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Top seed Boston College (26.5%) is the most picked team to win the national championship in the USCHO Bracket Challenge. Michigan State (23.4%) is a close second.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With the NCAA Tournament kicking off on Thursday afternoon with Boston University knocking off Ohio State, 8-3, the final data from the USCHO Bracket Tournament Challenge is in and to no one’s surprise top seed Boston College is the most selected team to win the national championship.<\/p>\n

That said, it’s very, very close.<\/p>\n

Boston College was the national champion on 653 of the 2,463 brackets submitted, of about 26.5 perfect. The second overall seed, Michigan State, which ran neck and neck with the Eagles in national polls and rankings, climbing over the Eagles in last week’s USCHO poll, was a close second pick, champ on 552 brackets (22.4 percent).<\/p>\n

Interestingly, Michigan State appeared in more people’s Championship Game than did the Eagles. Though the overwhelming pick for the final game matchup, Michigan State made the finals on 1,203 of 2,463 (48.8 percent), compared to Boston College’s 1,149 (46.6 percent).<\/p>\n

The picks to win each region, not surprisingly were the top seeds in each. But the amount of people who picked the fourth seed in each region varied widely. Participants felt the most likely four seed to reach St. Louis is Penn State (picked to reach FF on 332 ballots). Again, not surprisingly, Bentley was the least picked team to each a Frozen Four, just 16 people thinking the Falcons will advance through two rounds.<\/p>\n

The complete data from the pool is below:<\/p>\n

National Champion:<\/strong>
\nBoston College: 653
\nMichigan State: 552
\nWestern Michigan: 329
\nMaine: 312
\nMinnesota: 274
\nBoston University: 109
\nDenver: 91
\nMinnesota State: 24
\nMassachusetts: 24
\nCornell: 21
\nQuinnipiac: 17
\nConnecticut: 16
\nPenn State: 15
\nOhio State: 13
\nProvidence: 7
\nBentley: 6<\/p>\n

Advance to finals:<\/strong>
\nMichigan State: 1203
\nBoston College: 1149
\nMaine: 662
\nWestern Michigan: 566
\nMinnesota: 426
\nBoston University: 314
\nDenver: 225
\nConnecticut: 73
\nQuinnipiac: 65
\nOhio State: 60
\nPenn State: 56
\nMassachusetts: 37
\nMinnesota State: 36
\nCornell: 30
\nProvidence: 16
\nBentley: 8<\/p>\n

Advance to Frozen Four, by region<\/strong><\/p>\n

Manchester Region<\/strong>
\nBoston College: 1805
\nDenver: 586
\nProvidence: 56
\nBentley: 16<\/p>\n

Toledo Region<\/strong>
\nMichigan State: 1610
\nBoston University: 610
\nOhio State: 178
\nCornell: 65<\/p>\n

Allentown Region<\/strong>
\nMaine: 1444
\nQuinnipiac: 350
\nConnecticut: 337
\nPenn State: 332<\/p>\n

Fargo Region<\/strong><\/p>\n

Western Michigan: 1152
\nMinnesota: 1059
\nMassachusetts: 152
\nMinnesota State: 100<\/p>\n

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