1997–98 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings

1997–98 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings
NCAA tournament	1998
NCAA champion	Michigan
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings

One human polls make up the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings, the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll.

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
Italics		Number of first place votes
(#-#)		Win–loss–tie record
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

USA Today

	Week 1 Oct 20[1]	Week 2 Oct 27[2]	Week 3 Nov 3[3]	Week 4 Nov 10	Week 5 Nov 17[4]	Week 6 Nov 24[5]	Week 7 Dec 1[6]	Week 8 Dec 8	Week 9 Dec 15	Week 10 Jan 6[7]	Week 11 Jan 13[8]	Week 12 Jan 20	Week 13 Jan 27[9]	Week 14 Feb 2[10]	Week 15 Feb 9[11]	Week 16 Feb 16[12]	Week 17 Feb 23	Week 18 Mar 2[13]	Week 19 Mar 9[14]	Final Mar 16
1.	North Dakota (0–0–0)	North Dakota (0–0–0)	North Dakota (1–1–0)	Boston University (4–0–0)	Michigan State (6–1–2) (6)	Michigan State (9–1–2) (7)	Michigan State (6)	Boston University	Boston University (8)	Boston University (12–2–2) (7)	Michigan State (16–3–3) (4)	North Dakota (16–3–1)	Michigan State (21–3–3) (6)	Michigan State (20–3–5) (10)	North Dakota (21–4–1) (6)	North Dakota (22–4–1) (10)	North Dakota (24–4–1)	Michigan State (26–4–5) (7)	Boston University (27–5–2) (7)	Michigan State (10)	1.
2.	Michigan State (1–0–1)	Michigan State (2–0–1)	Colorado College (3–0–1)	North Dakota (2–1–1)	Boston University (5–1–0)	Boston University (5–1–0) (2)	Boston University (3)	Michigan State	Michigan State (2)	Michigan State (15–3–1) (2)	North Dakota (14–3–1) (5)	Michigan State (18–3–3)	North Dakota (17–4–1) (2)	North Dakota (19–4–1)	Boston University (19–4–2) (3)	Michigan State (22–4–5)	Michigan State (24–4–5)	North Dakota (26–5–1) (3)	Michigan State (27–5–5) (2)	North Dakota	2.
3.	Boston University (1–0–0)	Boston University (2–0–0)	Boston University (3–0–0)	Michigan State (5–1–1)	North Dakota (3–2–1) (3)	North Dakota (5–2–1)	North Dakota	North Dakota	North Dakota	North Dakota (12–3–1) (1)	Boston University (13–3–2)	New Hampshire (16–4–1)	New Hampshire (16–4–1) (1)	Boston University (17–4–2)	Michigan State (20–4–5) (1)	New Hampshire (21–5–1)	Boston University (23–4–2)	Boston University (25–5–2)	North Dakota (27–6–1) (1)	Boston College	3.
4.	Colorado College (0–0–0)	Colorado College (1–0–1)	Maine (3–1–1)	Colorado College (3–1–2)	Miami (7–1–0) (1)	Miami (9–1–0) (1)	Miami (1)	New Hampshire	New Hampshire	Miami (14–3–1)	New Hampshire (14–4–1)	Boston University (14–4–2)	Boston University (16–4–2) (1)	New Hampshire (18–5–1)	New Hampshire (19–5–1)	Boston University (21–4–2)	New Hampshire (22–6–1)	New Hampshire (22–8–1)	Michigan (28–9–1)	Boston University	4.
5.	Maine (1–1–0)	New Hampshire (3–0–0)	New Hampshire (4–0–0)	Maine (3–2–1)	New Hampshire (6–3–0)	Wisconsin (7–1–0)	New Hampshire	Miami	Colorado College	New Hampshire (14–4–1)	Michigan (19–4–1) (1)	Michigan (20–4–1)	Miami (17–5–2)	Wisconsin (19–6–1)	Yale (17–4–0)	Yale (19–4–0)	Michigan (25–8–1)	Michigan (26–9–1)	Yale (22–6–1)	Michigan	5.
6.	New Hampshire (1–0–0)	Maine (1–1–1)	Michigan State (4–1–1)	Boston College (6–2–0)	Boston College (6–2–0)	New Hampshire (8–3–0)	Colorado College	Michigan	Miami	St. Cloud State (12–4–2)	St. Cloud State (14–4–2)	Boston College (14–6–3)	Boston College (15–6–3)	Yale (15–4–0)	Michigan (23–6–1)	Michigan (25–6–1)	Boston College (19–8–4)	Boston College (20–8–4)	Boston College (22–8–5)	Wisconsin	6.
7.	Miami (1–0–0)	Miami (4–0–0)	Miami (6–0–0)	Miami (7–1–0)	Cornell (4–0–1)	Colorado College (5–3–2)	Michigan	Colorado College	Michigan	Michigan (17–4–1)	Miami (14–4–2)	Yale (13–4–0)	Wisconsin (17–6–1)	Miami (17–6–3)	Miami (18–6–4)	Boston College (19–8–4)	Yale (20–5–0)	Yale (20–6–1)	New Hampshire (23–9–1)	Ohio State	7.
8.	Michigan (2–1–0)	Minnesota (2–2–0)	Michigan (5–2–0)	New Hampshire (6–3–0)	Maine (4–3–1)	Boston College (8–3–0)	St. Cloud State	St. Cloud State	St. Cloud State	Colorado College (11–5–2)	Yale (12–4–0)	Miami (15–5–2)	St. Cloud State (15–7–2)	Michigan (22–6–1)	Wisconsin (19–8–1)	St. Cloud State (18–8–2)	Clarkson (16–7–3)	Clarkson (18–7–3)	Clarkson (20–7–3)	Clarkson	8.
9.	Minnesota (1–1–0)	Boston College (2–0–0)	Minnesota (3–3–0)	Renssealer (5–2–0)	Wisconsin (5–1–0)	Michigan (9–3–1)	Boston College	Boston College	Boston College	Yale (11–3–0)	Boston College (12–6–3)	Wisconsin (15–6–1)	Yale (14–4–0)	Boston College (16–7–3)	Boston College (16–8–4)	Miami (18–8–4)	Wisconsin (20–11–1)	Wisconsin (21–12–1)	Ohio State (22–11–2)	Colorado College	9.
10.	Colgate (1–1–0)	Michigan (2–2–0)	Colgate (3–1–0)	Cornell (4–0–1)	Rensselaer (5–2–0)	Cornell (5–1–1)	Cornell	Providence	Providence	Northeastern (12–5–2)	Wisconsin (13–6–1)	St. Cloud State (14–6–2)	Michigan (20–6–1)	St. Cloud State (16–8–2)	St. Cloud State (16–8–2)	Wisconsin (20–9–1)		Ohio State (20–11–2)	Colorado College (22–11–3)	New Hampshire	10.
	Week 1 Oct 20[1]	Week 2 Oct 27[2]	Week 3 Nov 3[3]	Week 4 Nov 10	Week 5 Nov 17[4]	Week 6 Nov 24[5]	Week 7 Dec 1[6]	Week 8 Dec 8	Week 9 Dec 15	Week 10 Jan 6[7]	Week 11 Jan 13[8]	Week 12 Jan 20	Week 13 Jan 27[9]	Week 14 Feb 2[10]	Week 15 Feb 9[11]	Week 16 Feb 16[12]	Week 17 Feb 23	Week 18 Mar 2[13]	Week 19 Mar 9[14]	Final Mar 16
		Dropped: Colgate	Dropped: Boston College	Dropped: Colgate Michigan Minnesota	Dropped: Colorado College	Dropped: Maine Rensselaer	None	None	None	None	Dropped: Colorado College Northeastern	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	Dropped: Wisconsin	None

USCHO.com

	Week 1 Oct 20[15]	Week 2 Oct 27[16]	Week 3 Nov 3	Week 4 Nov 10	Week 5 Nov 17	Week 6 Nov 24[5]	Week 7 Dec 1	Week 8 Dec 8	Week 9 Dec 17	Week 10 Jan 6[7]	Week 11 Jan 13[17]	Week 12 Jan 20	Week 13 Jan 27[18]	Week 14 Feb 2[19]	Week 15 Feb 9	Week 16 Feb 16[12]	Week 17 Feb 23	Week 18 Mar 2	Week 19 Mar 9	Week 20 Mar 16	Final Mar 23
1.	North Dakota (0–0–0) (30)	North Dakota (0–0–0) (27)				Michigan State (9–1–2) (20)	Boston University (11–1–0) (7)		Boston University	Boston University (12–2–2) (9)	North Dakota (14–3–1) (22)	North Dakota (16–3–1)	Michigan State (21–3–3) (17)	Michigan State (20–3–5) (22)	North Dakota (21–4–1)	North Dakota (22–4–1) (29)	North Dakota (24–4–1)	Michigan State (26–4–5) (21)				1.
2.	Michigan State (1–0–1)	Michigan State (2–0–1) (3)				Boston University (6–1–0) (4)	Michigan State (12–2–2) (3)		Michigan State	North Dakota (12–3–1) (13)	Michigan State (16–3–3) (4)	Michigan State (18–3–3)	North Dakota (17–4–1) (9)	North Dakota (19–4–1) (8)	Boston University (19–4–2)	Michigan State (22–4–5)	Michigan State (24–4–5)	North Dakota (26–5–1) (9)				2.
3.	Boston University (1–0–0)	Boston University (1–0–0)				North Dakota (5–2–1) (6)	North Dakota (7–2–1)		North Dakota	Michigan State (15–3–1) (5)	Boston University (13–3–2) (2)	New Hampshire (16–4–1)	Boston University (16–4–2)	Boston University (17–4–2)	Michigan State (20–4–5)	New Hampshire (21–5–1)	Boston University (23–4–2)	Boston University (25–5–2)				3.
4.	New Hampshire (1–0–0)	Colorado College (0–0–0)				Miami (9–1–0)	New Hampshire (12–3–0)		Miami	Miami (14–3–1)	New Hampshire (14–4–1)	Michigan (20–4–1)	New Hampshire (16–4–1) (4)	New Hampshire (18–5–1)	New Hampshire (19–5–1)	Boston University (21–4–2)	New Hampshire (22–6–1)	Michigan (26–9–1)				4.
5.	Colorado College (0–0–0)	New Hampshire (3–0–0)				New Hampshire (8–3–0)	Miami (10–2–0)		New Hampshire	New Hampshire (14–4–1) (2)	Michigan (19–4–1) (1)	Boston University (14–4–2)	Miami (17–5–2)	Wisconsin (19–6–1)	Michigan (23–6–1)	Michigan (24–6–1) (1)	Michigan (25–8–1)	Boston College (20–8–4)				5.
6.	Maine (1–1–0)	Maine (1–1–1)				Wisconsin (7–1–0)	Michigan (11–3–1)		St. Cloud State	Michigan (17–4–1)	St. Cloud State (14–4–2)	Boston College (14–6–3)	Wisconsin (17–6–1)	Michigan (22–6–1)	Yale (17–4–0)	Yale (19–4–0)	Yale (20–5–0)	New Hampshire (22–8–1)				6.
7.	Miami (1–0–0)	Miami (4–0–0)				Colorado College (5–3–2)	Colorado College (8–3–2)		Michigan	St. Cloud State (12–4–2) (1)	Miami (14–4–2)	Miami (15–5–2)	Michigan (20–6–1)	Miami (17–6–3)	Miami (18–6–4)	St. Cloud State (18–8–2)	Boston College (19–8–4)	Yale (20–6–1)				7.
8.	Michigan (2–1–0)	Michigan (2–2–0)				Boston College (8–3–0)	St. Cloud State (9–3–2)		Colorado College	Colorado College (11–5–2)	Wisconsin (13–6–1)	Wisconsin (15–6–1)	Boston College (15–6–3)	Boston College (16–7–3)	Wisconsin (19–8–1)	Boston College (19–8–4)	St. Cloud State (18–10–2)	Clarkson (18–7–3)				8.
9.	Minnesota (1–1–0)	Minnesota (2–2–0)				Cornell (5–1–1)	Boston College (10–5–0)		Yale	Yale (11–3–0)	Yale (12–4–0)	Yale (13–4–0)	St. Cloud State (15–7–2)	Yale (15–4–0)	St. Cloud State (16–8–2)	Miami (18–8–4)	Clarkson (16–7–3)	Wisconsin (21–12–1)				9.
10.	Cornell (0–0–0)	Clarkson (0–0–0)				Maine (6–4–1)	Providence (10–3–1)		Northeastern	Northeastern (12–5–2)	Boston College (12–6–3)	St. Cloud State (14–6–2)	Yale (14–4–0)	St. Cloud State (16–8–2)	Boston College (16–8–4)	Wisconsin (20–9–1)	Wisconsin (20–11–1)	Ohio State (20–11–2)				10.
	Week 1 Oct 20[15]	Week 2 Oct 27[16]	Week 3 Nov 3	Week 4 Nov 10	Week 5 Nov 17	Week 6 Nov 24[5]	Week 7 Dec 1	Week 8 Dec 8	Week 9 Dec 17	Week 10 Jan 6[7]	Week 11 Jan 13[17]	Week 12 Jan 20	Week 13 Jan 27[18]	Week 14 Feb 2[19]	Week 15 Feb 9	Week 16 Feb 16[12]	Week 17 Feb 23	Week 18 Mar 2	Week 19 Mar 9	Week 20 Mar 16	Final Mar 23
		Dropped: Cornell	None	None	None	None	Dropped: Cornell Maine Wisconsin	None	None	None	Dropped: Colorado College Northeastern	None	None	None	None	None	Dropped: Miami	Dropped: St. Cloud State	None	None	None

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