Boston College is still No. 1, and the Eagles haven't even played an NCAA game yet. The Eagles remain the nation's top-ranked men's hockey team as the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll was released today.

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
(first-place votes in parenthesis)
Rank, School, Last Poll's Ranking, 2008-09 Record, Weeks in Top-15

1. Boston College, 500 (26) 1, 0-0-0, 2
2. University of Michigan, 452 (4) 2, 0-0-0, 2
3. Colorado College, 430 (4) 5, 0-0-0, 2
4. University of Notre Dame, 378 3, 0-0-0, 2
5. University of North Dakota, 361 4, 0-0-0, 2
6. University of Denver, 328 6, 0-0-0, 2
7. University of New Hampshire, 275 7, 0-0-0, 2
8. Miami (Ohio) University, 259 8, 0-0-0, 2
9. Boston University, 222 10, 0-0-0, 2
10. University of Minnesota, 192 9, 0-0-0, 2
11. Michigan State University, 162 12, 0-0-0, 2
12. Princeton University, 111 NR, 0-0-0, 1
13. Clarkson University, 109 11, 0-0-0, 2
14. University of Wisconsin, 82 13, 0-0-0, 2
15. St. Cloud State University, 66 15, 0-0-0, 2

Others receiving votes: Northern Michigan University, 38; Minnesota State University Mankato, 28; Northeastern University, 18; University of Vermont, 18; Ferris State University, 16; U.S. Air Force Academy, 15; Harvard University, 12; Cornell University, 4; Niagara University, 4.

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