# 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings

One human polls make up the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings, the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll.

## 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

| | Week 1 Oct 20 | Week 2 Oct 27 | Week 3 Nov 3 | Week 4 Nov 10 | Week 5 Nov 17 | Week 6 Nov 24 | Week 7 Dec 1 | Week 8 Dec 8 | Week 9 Dec 15 | Week 10 Jan 6 | Week 11 Jan 13 | Week 12 Jan 20 | Week 13 Jan 27 | Week 14 Feb 2 | Week 15 Feb 9 | Week 16 Feb 16 | Week 17 Feb 23 | Week 18 Mar 2 | Week 19 Mar 9 | Final Mar 16 | |
| 1. | North Dakota (0–0–0) | North Dakota (0–0–0) | North Dakota (1–1–0) | Boston University (4–0–0) | Michigan State (6–1–2) (6) | Michigan State (9–1–2) (7) | Michigan State (6) | Boston University | Boston University (8) | Boston University (12–2–2) (7) | Michigan State (16–3–3) (4) | North Dakota (16–3–1) | Michigan State (21–3–3) (6) | Michigan State (20–3–5) (10) | North Dakota (21–4–1) (6) | North Dakota (22–4–1) (10) | North Dakota (24–4–1) | Michigan State (26–4–5) (7) | Boston University (27–5–2) (7) | Michigan State (10) | 1. |
| 2. | Michigan State (1–0–1) | Michigan State (2–0–1) | Colorado College (3–0–1) | North Dakota (2–1–1) | Boston University (5–1–0) | Boston University (5–1–0) (2) | Boston University (3) | Michigan State | Michigan State (2) | Michigan State (15–3–1) (2) | North Dakota (14–3–1) (5) | Michigan State (18–3–3) | North Dakota (17–4–1) (2) | North Dakota (19–4–1) | Boston University (19–4–2) (3) | Michigan State (22–4–5) | Michigan State (24–4–5) | North Dakota (26–5–1) (3) | Michigan State (27–5–5) (2) | North Dakota | 2. |
| 3. | Boston University (1–0–0) | Boston University (2–0–0) | Boston University (3–0–0) | Michigan State (5–1–1) | North Dakota (3–2–1) (3) | North Dakota (5–2–1) | North Dakota | North Dakota | North Dakota | North Dakota (12–3–1) (1) | Boston University (13–3–2) | New Hampshire (16–4–1) | New Hampshire (16–4–1) (1) | Boston University (17–4–2) | Michigan State (20–4–5) (1) | New Hampshire (21–5–1) | Boston University (23–4–2) | Boston University (25–5–2) | North Dakota (27–6–1) (1) | Boston College | 3. |
| 4. | Colorado College (0–0–0) | Colorado College (1–0–1) | Maine (3–1–1) | Colorado College (3–1–2) | Miami (7–1–0) (1) | Miami (9–1–0) (1) | Miami (1) | New Hampshire | New Hampshire | Miami (14–3–1) | New Hampshire (14–4–1) | Boston University (14–4–2) | Boston University (16–4–2) (1) | New Hampshire (18–5–1) | New Hampshire (19–5–1) | Boston University (21–4–2) | New Hampshire (22–6–1) | New Hampshire (22–8–1) | Michigan (28–9–1) | Boston University | 4. |
| 5. | Maine (1–1–0) | New Hampshire (3–0–0) | New Hampshire (4–0–0) | Maine (3–2–1) | New Hampshire (6–3–0) | Wisconsin (7–1–0) | New Hampshire | Miami | Colorado College | New Hampshire (14–4–1) | Michigan (19–4–1) (1) | Michigan (20–4–1) | Miami (17–5–2) | Wisconsin (19–6–1) | Yale (17–4–0) | Yale (19–4–0) | Michigan (25–8–1) | Michigan (26–9–1) | Yale (22–6–1) | Michigan | 5. |
| 6. | New Hampshire (1–0–0) | Maine (1–1–1) | Michigan State (4–1–1) | Boston College (6–2–0) | Boston College (6–2–0) | New Hampshire (8–3–0) | Colorado College | Michigan | Miami | St. Cloud State (12–4–2) | St. Cloud State (14–4–2) | Boston College (14–6–3) | Boston College (15–6–3) | Yale (15–4–0) | Michigan (23–6–1) | Michigan (25–6–1) | Boston College (19–8–4) | Boston College (20–8–4) | Boston College (22–8–5) | Wisconsin | 6. |
| 7. | Miami (1–0–0) | Miami (4–0–0) | Miami (6–0–0) | Miami (7–1–0) | Cornell (4–0–1) | Colorado College (5–3–2) | Michigan | Colorado College | Michigan | Michigan (17–4–1) | Miami (14–4–2) | Yale (13–4–0) | Wisconsin (17–6–1) | Miami (17–6–3) | Miami (18–6–4) | Boston College (19–8–4) | Yale (20–5–0) | Yale (20–6–1) | New Hampshire (23–9–1) | Ohio State | 7. |
| 8. | Michigan (2–1–0) | Minnesota (2–2–0) | Michigan (5–2–0) | New Hampshire (6–3–0) | Maine (4–3–1) | Boston College (8–3–0) | St. Cloud State | St. Cloud State | St. Cloud State | Colorado College (11–5–2) | Yale (12–4–0) | Miami (15–5–2) | St. Cloud State (15–7–2) | Michigan (22–6–1) | Wisconsin (19–8–1) | St. Cloud State (18–8–2) | Clarkson (16–7–3) | Clarkson (18–7–3) | Clarkson (20–7–3) | Clarkson | 8. |
| 9. | Minnesota (1–1–0) | Boston College (2–0–0) | Minnesota (3–3–0) | Renssealer (5–2–0) | Wisconsin (5–1–0) | Michigan (9–3–1) | Boston College | Boston College | Boston College | Yale (11–3–0) | Boston College (12–6–3) | Wisconsin (15–6–1) | Yale (14–4–0) | Boston College (16–7–3) | Boston College (16–8–4) | Miami (18–8–4) | Wisconsin (20–11–1) | Wisconsin (21–12–1) | Ohio State (22–11–2) | Colorado College | 9. |
| 10. | Colgate (1–1–0) | Michigan (2–2–0) | Colgate (3–1–0) | Cornell (4–0–1) | Rensselaer (5–2–0) | Cornell (5–1–1) | Cornell | Providence | Providence | Northeastern (12–5–2) | Wisconsin (13–6–1) | St. Cloud State (14–6–2) | Michigan (20–6–1) | St. Cloud State (16–8–2) | St. Cloud State (16–8–2) | Wisconsin (20–9–1) | | Ohio State (20–11–2) | Colorado College (22–11–3) | New Hampshire | 10. |
| | Week 1 Oct 20 | Week 2 Oct 27 | Week 3 Nov 3 | Week 4 Nov 10 | Week 5 Nov 17 | Week 6 Nov 24 | Week 7 Dec 1 | Week 8 Dec 8 | Week 9 Dec 15 | Week 10 Jan 6 | Week 11 Jan 13 | Week 12 Jan 20 | Week 13 Jan 27 | Week 14 Feb 2 | Week 15 Feb 9 | Week 16 Feb 16 | Week 17 Feb 23 | Week 18 Mar 2 | Week 19 Mar 9 | Final Mar 16 | |
| | | Dropped: Colgate | Dropped: Boston College | Dropped: Colgate Michigan Minnesota | Dropped: Colorado College | Dropped: Maine Rensselaer | None | None | None | None | Dropped: Colorado College Northeastern | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | Dropped: Wisconsin | None | |

## USCHO.com

| | Week 1 Oct 20 | Week 2 Oct 27 | Week 3 Nov 3 | Week 4 Nov 10 | Week 5 Nov 17 | Week 6 Nov 24 | Week 7 Dec 1 | Week 8 Dec 8 | Week 9 Dec 17 | Week 10 Jan 6 | Week 11 Jan 13 | Week 12 Jan 20 | Week 13 Jan 27 | Week 14 Feb 2 | Week 15 Feb 9 | Week 16 Feb 16 | Week 17 Feb 23 | Week 18 Mar 2 | Week 19 Mar 9 | Week 20 Mar 16 | Final Mar 23 | |
| 1. | North Dakota (0–0–0) (30) | North Dakota (0–0–0) (27) | | | | Michigan State (9–1–2) (20) | Boston University (11–1–0) (7) | | Boston University | Boston University (12–2–2) (9) | North Dakota (14–3–1) (22) | North Dakota (16–3–1) | Michigan State (21–3–3) (17) | Michigan State (20–3–5) (22) | North Dakota (21–4–1) | North Dakota (22–4–1) (29) | North Dakota (24–4–1) | Michigan State (26–4–5) (21) | | | | 1. |
| 2. | Michigan State (1–0–1) | Michigan State (2–0–1) (3) | | | | Boston University (6–1–0) (4) | Michigan State (12–2–2) (3) | | Michigan State | North Dakota (12–3–1) (13) | Michigan State (16–3–3) (4) | Michigan State (18–3–3) | North Dakota (17–4–1) (9) | North Dakota (19–4–1) (8) | Boston University (19–4–2) | Michigan State (22–4–5) | Michigan State (24–4–5) | North Dakota (26–5–1) (9) | | | | 2. |
| 3. | Boston University (1–0–0) | Boston University (1–0–0) | | | | North Dakota (5–2–1) (6) | North Dakota (7–2–1) | | North Dakota | Michigan State (15–3–1) (5) | Boston University (13–3–2) (2) | New Hampshire (16–4–1) | Boston University (16–4–2) | Boston University (17–4–2) | Michigan State (20–4–5) | New Hampshire (21–5–1) | Boston University (23–4–2) | Boston University (25–5–2) | | | | 3. |
| 4. | New Hampshire (1–0–0) | Colorado College (0–0–0) | | | | Miami (9–1–0) | New Hampshire (12–3–0) | | Miami | Miami (14–3–1) | New Hampshire (14–4–1) | Michigan (20–4–1) | New Hampshire (16–4–1) (4) | New Hampshire (18–5–1) | New Hampshire (19–5–1) | Boston University (21–4–2) | New Hampshire (22–6–1) | Michigan (26–9–1) | | | | 4. |
| 5. | Colorado College (0–0–0) | New Hampshire (3–0–0) | | | | New Hampshire (8–3–0) | Miami (10–2–0) | | New Hampshire | New Hampshire (14–4–1) (2) | Michigan (19–4–1) (1) | Boston University (14–4–2) | Miami (17–5–2) | Wisconsin (19–6–1) | Michigan (23–6–1) | Michigan (24–6–1) (1) | Michigan (25–8–1) | Boston College (20–8–4) | | | | 5. |
| 6. | Maine (1–1–0) | Maine (1–1–1) | | | | Wisconsin (7–1–0) | Michigan (11–3–1) | | St. Cloud State | Michigan (17–4–1) | St. Cloud State (14–4–2) | Boston College (14–6–3) | Wisconsin (17–6–1) | Michigan (22–6–1) | Yale (17–4–0) | Yale (19–4–0) | Yale (20–5–0) | New Hampshire (22–8–1) | | | | 6. |
| 7. | Miami (1–0–0) | Miami (4–0–0) | | | | Colorado College (5–3–2) | Colorado College (8–3–2) | | Michigan | St. Cloud State (12–4–2) (1) | Miami (14–4–2) | Miami (15–5–2) | Michigan (20–6–1) | Miami (17–6–3) | Miami (18–6–4) | St. Cloud State (18–8–2) | Boston College (19–8–4) | Yale (20–6–1) | | | | 7. |
| 8. | Michigan (2–1–0) | Michigan (2–2–0) | | | | Boston College (8–3–0) | St. Cloud State (9–3–2) | | Colorado College | Colorado College (11–5–2) | Wisconsin (13–6–1) | Wisconsin (15–6–1) | Boston College (15–6–3) | Boston College (16–7–3) | Wisconsin (19–8–1) | Boston College (19–8–4) | St. Cloud State (18–10–2) | Clarkson (18–7–3) | | | | 8. |
| 9. | Minnesota (1–1–0) | Minnesota (2–2–0) | | | | Cornell (5–1–1) | Boston College (10–5–0) | | Yale | Yale (11–3–0) | Yale (12–4–0) | Yale (13–4–0) | St. Cloud State (15–7–2) | Yale (15–4–0) | St. Cloud State (16–8–2) | Miami (18–8–4) | Clarkson (16–7–3) | Wisconsin (21–12–1) | | | | 9. |
| 10. | Cornell (0–0–0) | Clarkson (0–0–0) | | | | Maine (6–4–1) | Providence (10–3–1) | | Northeastern | Northeastern (12–5–2) | Boston College (12–6–3) | St. Cloud State (14–6–2) | Yale (14–4–0) | St. Cloud State (16–8–2) | Boston College (16–8–4) | Wisconsin (20–9–1) | Wisconsin (20–11–1) | Ohio State (20–11–2) | | | | 10. |
| | Week 1 Oct 20 | Week 2 Oct 27 | Week 3 Nov 3 | Week 4 Nov 10 | Week 5 Nov 17 | Week 6 Nov 24 | Week 7 Dec 1 | Week 8 Dec 8 | Week 9 Dec 17 | Week 10 Jan 6 | Week 11 Jan 13 | Week 12 Jan 20 | Week 13 Jan 27 | Week 14 Feb 2 | Week 15 Feb 9 | Week 16 Feb 16 | Week 17 Feb 23 | Week 18 Mar 2 | Week 19 Mar 9 | Week 20 Mar 16 | Final Mar 23 | |
| | | Dropped: Cornell | None | None | None | None | Dropped: Cornell Maine Wisconsin | None | None | None | Dropped: Colorado College Northeastern | None | None | None | None | None | Dropped: Miami | Dropped: St. Cloud State | None | None | None | |