END OF FIRST HALF NCAA D1 HOCKEY RANKINGS AND STADNINGS

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By Nolan Larrabee @Nolan_larrabee Iceinsider.com NCAA All Access Reporter

With NCAA D1 hockey now at the midseason break, let's take a look at the conferences and where teams are standing right now vs their preseason ranking by USCHO.com

Rankings as of (12/16/24)    

1 Michigan State                  

2 Boston College                 

3 Minnesota                          

4 Maine

5 Denver 

6 Western Michigan

7 Providence

8 Colorado College

9 Michigan

10 Umass Lowell 

11 Minnesota State

12 St Cloud State

13 Boston University

14 Ohio State

15 North Dakota

16 Cornell

17 Dartmouth

18 Quinnipiac

19 Arizona State

20 Clarkson    

USCHO.com Preseason rankings (11/23/24)

1 Denver         

2 Boston College                

3  Boston University                      

4 Michigan State

5 North Dakota

6 Minnesota

7 Michigan

8 Quinnipiac 

9 Cornell

10 Wisconsin

11 Colorado College

12 Maine

13 Providence 

14 Massachusetts

15 Omaha

16 St Cloud State

17 Western Michigan

18 Minnesota Duluth

19 Notre Dame

20 Arizona State/Northeastern

Notable Teams:

• Michigan State surged to 1st place, up from 4th in the preseason, reflecting a strong early season.

• Boston College held steady in 2nd place in both rankings.

• Minnesota moved up from 6th in the preseason to 3rd, showing strong early performance.

• Maine significantly rose, climbing from 12th to 4th, indicating strong results.

• Denver, preseason #1, dropped to 5th, showing a slight dip in form.

• Western Michigan and Providence made substantial jumps, with Western Michigan moving from 17th to 6th and Providence from 13th to 7th.

• UMass Lowell entered the top 10, after being unranked in the preseason.

• Boston University and North Dakota fell from the top five in the preseason to 13th and 15th, respectively.

• St. Cloud State remained relatively steady, moving from 16th to 12th.

New Additions to the Top 20:

• Dartmouth and Clarkson entered the top 20, showing strong early performances.

Teams That Dropped Out of the Top 20:

• Wisconsin, Omaha, Minnesota Duluth, Massachusetts, and Northeastern fell out of the top 20 from the preseason rankings, indicating struggles in their play.

STANDINGS 

Record is Conference Only (W-L-T-SO)

Hockey East:

Maine (5-2-2-1)

Boston University (5-3-1-1)

Umass Lowell (5-3-1-1)

Boston College (6-2-1-0)

Providence (5-2-2-1)

Uconn (4-6-1-0)

Vermont (3-4-2-1)

Merrimack (3-5-1-1)

Northeastern (1-6-3-2)

Massachusetts (2-5-2-1)

UNH (2-3-2-0)

Big Ten:

Minnesota (8-1-1-0)

Michigan State (6-1-1-1)

Wisconsin (5-7-0-0)

Ohio State (6-2-0-0)

Michigan (5-3-0-0)

Notre Dame (1-9-0-0)

Penn State (0-8-0-0)

Atlantic Hockey:

Sacred Heart (8-5-2-2)

Bentley (9-2-1-1)

Niagara (7-4-2-1)

Holy Cross (7-4-1-0)

Air Force (6-4-0-0)

Robert Morris (5-5-1-1)

Canisius (5-5-2-0)

Army (5-7-0-0)

AIC (4-7-0-0)

RIT (3-8-1-0)

Mercyhurst (2-10-2-1)

ECAC:

Colgate (5-2-1-1)

Quinnipiac (5-3-0-0)

Clarkson (5-1-0-0)

Dartmouth (4-2-1-0)

Princeton (3-4-1-1)

Cornell (3-3-2-1)

Union (3-3-0-0)

Harvard (2-3-2-1)

Yale (2-3-1-1)

Brown (2-3-1-0)

St. Lawrence (1-4-1-0)

RPI (1-5-0-0)

NCHC:

Western MIchigan (6-1-1-0)

North Dakota (6-2-0-0)

Arizona State (5-3-0-0)

St.Cloud (4-4-0-0)

Colorado College (4-3-1-1)

Omaha (4-4-0-0)

Denver ( 4-4-0-0)

Minnesota Duluth (2-6-0-0)

Miami Ohio (0-8-0-0)

CCHA: 

Minnesota state (9-1-2-1)

Michigan Tech (7-3-2-0)

Lake Superior (6-4-0-0)

Bemidji State (5-5-2-2)

Bowling Green (4-4-2-2)

Augustana (5-3-0-0)

Ferris State (5-7-0-0)

St.Thomas (3-6-3-0)

Northern Michigan (0-11-1-1)

D1 Indp:

Overall Record not in order

Stonehill (6-16-0)

LIU (9-6-1)

Alaska (5-8-3)

Alaska Anch (4-12-3)

Lindenwood (4-13-1) 

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