UND is No. 2 in National Polls

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The University of North Dakota, unbeaten in its last six games (5-0-1), is ranked No. 2 in the nation in both the latest USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls released this afternoon.

UND climbed one spot in the USCHO poll after garnering 11 first-place votes, while maintaining its No. 2 rank in the USA Today poll on the strength of nine first-place votes. Minnesota remained the top-ranked team in both polls. Boston College, Colgate and Boston University rounded out the top five in both.

UND (6-1-1 overall, 2-0-0 NCHC) will conclude a 5-game non-conference stretch this weekend when it visits Wisconsin for a two-game series with the unranked Badgers.

USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll

Rk.      School (First place votes)       Record           Pts.         PR

1.         Minnesota (37)                                  5-1-0            984            1

2.         North Dakota (11)                       5-1-1           960            3

3.         Boston College (1)                           4-2-0            810            5

4.         Colgate                                              6-2-0            796            4

5.         Boston University                             4-1-0            761            6

6.         Massachusetts-Lowell                      5-1-1            732            8

7.         St. Cloud State                                  3-3-0            688            7

8.         Union                                                 5-3-0            644            2

9.         Michigan Tech (1)                              6-0-0            512          17

10.       Denver                                               4-2-0            491          11

11.       Miami                                                 5-3-0            490          10

12.       Providence                                         2-3-1            469            9

13.       Minnesota State                                5-3-0            370          12

14.       Vermont                                             4-1-1            340          13

15.       Notre Dame                                       5-2-1            249          20

16.       Ferris State                                        3-4-0            182          14

17.       Minnesota Duluth                              4-4-0            177          19

18.       Robert Morris                                    7-0-1            163         NR

19.       Nebraska Omaha                              4-1-1            151         NR

20.       Northern Michigan                            5-0-1            103         NR

Others receiving votes: Bowling Green 79, Quinnipiac 55, Alaska 53, Merrimack 51, Michigan 49, Cornell 41, Yale 24, Penn State 15, St. Lawrence 14, Ohio State 13, Alaska Anchorage 11, Mercyhurst 8, Bemidji State 6, Harvard 6, Maine 3.

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll

Rk.      School (1^st place)                      Record           Pts.         PR

1.         Minnesota (24)                                  5-1-0            500            1

2.         North Dakota (9)                         5-1-1           474            2

3.         Boston College (1)                           4-2-0            382            5

4.         Colgate                                              6-2-0            378            4

5.         Boston University                             4-1-0            354            6

6.         St. Cloud State                                  3-3-0            309            7

7.         Massachusetts-Lowell                      5-1-1            307            9

8.         Union                                                 5-3-0            262            3

9.         Michigan Tech                                    6-0-0            230         NR

10.       Providence                                         2-3-1            190            8

11.       Miami                                                 5-3-0            178          10

12.       Denver                                               4-2-0            146          11

13.       Minnesota State                                5-3-0              80          12

14.       Notre Dame                                       5-2-1              73         NR

15.       Vermont                                             4-1-1              70          14

Others receiving votes: Ferris State 26, Northern Michigan 26, Nebraska Omaha 25, Robert Morris 23, Alaska 8, Minnesota Duluth 8, Quinnipiac 8, Yale 8, Merrimack 5, Cornell 4, Michigan 4, Bowling Green 1, Penn State 1.