December 14, 2007 - The University of Illinois received 45 of a possible 47 first-place votes and continued to hold the top spot in the sixth ranking of the regular season. The Fighting Illini will take their unblemished record and #1 ranking into the year 2008. Penn State received the other 2 first-place votes and held at #2, as did #3 Lindenwood, while Oklahoma bumped up into the #4 spot. The rankings highest mover was Liberty, which jumped up three spots to the #5 position. #13 West Virginia clinched the first spot in this years ACHA Men's Division 1 National Championships as Regular Season Champions of the College Hockey Mid-America (CHMA). Arizona hopped back into the rankings in the #25 position. The rankings have expanded this season to include the Top 25 teams, up from 20. The seventh ranking of the regular season will be released on Friday, January 18.
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2007-2008 Ranking #6 |
Rank |
School Name |
1st Votes |
Record |
Points |
Previous |
1 |
Illinois |
45 |
17-0-0 |
1075 |
1 |
2 |
Penn State |
2 |
18-1-3 |
1032 |
2 |
3 |
Lindenwood |
|
17-5-1 |
974 |
3 |
4 |
Oklahoma |
|
18-2-1 |
920 |
5 |
5 |
Liberty |
|
15-4-1 |
876 |
8 |
6 |
Rhode Island |
|
16-7-1 |
854 |
4 |
7 |
Delaware |
|
15-4-1 |
827 |
6 |
8 |
Ohio |
|
15-8-0 |
808 |
7 |
9 |
Kent State |
|
16-7-0 |
703 |
9 |
10 |
West Chester |
|
15-4-2 |
642 |
10 |
11 |
Oakland |
|
12-6-0 |
628 |
11 |
12 |
Iowa State |
|
16-8-0 |
608 |
12 |
13 |
West Virginia |
|
15-7-1 |
576 |
13 |
14 |
Niagara |
|
18-3-0 |
530 |
14 |
15 |
Eastern Michigan |
|
15-8-2 |
506 |
15 |
16 |
Stony Brook |
|
14-4-0 |
411 |
16 |
17 |
Western Michigan |
|
12-10-1 |
359 |
17 |
18 |
Washington & Jefferson |
|
14-8-1 |
347 |
18 |
19 |
Central Oklahoma |
|
10-12-1 |
276 |
19 |
20 |
Slippery Rock |
|
13-8-1 |
254 |
20 |
21 |
Robert Morris (PA) |
|
9-6-2 |
196 |
21 |
22 |
Robert Morris (IL) |
|
10-12-0 |
176 |
22 |
23 |
Adrian |
|
9-13-0 |
92 |
24 |
24 |
Duquesne |
|
7-9-0 |
80 |
23 |
25 |
Arizona |
|
11-7-1 |
37 |
NR |
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Others receiving votes: Navy, Pittsburgh, Oswego State, Michigan-Dearborn, Penn State-Berks,Arizona State, Rutgers, Minot State, Cornell, Drexel, John Carroll and Saint Louis.
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