The USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine 19th annual men’s college hockey preseason poll was released today, and the University of Michigan Wolverines cracked the list.
Michigan checked in at No. 10 in the rankings, the only school in the state to appear on the list.
| Rank |
School |
2012-13 |
2012-13 |
Weeks in Top 15 |
| 1 | University of Massachusetts Lowell, 484 (20) |
3 |
28-11-2 |
1 |
| 2 | Miami University, 444 (9) |
6 |
25-12-5 |
1 |
| 3 | University of Wisconsin, 364 (1) |
13 |
22-13-7 |
1 |
| 4 | Boston College, 359 |
8 |
22-12-4 |
1 |
| 5 | University of Minnesota, 347 |
5 |
26-9-5 |
1 |
| 6 | University of North Dakota, 300 |
7 |
22-13-7 |
1 |
| 7 | University of Notre Dame, 285 |
9 |
25-13-3 |
1 |
| 8 | Yale University, 269 (4) |
1 |
22-12-3 |
1 |
| 9 | St. Cloud State University, 230 |
4 |
25-16-1 |
1 |
| 10 | University of Michigan, 167 |
NR |
18-19-3 |
1 |
| 11 | Quinnipiac University, 135 |
2 |
30-8-5 |
1 |
| 12 | Union College, 124 |
10 |
22-13-5 |
1 |
| 13 | University of New Hampshire, 116 |
11 |
20-12-7 |
1 |
| 14 | Minnesota State University, 110 |
12 |
24-14-3 |
1 |
| 15 | Providence College, 103 |
NR |
17-14-7 |
1 |