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Nebraska-Omaha stays put at No. 14, as does Dartmouth at No. 15.<\/p>\n<p>The bottom five show a slight change from the March 21 poll with Rensselaer finishing at No. 16, Boston University at 17, Air Force up two to No. 18, Maine to 19 and Cornell finishing No. 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minnesota-Duluth, fresh off their first national championship win last Saturday night, finish the season ranked No. 1 in the final USCHO.com Division I Men&#8217;s Poll after receiving 48 of 50 first place votes. The Bulldogs were last ranked No. 11 back on March 21. 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