Bemidji State enters USA Hockey / The Rink Live poll as Boston College remains on top

Mar. 18—Boston College remained the unanimous No. 1 while Bemidji State, which will face Michigan Tech for the Mason Cup championship on Friday, cracks the top-20 for the first time this season at No. 20.

The rest of the top five in Week 22 are, in order, Boston University, Denver, North Dakota and Michigan State, the latter two flipped positions from last week's poll.

Hockey East and the NCHC lead with six ranked teams while the Big 10 has four, ECAC has two, and Atlantic Hockey and the CCHA each have one.

The last time a CCHA team was in the top 20 was Week 3, when Tech as ranked 17th. The Tigers were ranked 11th in the preseason poll.

Team, points, last week, record, weeks in poll

1. Boston College, 680 (34), 1, 29-5-1, 23

2. Boston University, 646, 2, 25-8-2, 23

3. University of Denver, 589, 3, 26-9-3, 23

4. University of North Dakota, 573, 5, 26-10-2, 23

5. Michigan State University, 568, 4, 23-9-3, 23

6. Quinnipiac University, 502, 7, 26-8-2, 23

7. University of Maine, 472, 8, 23-10-2, 19

8. University of Minnesota, 443, 6, 22-10-5, 23

9. University of Wisconsin, 410, 9, 26-11-2, 20

10. University of Michigan, 384, 11, 21-13-3, 23

11. University of Nebraska Omaha, 331, 13, 22-11-4, 9

12. University of Massachusetts, 287, 16, 20-12-3, 20

13. Colorado College, 263, 10, 21-13-3, 13

14. Cornell University, 234, 15, 19-6-6, 23

15. Western Michigan University, 213, 12, 21-15-1, 23

16. Providence College, 160, 14, 18-13-4, 20

17. St. Cloud State University, 159, 18, 17-15-5, 20

18. University of New Hampshire, 88, 17, 20-15-1, 18

19. Rochester Institute of Technology, 69, 19, 26-10-2, 12

20. Bemidji State University, 24, NR, 20-15-2, 1

Also receiving votes: Arizona State University, 20; Northeastern University, 19; American International College, 2; Michigan Tech University, 2; Dartmouth College, 1; University of Notre Dame, 1