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NCAA Power Rankings - Week of 1/15

Andrew Chiappazzi | College/NCAA

Jan 15, 04:58 PM | Hype this story!

The Badgers finally fall. They’ve hung on for most of the year, but I can no longer justify keeping them in the rankings just because they’re Wisconsin. At least the Gophers are above .500.

The rest of the rankings…

1. (1) Michigan (20-2-0) – CCHA
2. (2) Miami of Ohio (21-3-0) – CCHA
3. (4) Colorado College (16-6-0) – WCHA
4. (3) Denver (17-5-0) – WCHA
5. (7) Michigan State (14-5-4) – CCHA
6. (5) Notre Dame (18-7-1) – CCHA
7. (8) New Hampshire (13-6-1) – Hockey East
8. (9) North Dakota (12-8-1) – WCHA
9. (6) Massachusetts (9-5-5) – Hockey East
10. (10) St. Cloud State (11-10-3) – WCHA
11. (11) Clarkson (12-7-1) – ECAC
12. (12) Air Force (11-7-4) – Atlantic Hockey
13. (13) Northeastern (11-5-2) – Hockey East
14. (15) Boston College (10-5-5) – Hockey East
15. (14) Niagara (11-8-1) – CHA
16. (17) Massachusetts-Lowell (10-5-4) – Hockey East
17. (18) Quinnipiac (13-5-3) – ECAC
18. (NR) RIT (10-8-3) – Atlantic Hockey
19. (19) Minnesota State (9-8-4) – WCHA
20. (20) Minnesota (11-10-3) – WCHA

DROPPED OUT #16 Wisconsin

ON THE OUTSIDE, LOOKING IN:
Bemidji State, Bowling Green, Minnesota-Duluth, Princeton, Robert Morris