MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- Bill Kangas's Williams College men's ice hockey team has moved up one spot in the USCHO.com national poll to 12th this week. The Ephs will be tested immediately as they travel tonight to play at #14 Babson.
St. Norbert is the new No. 1 team in the USCHO.com Division III Men's Poll, getting 10 first-place votes to unseat formerly top-ranked Norwich.
Norwich garnered eight first-place votes and drops to second this week.
Hobart earned two first-place nods and stays ranked third.
Spots four through eight remain unchanged, with Bowdoin, Oswego, Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Adrian and Utica occupying those ranks, respectively.
Plattsburgh is up one to No. 9, flip-flopping this week with Amherst.
Manhattanville rises one to No. 11, Williams is up one to No. 12 and Wisconsin-Superior falls two to No. 13.
At No. 14, Babson enters the rankings after being unranked, while Massachusetts-Boston does likewise at No. 15 to round out the rankings.
Team (First Place) Record Pts Last Week
1 --St. Norbert (10) -- 14-2-1 -- 287 -- 2
2 -- Norwich ( 8) -- 13-2-0 -- 279 -- 1
3 -- Hobart ( 2) -- 13-1-2 -- 264 -- 3
4 -- Bowdoin -- 13-1-1 --236 -- 4
5 -- Oswego -- 13-3-0 -- 222 -- 5
6 -- Wisconsin-Eau Claire -- 12-3-2 194 6
7 -- Adrian -- 12-1-2 -- 175 -- 7
8 -- Utica -- 12-3-0 -- 143 -- 8
9 -- Plattsburgh -- 11-5-1 -- 139 -- 10
10 -- Amherst -- 9-4-2 -- 124 -- 9
11 -- Manhattanville -- 10-4-1 -- 90 -- 12
12 -- Williams -- 8-3-1 -- 65 -- 13
13 -- Wisconsin-Superior -- 10-6-1 -- 48 -- 11
14 -- Babson -- 9-3-2 -- 38 -- NR
15 -- Massachusetts-Boston -- 10-3-1 -- 23 -- NR
Others receiving votes: Milwaukee School of Engineering 17, Neumann 14, Wisconsin-Stevens Point 14, Wisconsin-River Falls 11, Geneseo 9, Middlebury 3, Plymouth State 3, Trinity 2.
