Providence is No. 1, Mavs slip to 6/7

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For what they're worth, the final college hockey rankings came out on Monday, putting a bow on the 2014-15 season, and Minnesota State fell from it's pre-NCAA tournament No. 1 ranking to No. 7 in the USCHO poll and to No. 6 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll.

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Of course, Providence rose to the top after its fantastic run to the title — the first for the Friars — knocking off a string of top-10 teams in Miami, Denver, Nebraska Omaha and Boston University along the way.

The championship game against BU was a classic, although a goaltending gaffe by the Terrier's Matt O'Connor will be the play so many people remember (it jogged an old MSU memory and inspired my column for this week, too).

Here's what the final rankings looked like in each:

USCHO
1. Providence
2. Boston University
3. North Dakota
4. Nebraska Omaha
5. Denver
6. Minnesota Duluth
7. Minnesota State
8. Miami
9. Michigan Tech
10. St. Cloud State
11. Harvard
12. Minnesota
13. Boston College
14. Quinnipiac
15. Yale
16. RIT
17. UMass-Lowell
18. Bowling Green
19. Colgate
20. Michigan
Others receiving votes: Vermont, Robert Morris, St. Lawrence, Mercyhurst, New Hampshire, Dartmouth, Michigan State.

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
1. Providence
2. Boston University
3. North Dakota
4. Nebraska Omaha
5. Denver
6. Minnesota State
7. Minnesota Duluth
8. Miami
9. Michigan Tech
10. Minnesota
11. Harvard
12. St. Cloud State
13. Quinnipiac
14. Boston College
15. Yale
Others receiving votes: UMass-Lowell, RIT, Bowling Green

What will the top 10 look like to start next season? Where will the Mavericks be? In the top 10? We're already less than six months away from the first preseason poll.