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Sampo Ranta has tallied four goals and seven points in eight games this season for Minnesota (photo: Ben Ludeman).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Minnesota sat idle again last weekend, but still received 36 of 40 first-place votes in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll.<\/p>\n

Boston College remains No. 2 and earned the other four first-place votes this week.<\/p>\n

USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll – Dec. 28, 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Spots 3-6 are the same as last week – North Dakota, Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota State and St. Cloud State, respectively – with Bowling Green up two to No. 7, Michigan down one to No. 8, Massachusetts up one to ninth, and Clarkson down two spots to sit 10th.<\/p>\n

The biggest mover in spots 11-20 is Quinnipiac, up four places to No. 12 after four wins last week.<\/p>\n

No new teams enter the rankings this week.<\/p>\n

In addition to the top 20, 13 other teams received votes this week.<\/p>\n

The USCHO.com Poll consists of 40 voters, including coaches and beat writers and sports professionals from across the country.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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