{"id":36934,"date":"2011-04-12T07:27:05","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T12:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=36934"},"modified":"2011-04-12T07:27:05","modified_gmt":"2011-04-12T12:27:05","slug":"national-champion-umd-finishes-season-in-polls-no-1-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2011\/04\/12\/national-champion-umd-finishes-season-in-polls-no-1-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"National champion UMD finishes season in poll&#8217;s No. 1 spot"},"content":{"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.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulldogs were last ranked No. 11 back on March 21.<\/p>\n<p>No. 2 North Dakota had the other two first place votes, while national runner-up Michigan finishes the season ranked third.<\/p>\n<p>Notre Dame, the other Frozen Four participant, winds up fourth, Boston College fifth and Yale at No. 6.<\/p>\n<p>Denver (No. 7), Miami (No. 8), New Hampshire (No. 9) and Merrimack (No. 10) round out the top 10.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado College finishes 11th, Union 12th and Western Michigan at No. 13. 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