# 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings

Two human polls made up the 2009–10 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 2009–10 season progressed, rankings were updated weekly.

## Legend

| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (Italics) | Number of first place votes |
| #–#–# | Win–loss–tie record |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |

## USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine

| | Preseason Sep 28 | Week 1 Oct 12 | Week 2 Oct 19 | Week 3 Oct 26 | Week 4 Nov 2 | Week 5 Nov 9 | Week 6 Nov 16 | Week 7 Nov 23 | Week 8 Nov 30 | Week 9 Dec 7 | Week 10 Dec 14 | Week 11 Dec 21 | Week 12 Jan 4 | Week 13 Jan 11 | Week 14 Jan 18 | Week 15 Jan 25 | Week 16 Feb 1 | Week 17 Feb 8 | Week 18 Feb 15 | Week 19 Feb 22 | Week 20 Mar 1 | Week 21 Mar 8 | Week 22 Mar 15 | Week 23 Mar 22 | Week 24 Mar 29 | Final Apr 12 | |
| 1. | Miami (4) | Miami (2–0–0) (24) | Miami (3–0–1) (33) | Miami (4–1–1) (22) | Miami (6–1–1) (29) | Miami (8–1–1) (33) | Miami (8–1–3) (31) | Miami (9–1–4) (26) | Miami (9–2–5) (18) | Miami (11–2–5) (29) | Miami (13–2–5) (33) | Miami (13–2–5) (33) | Miami (13–2–5) (33) | Denver (14–5–3) (33) | Denver (14–5–3) (24) | Miami (16–4–6) (30) | Miami (18–4–6) (30) | Miami (20–4–6) (33) | Miami (22–4–6) (32) | Denver (22–6–4) (28) | Denver (24–6–4) (32) | Miami (24–5–7) (21) | Denver (27–7–4) (31) | Miami (27–7–7) (23) | Miami (29–7–7) (33) | Boston College (29–10–3) (34) | 1. |
| 2. | Denver (13) | Boston University (0–0–0) (9) | North Dakota (3–0–1) | North Dakota (4–1–1) | North Dakota (4–1–1) | North Dakota (4–1–1) (1) | North Dakota (7–2–1) (1) | Denver (8–3–1) (6) | Denver (9–4–1) (10) | Denver (10–4–2) (5) | Denver (11–5–2) (1) | Denver (11–5–2) (1) | Denver (13–5–2) (1) | Miami (13–4–5) (1) | Miami (15–4–5) (10) | Wisconsin (14–6–4) (3) | Denver (16–6–4) (4) | Denver (18–6–4) (1) | Denver (20–6–4) (2) | Miami (23–5–6) (6) | Miami (24–5–7) (2) | Denver (25–7–4) (13) | Miami (26–6–7) (3) | Boston College (25–10–3) (7) | Wisconsin (27–10–4) | Wisconsin (28–11–4) | 2. |
| 3. | Boston University (12) | Denver (1–1–0) | Boston University (0–1–0) | Denver (4–2–0) (11) | Denver (5–2–1) (4) | Denver (6–3–1) | Denver (6–3–1) (1) | Massachusetts–Lowell (8–2–1) | North Dakota (8–4–2) (3) | North Dakota (9–5–2) | Colorado College (11–4–3) | Colorado College (11–4–3) | Colorado College (12–5–3) | Wisconsin (12–5–3) | Wisconsin (13–6–3) | Denver (14–6–4) (1) | Wisconsin (15–7–4) | Wisconsin (16–7–4) | Wisconsin (18–7–4) | Wisconsin (19–8–4) | Wisconsin (21–8–4) | Wisconsin (22–9–4) | Wisconsin (24–9–4) | Denver (27–9–4) (3) | Boston College (27–10–3) (1) | Miami (29–8–7) | 3. |
| 4. | Michigan | North Dakota (2–0–0) | Michigan (1–1–0) | Boston University (1–2–0) | Michigan (4–2–0) | Cornell (3–0–0) | Massachusetts–Lowell (7–2–1) (1) | North Dakota (7–4–1) | Bemidji State (11–2–1) (1) | Bemidji State (13–2–1) | Cornell (7–2–2) | Cornell (7–2–2) | Wisconsin (12–5–3) | North Dakota (12–6–4) | Minnesota–Duluth (16–7–1) | North Dakota (13–8–5) | St. Cloud State (17–8–3) | St. Cloud State (18–8–4) | St. Cloud State (19–9–4) | Yale (18–6–3) | St. Cloud State (20–10–4) | Boston College (21–10–3) | Boston College (23–10–3) | North Dakota (25–12–5) (1) | St. Cloud State (24–14–5) | Denver (27–10–4) | 4. |
| 5. | Notre Dame (5) | Michigan (1–1–0) | Denver (2–2–0) | Michigan (2–2–0) | Boston University (2–3–0) | Massachusetts–Lowell (5–2–1) | Cornell (4–1–0) | Colorado College (9–2–1) | Colorado College (10–3–1) (1) | Cornell (7–2–2) | North Dakota (9–6–3) | Boston College (10–3–2) | North Dakota (10–6–4) | Yale (9–3–3) | Yale (10–4–3) | St. Cloud State (16–7–3) | Cornell (12–5–3) | Bemidji State (18–6–2) | Yale (16–6–3) | St. Cloud State (20–10–4) | Boston College (20–10–2) | North Dakota (20–11–5) | North Dakota (22–12–5) | Wisconsin (25–10–4) | Denver (27–10–4) | St. Cloud State (24–14–5) | 5. |
| 6. | Minnesota | Cornell (0–0–0) | Cornell (0–0–0) | Cornell (0–0–0) | Cornell (1–0–0) | Michigan (4–4–0) | Michigan State (9–2–1) | Bemidji State (10–1–1) | Quinnipiac (12–1–0) (1) | Colorado College (10–4–2) | Boston College (10–3–2) | North Dakota (9–6–3) | Yale (8–3–3) | Michigan State (15–6–3) | North Dakota (12–7–5) | Bemidji State (17–5–2) | Minnesota–Duluth (17–10–1) | Cornell (13–6–3) | Minnesota–Duluth (18–11–1) | Bemidji State (21–7–2) | Yale (19–7–3) | Yale (19–7–3) | St. Cloud State (22–12–5) | Cornell (21–8–4) | Yale (21–10–3) | Yale (21–10–3) | 6. |
| 7. | Cornell | Notre Dame (1–1–0) | Vermont (2–1–0) (1) | Yale (0–0–0) (1) | Yale (1–0–0) (1) | Bemidji State (7–0–1) | Colorado College (7–2–1) | Michigan State (9–3–2) | Cornell (6–2–1) | Yale (7–3–2) | Wisconsin (11–5–2) | Wisconsin (11–5–2) | Cornell (8–4–2) | Ferris State (16–4–2) | Cornell (9–4–3) | Yale (11–5–3) | Bemidji State (18–6–2) | Yale (14–6–3) | Bemidji State (19–7–2) | Boston College (18–10–2) | North Dakota (18–11–5) | St. Cloud State (20–11–5) | Cornell (19–8–4) | St. Cloud State (23–13–5) | North Dakota (25–13–5) | North Dakota (25–13–5) | 7. |
| 8. | North Dakota | Minnesota (0–0–0) | Princeton (0–0–0) | Massachusetts–Lowell (3–1–0) | Massachusetts–Lowell (4–2–0) | Notre Dame (5–4–1) | Bemidji State (8–1–1) | Cornell (5–2–0) | Massachusetts–Lowell (8–4–1) | Quinnipiac (12–3–0) | Yale (7–3–2) | Yale (7–3–2) | Boston College (10–5–2) | Cornell (8–4–2) | Colorado College (13–8–3) | Cornell (10–5–3) | Yale (12–6–3) | Minnesota–Duluth (18–11–1) | Colorado College (17–10–3) | North Dakota (16–11–5) | Bemidji State (22–8–2) | Bemidji State (23–8–3) | Ferris State (21–11–6) | Yale (20–9–3) | Michigan (26–18–1) | Michigan (26–18–1) | 8. |
| 9. | Princeton | Princeton (0–0–0) | Yale (0–0–0) | Princeton (0–0–0) | Notre Dame (4–3–1) | Alaska (6–1–1) | Yale (2–1–2) | Massachusetts (8–2–0) | Massachusetts (9–3–0) | Massachusetts–Lowell (9–5–1) | Bemidji State (13–4–1) | Bemidji State (13–4–1) | Michigan State (14–6–2) | Colorado College (12–7–3) | Ferris State (16–6–2) | Minnesota–Duluth (16–9–1) | North Dakota (13–10–5) | Colorado College (17–10–3) | Boston College (17–9–2) | Cornell (16–8–3) | Cornell (17–8–4) | Cornell (17–8–4) | Yale (20–9–3) | Bemidji State (23–9–4) | RIT (28–11–1) | Cornell (21–9–4) | 9. |
| 10. | Massachusetts–Lowell | Yale (0–0–0) | Notre Dame (2–2–0) | Vermont (2–2–0) | Nebraska–Omaha (4–0–2) | Massachusetts (6–1–0) | Alaska (7–2–1) | Quinnipiac (10–1–0) | Yale (5–2–2) | Boston College (8–3–2) | Quinnipiac (13–3–1) | Quinnipiac (13–3–1) | Bemidji State (14–4–2) | Minnesota–Duluth (14–7–1) | Boston College (12–6–2) | Ferris State (17–7–2) | Colorado College (15–10–3) | Boston College (15–8–2) | Cornell (14–7–3) | New Hampshire (15–10–5) | New Hampshire (16–10–6) | New Hampshire (16–11–7) | Bemidji State (23–9–4) | Northern Michigan (20–12–8) | Cornell (21–9–4) | RIT (28–12–1) | 10. |
| 11. | Yale | Vermont (1–1–0) | Minnesota (0–1–1) | Notre Dame (3–3–0) | Colorado College (4–1–1) | Yale (1–1–1) | Massachusetts (7–2–0) | Yale (3–2–2) | Michigan State (9–5–2) | Wisconsin (10–5–1) | Ferris State (13–3–2) | Ferris State (13–3–2) | Quinnipiac (13–4–1) | Bemidji State (14–4–2) | Michigan State (15–7–4) | Colorado College (14–9–3) | Ferris State (17–8–3) | North Dakota (13–10–5) | North Dakota (14–11–5) | Minnesota–Duluth (18–13–1) | Michigan State (19–11–6) | Michigan State (19–11–6) | Minnesota–Duluth (22–16–1) | Michigan (25–17–1) | New Hampshire (18–14–7) | New Hampshire (18–14–7) | 11. |
| 12. | Boston College | Boston College (0–0–0) (1) | Massachusetts–Lowell (1–1–0) | Boston College (1–1–0) | Bemidji State (5–0–1) | Nebraska–Omaha (4–1–3) | Nebraska–Omaha (5–2–3) | Alaska (8–3–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (9–4–1) | Ferris State (11–3–2) | Massachusetts–Lowell (10–6–1) | Massachusetts–Lowell (10–6–1) | Ferris State (14–4–2) | Boston College (10–6–2) | St. Cloud State (14–7–3) | New Hampshire (12–7–4) | Michigan State (17–9–4) | Maine (14–9–3) | Michigan State (17–10–5) | Colorado College (17–12–3) | Minnesota–Duluth (19–14–1) | Alaska (18–9–9) | Northern Michigan (19–11–8) | New Hampshire (17–13–7) | Bemidji State (23–10–4) | Bemidji State (23–10–4) | 12. |
| 13. | St. Cloud State | Massachusetts–Lowell (1–1–0) | Nebraska–Omaha (3–0–1) | Nebraska–Omaha (3–0–1) | Princeton (1–1–0) | Colorado College (5–2–1) | Quinnipiac (8–1–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (9–4–1) | Alaska (8–3–3) | Michigan State (10–6–2) | Michigan State (12–6–2) | Michigan State (12–6–2) | Minnesota–Duluth (12–7–1) | Union (12–4–5) | Union (13–4–5) | Michigan State (16–8–4) | New Hampshire (13–8–4) | Ferris State (17–9–4) | New Hampshire (14–10–4) | Michigan State (18–11–5) | Alaska (16–9–9) | Ferris State (19–11–6) | New Hampshire (17–13–7) | Alaska (18–11–9) | Northern Michigan (20–13–8) | Northern Michigan (20–13–8) | 13. |
| 14. | Wisconsin | Wisconsin (0–0–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (3–1–0) | Colorado College (3–0–1) | Alaska (5–0–1) | Michigan State (7–2–1) | Notre Dame (5–5–2) | Notre Dame (6–5–3) | Boston College (6–3–2) | Minnesota–Duluth (10–5–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (11–6–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (11–6–1) | Massachusetts–Lowell (11–7–1) | Massachusetts–Lowell (12–7–2) | Bemidji State (15–5–2) | Massachusetts (15–9–0) | Boston College (13–8–2) | Michigan State (17–10–5) | Ferris State (18–10–4) | Ferris State (19–11–4) | Ferris State (19–11–6) | Minnesota–Duluth (20–15–1) | Vermont (17–13–7) | Vermont (17–14–7) | Ferris State (21–13–6) | Ferris State (21–13–6) | 14. |
| 15. | Vermont | Nebraska–Omaha (2–0–0) | Boston College (0–1–0) | Bemidji State (4–1–1) | Vermont (2–3–0) | Vermont (3–3–1) | Michigan (4–6–0) | Boston College (5–3–2) | Notre Dame (7–5–4) | Massachusetts (9–5–0) | Massachusetts (10–5–0) | Massachusetts (10–5–0) | St. Cloud State (10–7–3) | St. Cloud State (12–7–3) | Massachusetts (14–8–0) | Boston College (12–8–2) | Massachusetts (16–10–0) | New Hampshire (13–10–4) | Maine (14–11–3) | Union (18–8–6) | Colorado College (17–14–3) | Colorado College (18–15–3) | Union (20–11–6) | Ferris State (21–13–6) | Alaska (18–12–9) | Alaska (18–12–9) | 15. |
| | Preseason Sep 28 | Week 1 Oct 12 | Week 2 Oct 19 | Week 3 Oct 26 | Week 4 Nov 2 | Week 5 Nov 9 | Week 6 Nov 16 | Week 7 Nov 23 | Week 8 Nov 30 | Week 9 Dec 7 | Week 10 Dec 14 | Week 11 Dec 21 | Week 12 Jan 4 | Week 13 Jan 11 | Week 14 Jan 18 | Week 15 Jan 25 | Week 16 Feb 1 | Week 17 Feb 8 | Week 18 Feb 15 | Week 19 Feb 22 | Week 20 Mar 1 | Week 21 Mar 8 | Week 22 Mar 15 | Week 23 Mar 22 | Week 24 Mar 29 | Final Apr 12 | |
| | | Dropped: St. Cloud State | Dropped: Wisconsin | Dropped: MinnesotaMinnesota–Duluth | Dropped: Boston College | Dropped: Boston UniversityPrinceton | Dropped: Vermont | Dropped: MichiganNebraska–Omaha | None | Dropped: AlaskaNotre Dame | None | None | Dropped: Massachusetts | Dropped: Quinnipiac | Dropped: Massachusetts–Lowell | Dropped: Union | None | Dropped: Massachusetts | None | Dropped: Maine | Dropped: Union | None | Dropped: AlaskaColorado CollegeMichigan State | Dropped: Minnesota–DuluthUnion | Dropped: Vermont | None | |

## USCHO

| | Preseason Oct 5 | Week 1 Oct 13 | Week 2 Oct 19 | Week 3 Oct 26 | Week 4 Nov 2 | Week 5 Nov 9 | Week 6 Nov 16 | Week 7 Nov 23 | Week 8 Nov 30 | Week 9 Dec 7 | Week 10 Dec 14 | Week 12 Jan 4 | Week 13 Jan 11 | Week 14 Jan 18 | Week 15 Jan 25 | Week 16 Feb 1 | Week 17 Feb 8 | Week 18 Feb 15 | Week 19 Feb 22 | Week 20 Mar 1 | Week 21 Mar 8 | Week 22 Mar 15 | Final Mar 22 | |
| 1. | Denver (20) | Miami (2–0–0) (28) | Miami (3–0–1) (46) | Miami (4–1–1) (26) | Miami (6–1–1) (41) | Miami (8–1–1) (49) | Miami (8–1–3) (42) | Miami (9–1–4) (37) | Miami (9–2–5) (20) | Miami (11–2–5) (36) | Miami (13–2–5) (48) | Miami (13–2–5) (45) | Denver (14–5–3) (45) | Denver (14–5–3) (39) | Miami (16–4–6) (37) | Miami (18–4–6) (43) | Miami (20–4–6) (46) | Miami (22–4–6) (45) | Denver (22–6–4) (39) | Denver (24–6–4) (48) | Denver (25–7–4) (26) | Denver (27–7–4) (46) | Miami (27–7–7) (28) | 1. |
| 2. | Boston University (17) | Boston University (0–0–0) (17) | North Dakota (3–0–1) (1) | Denver (4–2–0) (20) | Denver (5–2–1) (4) | North Dakota (4–1–1) (1) | North Dakota (7–2–1) (2) | Denver (8–3–1) (9) | Denver (9–4–1) (14) | Denver (10–4–2) (11) | Denver (11–5–2) (2) | Denver (13–5–2) (5) | Miami (13–4–5) (5) | Miami (15–4–5) (11) | Wisconsin (14–6–4) (8) | Denver (16–6–4) (6) | Denver (18–6–4) (3) | Denver (20–6–4) (5) | Miami (23–5–6) (11) | Miami (24–5–7) (2) | Miami (24–5–7) (24) | Miami (26–6–7) (4) | Denver (27–9–4) (6) | 2. |
| 3. | Michigan (2) | Denver (1–1–0) | Boston University (0–1–0) (2) | North Dakota (4–1–1) (1) | North Dakota (4–1–1) | Cornell (3–0–0) | Denver (6–3–1) (2) | Massachusetts–Lowell (8–2–1) (2) | North Dakota (8–4–2) (7) | North Dakota (9–5–2) | Colorado College (11–4–3) | Colorado College (12–5–3) | Wisconsin (12–5–3) | Wisconsin (13–6–3) | Denver (14–6–4) (5) | Wisconsin (15–7–4) (1) | Wisconsin (16–7–4) (1) | Wisconsin (18–7–4) | Wisconsin (19–8–4) | Wisconsin (21–8–4) | Wisconsin (22–9–4) | Wisconsin (24–9–4) | Boston College (25–10–3) (8) | 3. |
| 4. | Miami (5) | North Dakota (2–0–0) | Denver (2–2–0) | Boston University (1–2–0) | Michigan (4–2–0) | Denver (6–3–1) | Massachusetts–Lowell (7–2–1) (3) | North Dakota (7–4–1) | Quinnipiac (12–1–0) (7) | Bemidji State (13–2–1) (2) | Cornell (7–2–2) | Wisconsin (12–5–3) | North Dakota (12–6–4) | Minnesota–Duluth (16–7–1) | North Dakota (13–8–5) | St. Cloud State (17–8–3) | St. Cloud State (18–8–4) | St. Cloud State (19–9–4) | St. Cloud State (20–10–4) | St. Cloud State (20–10–4) | Boston College (21–10–3) | Boston College (23–10–3) | North Dakota (25–12–5) (4) | 4. |
| 5. | Notre Dame (2) | Michigan (1–1–0) | Michigan (1–1–0) | Michigan (2–2–0) | Cornell (1–0–0) | Massachusetts–Lowell (5–2–1) | Cornell (4–1–0) | Colorado College (9–2–1) | Bemidji State (11–2–1) (2) | Cornell (7–2–2) (1) | Boston College (10–3–2) | North Dakota (10–6–4) | Yale (9–3–3) | North Dakota (12–7–5) | St. Cloud State (16–7–3) | Cornell (12–5–3) | Bemidji State (18–6–2) | Yale (16–6–3) | Yale (18–6–3) | Boston College (20–10–2) | North Dakota (20–11–5) | North Dakota (22–12–5) | Wisconsin (25–10–4) (2) | 5. |
| 6. | North Dakota | Cornell (0–0–0) | Cornell (0–0–0) | Cornell (0–0–0) | Yale (1–0–0) (1) | Michigan (4–4–0) | Michigan State (9–2–1) (1) | Bemidji State (10–1–1) (2) | Colorado College (10–3–1) | Colorado College (10–4–2) | North Dakota (9–6–3) | Yale (8–3–3) | Ferris State (16–4–2) | Yale (10–4–3) | Yale (11–5–3) | Minnesota–Duluth (17–10–1) | Yale (14–6–3) | Minnesota–Duluth (18–11–1) | Bemidji State (21–7–2) | Yale (19–7–3) | Yale (19–7–3) | St. Cloud State (22–12–5) | Cornell (21–8–4) | 6. |
| 7. | Cornell | Notre Dame (1–1–0) | Vermont (2–1–0) (1) | Yale (0–0–0) (1) | Boston University (2–3–0) | Bemidji State (7–0–1) | Colorado College (7–2–1) | Cornell (5–2–0) | Cornell (6–2–1) | Quinnipiac (12–3–0) | Wisconsin (11–5–2) | Boston College (10–5–2) | Michigan State (15–6–3) | Colorado College (13–8–3) | Bemidji State (17–5–2) | Bemidji State (18–6–2) | Minnesota–Duluth (18–11–1) | Colorado College (17–10–3) | Boston College (18–10–2) | North Dakota (18–11–5) | St. Cloud State (20–11–5) | Cornell (19–8–4) | St. Cloud State (23–13–5) | 7. |
| 8. | Yale | Yale (0–0–0) | Yale (0–0–0) | Notre Dame (3–3–0) | Massachusetts–Lowell (4–2–0) | Notre Dame (5–4–1) | Bemidji State (8–1–1) | Michigan State (9–3–2) | Massachusetts–Lowell (8–4–1) | Yale (7–3–2) | Quinnipiac (13–3–1) | Cornell (8–4–2) | Colorado College (12–7–3) | Ferris State (16–6–2) | Cornell (10–5–3) | Yale (12–6–3) | Cornell (13–6–3) | Boston College (17–9–2) | North Dakota (16–11–5) | Bemidji State (22–8–2) | Bemidji State (23–8–3) | Ferris State (21–11–6) | Yale (20–9–3) | 8. |
| 9. | Minnesota | Minnesota (0–0–0) | Notre Dame (2–2–0) | Massachusetts–Lowell (3–1–0) | Notre Dame (4–3–1) | Alaska (6–1–1) | Yale (2–1–2) | Quinnipiac (10–1–0) | Massachusetts (9–3–0) | Massachusetts–Lowell (9–5–1) | Yale (7–3–2) | Michigan State (14–6–2) | Cornell (8–4–2) | Cornell (9–4–3) | Minnesota–Duluth (16–9–1) | North Dakota (13–10–5) | Colorado College (17–10–3) | Bemidji State (19–7–2) | Cornell (16–8–3) | Cornell (17–8–4) | Cornell (17–8–4) | Yale (20–9–3) | Northern Michigan (20–12–8) | 9. |
| 10. | Princeton | Princeton (0–0–0) | Princeton (0–0–0) | Vermont (2–2–0) | Nebraska–Omaha (4–0–2) | Colorado College (5–2–1) | Alaska (7–2–1) | Massachusetts (8–2–0) | Yale (5–2–2) | Boston College (8–3–2) | Bemidji State (13–4–1) | Bemidji State (14–4–2) | Minnesota–Duluth (14–7–1) | Michigan State (15–7–4) | Ferris State (17–7–2) | Colorado College (15–10–3) | Boston College (15–8–2) | Cornell (14–7–3) | Minnesota–Duluth (18–13–1) | New Hampshire (16–10–6) | Michigan State (19–11–6) | Bemidji State (23–9–4) | Bemidji State (23–9–4) | 10. |
| 11. | Massachusetts–Lowell | Vermont (1–1–0) | Minnesota (0–1–1) | Princeton (0–0–0) | Bemidji State (5–0–1) | Nebraska–Omaha (4–1–3) | Massachusetts (7–2–0) | Yale (3–2–2) | Michigan State (9–5–2) | Wisconsin (10–5–1) | Ferris State (13–3–2) | Ferris State (14–4–2) | Bemidji State (14–4–2) | Boston College (12–6–2) | Colorado College (14–9–3) | Ferris State (17–8–3) | North Dakota (13–10–5) | North Dakota (14–11–5) | New Hampshire (15–10–5) | Michigan State (19–11–6) | New Hampshire (16–11–7) | Minnesota–Duluth (22–16–1) | Michigan (25–17–1) | 11. |
| 12. | Boston College | Boston College (0–0–0) | Nebraska–Omaha (3–0–1) | Nebraska–Omaha (3–0–1) | Colorado College (4–1–1) | Yale (1–1–1) | Nebraska–Omaha (5–2–3) | Alaska (8–3–1) | Alaska (8–3–3) | Minnesota–Duluth (10–5–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (11–6–1) | Quinnipiac (13–4–1) | Boston College (10–6–2) | St. Cloud State (14–7–3) | Michigan State (16–8–4) | Michigan State (17–9–4) | Maine (14–9–3) | Michigan State (17–10–5) | Michigan State (18–11–5) | Minnesota–Duluth (19–14–1) | Alaska (18–9–9) | Northern Michigan (19–11–8) | New Hampshire (17–13–7) | 12. |
| 13. | Wisconsin | Wisconsin (0–0–0) | Massachusetts–Lowell (1–1–0) | Boston College (1–1–0) | Alaska (5–0–1) | Michigan State (7–2–1) | Quinnipiac (8–1–0) | Notre Dame (6–5–3) | Minnesota–Duluth (9–4–1) | Ferris State (11–3–2) | Michigan State (12–6–2) | Minnesota–Duluth (12–7–1) | Union (12–4–5) | Union (13–4–5) | New Hampshire (12–7–4) | New Hampshire (13–8–4) | Michigan State (17–10–5) | New Hampshire (14–10–4) | Colorado College (17–12–3) | Ferris State (19–11–6) | Ferris State (19–11–6) | New Hampshire (17–13–7) | Ferris State (21–13–6) | 13. |
| 14. | Vermont | Massachusetts–Lowell (1–1–0) | Boston College (0–1–0) | Bemidji State (3–0–1) | Princeton (1–1–0) | Massachusetts (6–1–0) | Notre Dame (5–5–2) | Minnesota–Duluth (9–4–1) | Notre Dame (7–5–4) | Michigan State (10–6–2) | Massachusetts–Lowell (10–6–1) | Massachusetts–Lowell (11–7–1) | St. Cloud State (12–7–3) | Bemidji State (15–5–2) | Boston College (12–8–2) | Boston College (13–8–2) | Ferris State (17–9–4) | Ferris State (18–10–4) | Ferris State (19–11–4) | Alaska (16–9–9) | Minnesota–Duluth (20–15–1) | Vermont (17–13–7) | Minnesota–Duluth (22–17–1) | 14. |
| 15. | St. Cloud State | Bemidji State (2–0–0) | Alaska (3–0–1) | Colorado College (4–1–1) | Vermont (2–3–0) | Vermont (3–3–1) | Wisconsin (6–3–1) | Wisconsin (7–4–1) | Boston College (6–3–2) | Massachusetts (9–5–0) | Massachusetts (10–5–0) | St. Cloud State (10–7–3) | Massachusetts–Lowell (12–7–2) | Massachusetts (14–8–0) | Massachusetts (15–9–0) | Massachusetts (16–10–0) | New Hampshire (13–10–4) | Maine (14–11–3) | Union (18–8–6) | Colorado College (17–14–3) | Colorado College (18–15–3) | Union (20–11–6) | Vermont (17–14–7) | 15. |
| 16. | New Hampshire | Nebraska–Omaha (2–0–0) | Bemidji State (2–0–0) | Alaska (3–0–1) | Boston College (2–2–0) | Boston College (3–2–1) | Michigan (4–6–0) | Boston College (5–3–2) | Wisconsin (8–5–1) | Alaska (8–4–4) | New Hampshire (8–6–3) | Massachusetts (11–7–0) | Maine (11–7–2) | New Hampshire (10–7–4) | Massachusetts–Lowell (14–9–2) | Maine (12–9–3) | Union (15–7–6) | Union (16–8–6) | Maine (15–12–3) | Vermont (15–11–6) | Northern Michigan (17–11–8) | Michigan State (19–13–6) | Union (21–12–6) | 16. |
| 17. | Ohio State | Alaska (2–0–0) | Wisconsin (0–1–1) | Massachusetts (3–0–0) | Michigan State (6–2–0) | Boston University (2–5–0) | Boston College (4–3–1) т | Ferris State (9–3–2) | Ferris State (9–3–2) | St. Cloud State (8–6–2) | Alaska (9–5–4) | Union (10–4–5) | Quinnipiac (13–7–1) | Vermont (11–7–2) | Vermont (12–8–2) | Vermont (12–9–3) | Vermont (13–9–4) | Vermont (13–10–5) | Alaska (14–9–9) | Maine (16–13–3) | Union (18–10–6) | Michigan (23–17–1) | Alaska (18–11–9) | 17. |
| 18. | Minnesota–Duluth | Quinnipiac (2–0–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (3–1–0) | Quinnipiac (3–0–0) | Wisconsin (3–2–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (6–3–1) | Vermont (4–4–1) т | Vermont (4–4–1) | Nebraska–Omaha (7–4–3) | Notre Dame (7–7–4) | Union (8–3–5) | Maine (10–7–2) | Vermont (10–6–2) | Lake Superior State (14–8–4) | Union (13–6–5) | Massachusetts–Lowell (14–10–2) | Massachusetts (16–11–0) | Massachusetts (16–13–0) | Vermont (13–11–6) | Union (18–10–6) | Nebraska–Omaha (20–14–6) | Alaska (18–11–9) | Maine (19–17–3) | 18. |
| 19. | Air Force | St. Cloud State (0–2–0) | Colorado College (2–1–1) | Wisconsin (1–2–1) | Massachusetts (4–1–0) | Princeton (2–2–0) | Princeton (3–2–1) | Nebraska–Omaha (5–4–3) | Vermont (5–5–1) | New Hampshire (7–6–3) | St. Cloud State (8–7–3) | Vermont (10–6–2) | Massachusetts (12–8–0) | Massachusetts–Lowell (12–9–2) | Maine (11–9–2) | Michigan (15–12–1) | Michigan (16–13–1) | Boston University (13–12–3) | Nebraska–Omaha (17–13–6) | Northern Michigan (17–11–8) | Vermont (15–12–7) | Maine (18–16–3) | Michigan State (19–13–6) | 19. |
| 20. | Northeastern | Northeastern (1–1–0) | Quinnipiac (3–0–0) | Michigan State (4–2–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (5–2–1) | Quinnipiac (6–1–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (7–4–1) | Colgate (6–3–4) | St. Cloud State (6–6–2) | Union (7–3–5) | Notre Dame (8–8–4) | Alaska (9–5–4) | New Hampshire (9–7–4) | Maine (11–9–2) | Michigan (14–11–1) | Union (13–7–6) | Massachusetts–Lowell (14–12–2) | Alaska (12–9–9) | Boston University (14–13–3) | Nebraska–Omaha (18–14–6) | Massachusetts–Lowell (18–14–4) | Boston University (18–16–3) | RIT (26–11–1) | 20. |
| | Preseason Oct 5 | Week 1 Oct 13 | Week 2 Oct 19 | Week 3 Oct 26 | Week 4 Nov 2 | Week 5 Nov 9 | Week 6 Nov 16 | Week 7 Nov 23 | Week 8 Nov 30 | Week 9 Dec 7 | Week 10 Dec 14 | Week 12 Jan 4 | Week 13 Jan 11 | Week 14 Jan 18 | Week 15 Jan 25 | Week 16 Feb 1 | Week 17 Feb 8 | Week 18 Feb 15 | Week 19 Feb 22 | Week 20 Mar 1 | Week 21 Mar 8 | Week 22 Mar 15 | Final Mar 22 | |
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