2011 NCAA Division 3 champion St. Norbert College starts the 2011-12 hockey season as the top-ranked team in the country according to U.S. College Hockey Online.com
The Green Knights received 16 of a possible 20 first place votes in the balloting.
Oswego is second and Norwich third.
Among the Wisconsin schools in the top 15 are UW-Superior at #9 and the Milwaukee School of Engineering comes in at #14.