The American Collegiate Hockey Association released its annual preseason poll yesterday, with Ohio ranked third behind defending national champion Davenport and Lindenwood, last year's other national finalist. Ohio holds the third spot despite recieving zero of the 25 first-place votes, while fourth-ranked Penn State recieved eight. The Bobcats were also ranked third in last year's preseason rankings, a season in which and went on to win the Central States Collegiate Hockey League playoff championship and reach the ACHA national semifinals before losing to Davenport. West Virginia, who the Bobcats will take on tonight in the season opener, start the season ranked 23rd.
The full 2011-2012 ACHA Men's Division 1 Pre-Season Ranking:
Rank School Name 1st Votes 10-11 Record Pts
1 Davenport 11 37-6-2 531
2 Lindenwood 7 32-3-1 529
3 Ohio 29-7-2 494
4 Penn State 8 23-11-1 473
5 Adrian 32-6-3 461
6 Delaware 31-6-2 453
7 Oklahoma 29-16-1 388
8 Rhode Island 31-5-1 381
9 T Arizona State 27-9-4 373
9 T Oakland 24-12-5 373
11 Minot State 27-2-4 369
12 T Iowa State 26-17-0 288
12 T Robert Morris (IL) 26-11-1 288
14 Illinois 21-9-2 286
15 Liberty 15-15-3 231
16 Central Oklahoma 16-18-4 216
17 Stony Brook 23-14-0 192
18 Michigan-Dearborn 15-20-1 156
19 Canton 26-9-1 136
20 Robert Morris (PA) 16-16-0 134
21 Western Michigan 16-19-1 109
22 Arizona 14-12-3 73
23 West Virginia 19-11-2 61
24 Kent State 15-20-1 45
25 Slippery Rock 21-11-2 38
