For the second time in three weeks, and the fourth time overall during the 2023-24 season, Boston College has been voted the top team in NCAA Division I men's hockey.
The Eagles garnered 34 first-place votes in the USCHO.com poll for Dec. 11 to reclaim the top spot from North Dakota (12-5-1 overall), which was swept at home last weekend by Colorado College. BC (13-3-1) defeated Providence, 5-4, on Dec. 9 in its only game last week, which dropped the opposing Friars (9-5-2) to 10th in the nation.
In second place in this week's poll is Boston University (11-4-1), which picked up eight first-place votes, followed by Quinnipiac, North Dakota and Denver to round out the top five. According to USCHO.com, it is the first time ever that BC and BU have held the top two spots in any national college hockey poll at the same time. BC is now off until Jan. 12, while BU will next play on Dec. 29.
The poll stands to remain largely unchanged in the next week or so, as most Division I teams are now on break until after Christmas, when annual holiday tournaments will be contested.
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