{"id":53514,"date":"2013-10-14T23:32:42","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T04:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=53514"},"modified":"2013-10-14T23:32:42","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T04:32:42","slug":"miami-garners-40-first-place-votes-d-i-mens-poll-has-new-no-1-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2013\/10\/14\/miami-garners-40-first-place-votes-d-i-mens-poll-has-new-no-1-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami garners 40 first-place votes, D-I men’s poll has new No. 1 team"},"content":{"rendered":"
With 40 of a possible 50 first-place votes, Miami is the new No. 1 team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll this week.<\/p>\n
The RedHawks, ranked No. 2 two weeks ago, swept Ohio State over the weekend to get off to a 2-0 start this season.<\/p>\n
Wisconsin swept Northern Michigan and is up one spot to No. 2 and the Badgers also received five first-place votes.<\/p>\n
Minnesota garnered two first-place votes after beating both Mercyhurst and New Hampshire and rises two places to No. 3 this week.<\/p>\n
Notre Dame swept Western Michigan and is up four to No. 4, Michigan jumps six spots to No. 5 after beating Boston College and RIT and North Dakota jumps one spot to No. 6 after a win and a tie against Vermont.<\/p>\n
Boston College and Yale tied for No. 7 this week. Yale, which tallied the other three first-place votes, was idle and dropped one spot, while BC lost to Michigan and defeated Rensselaer.<\/p>\n
This year’s first No. 1 team, Massachusetts-Lowell, tumbles to No. 9 after being upset by Sacred Heart, but then rebounding with a win over Massachusetts.<\/p>\n
Up four to No. 10 is Providence with two wins over Minnesota State to start the season.<\/p>\n
St. Cloud State falls two to No. 11 after beating and tying Bemidji State, Denver swept Merrimack to climb five spots to No. 12, New Hampshire stays 13th with a win over Clarkson and a loss to Minnesota, Quinnipiac is down four to No. 14 after beating Alaska-Anchorage and falling to Alaska and Boston University is up four to No. 15 with victories over Massachusetts and Holy Cross.<\/p>\n
Union remains No. 16 with a tie and a win over Bowling Green, Rensselaer falls two to No. 17 with a win over Sacred Heart and a loss to BC, Minnesota State falls seven places to No. 18 after their sweep at the hands of Providence, previously-unranked and idle Cornell enters this week’s poll at No. 19 and another unranked team, Minnesota-Duluth, enters the rankings at No. 20 after a win and a tie versus Michigan Tech.<\/p>\n
In addition, 22 other teams received votes this week.<\/p>\n
The USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll consists of 50 voters, including 28 coaches from the Division I conferences and 22 beat writers and sports professionals from across the country.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
With 40 of a possible 50 first-place votes, Miami is the new No. 1 team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll this week. The RedHawks, ranked No. 2 two weeks ago, swept Ohio State over the weekend to get off to a 2-0 start this season. Wisconsin swept Northern Michigan and is up one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n