. | New Hampshire | Western Michigan (2–0–0) | Western Michigan (2–0–2) | Boston University (2–2–0) | Boston University (3–2–1) | Denver (3–3–2) | Union (5–3–3) | Union (6–3–3) | Western Michigan (6–4–4) | Boston University (8–5–1) | Union (7–3–5) | Ferris State (11–6–1) | Massachusetts–Lowell (12–5–0) | Ferris State (13–8–1) | Union (12–5–6) | Ferris State (15–8–3) | Union (15–6–6) | Maine (16–8–3) | Cornell (13–6–6) | North Dakota (17–11–3) | Merrimack (16–9–7) | North Dakota (20–12–3) | North Dakota (22–12–3) | Western Michigan (21–13–6) | Maine (23–13–3) | Maine (23–14–3) | 12. |
| 13. | Western Michigan | Merrimack (1–0–0) | Merrimack (2–0–0) | North Dakota (2–3–1) | Lake Superior State (7–1–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (5–3–2) | Lake Superior State (8–3–1) | Western Michigan (6–4–3) | Boston University (7–4–1) | Denver (6–5–3) | Denver (7–6–3) | Cornell (7–3–1) | Michigan (11–8–3) | Union (10–5–6) | Massachusetts–Lowell (12–6–0) | Union (13–6–6) | Denver (15–8–3) | Cornell (11–6–6) | Notre Dame (16–13–3) | Merrimack (15–9–6) | Cornell (15–7–7) | Cornell (15–7–7) | Cornell (17–7–7) | Massachusetts–Lowell (23–12–1) | Miami (24–14–2) | Cornell (19–9–7) | 13. |
| 14. | Omaha | Minnesota (2–0–0) | Colgate (3–1–0) | Northern Michigan (4–1–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (4–3–1) | Dartmouth (3–1–0) | Ohio State (8–3–1) | Lake Superior State (9–3–2) | Colgate (9–4–1) | Michigan State (10–5–1) | Michigan State (10–6–2) | Michigan State (10–6–2) | Cornell (8–4–1) | Colgate (12–6–2) | Ferris State (14–8–2) | Western Michigan (12–9–5) | Cornell (11–6–4) | Denver (15–9–4) | Colorado College (15–11–2) | Michigan State (18–12–4) | Michigan State (19–13–4) | Merrimack (17–10–7) | Western Michigan (19–13–6) | Cornell (18–8–7) | Western Michigan (21–13–6) | Western Michigan (21–14–6) | 14. |
| 15. | Maine | Omaha (1–1–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (1–3–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (2–3–1) | North Dakota (3–4–1) | Northern Michigan (4–3–3) | Michigan Tech (6–3–1) | Colgate (8–4–1) | Yale (5–3–1) | Lake Superior State (10–6–2) | Cornell (7–3–1) | Denver (8–7–3) | Michigan State (11–7–2) | Michigan (12–8–4) | Denver (13–8–3) | Denver (13–8–3) | Maine (14–8–3) | North Dakota (15–10–2) | North Dakota (16–11–2) | Miami (19–13–2) | North Dakota (18–12–3) | Michigan State (19–13–4) | Merrimack (18–12–7) | Michigan State (19–15–4) | Air Force (21–11–7) | Air Force (21–11–7) | 15. |
| Preseason Sep 26[26] | Week 1 Oct 10[27] | Week 2 Oct 17[28] | Week 3 Oct 24[29] | Week 4 Oct 31[30] | Week 5 Nov 7[31] | Week 6 Nov 14[32] | Week 7 Nov 21[33] | Week 8 Nov 28[34] | Week 9 Dec 5[35] | Week 10 Dec 12[36] | Week 11 Dec 19[37] | Week 12 Jan 2[38] | Week 13 Jan 9[39] | Week 14 Jan 16[40] | Week 15 Jan 23[41] | Week 16 Jan 30[42] | Week 17 Feb 6[43] | Week 18 Feb 13[44] | Week 19 Feb 20[45] | Week 20 Feb 27[46] | Week 21 Mar 5[47] | Week 22 Mar 12[48] | Week 23 Mar 19[49] | Week 24 Mar 26[50] | Final Apr 9[51] | ||
| Dropped: Maine New Hampshire | Dropped: Omaha | Dropped: Colgate Miami | Dropped: Northern Michigan | Dropped: Boston University North Dakota | Dropped: Dartmouth Northern Michigan | Dropped: Michigan Tech | Dropped: Michigan | Dropped: Yale | Dropped: Lake Superior State | None | Dropped: Union | Dropped: Denver Michigan State | Dropped: Colgate | None | Dropped: Western Michigan | Dropped: Ohio State | None | Dropped: Colorado College Notre Dame | None | None | Dropped: Michigan State | Dropped: Merrimack | Dropped: Michigan State | None | |||
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