UND Slides to No. 3 in latest hockey rankings

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – For the first time in six weeks, the University of North Dakota has been knocked out of the top spot in the national men’s hockey polls.

UND, coming off a pair of losses at the NCHC Frozen Faceoff, dropped to No. 3 in both the USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls that were released on Monday. Minnesota State took over the top spot while Boston University was ranked No. 2.

UND, 27-9-3 overall, secured the No. 1 seed for next weekend’s NCAA West Regional in Fargo, N.D., and fill face 11^th-ranked Quinnipiac (23-11-4). The other West Region semifinal features No. 5 Michigan Tech against No. 13 St. Cloud State.

USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll

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

1.         Minnesota State (44)                      29-7-3            991            2

2.         Boston University (6)                     25-7-5            934            3

3.         North Dakota                              27-9-3           901            1

4.         Miami                                             25-13-1            854            6

5.         Michigan Tech                                  29-9-2            763            4

6.         Denver                                           23-13-2            760            5

7.         Minnesota Duluth                          20-15-3            660            8

8.         Minnesota                                      23-12-3            574          13

9.         Omaha                                            18-12-6            548          10

10.       Harvard                                          21-12-3            534          17

11.       Quinnipiac                                      23-11-4            507            7

12.       Boston College                             21-13-3            475          11

13.       St. Cloud State                              19-18-1            342          18

14.       Massachusetts-Lowell                  21-12-6            333          12

15.       Providence                                     22-13-2            319          14

16.       Bowling Green                               23-11-5            289            9

17.       Yale                                                  18-9-5            255          19

18.       Colgate                                          22-12-4            199          15

19.       Vermont                                         22-15-4              93          16

20.       Michigan                                        22-15-0              75         NR

Others receiving votes: RIT 54, St. Lawrence 20, Robert Morris 17, Canisius 1, Dartmouth 1, Michigan State 1.

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll

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

1.         Minnesota State (30)                      29-7-3            506            2

2.         Boston University (4)                     25-7-5            466            4

3.         North Dakota                              27-9-3           443            1

4.         Miami                                             25-13-1            409            5

5.         Michigan Tech                                  29-9-2            355            4

6.         Denver                                           23-13-2            343            6

7.         Minnesota Duluth                          20-15-3            276            8

8.         Harvard                                          21-12-3            227          15

9.         Omaha                                            18-12-6            221          10

10.       Minnesota                                      23-12-3            202          13

11.       Quinnipiac                                      23-11-4            177            7

12.       Boston College                             21-13-3            148          11

13.       St. Cloud State                              19-18-1              82         NR

14.       Providence                                     22-13-2              70          14

15.       Massachusetts-Lowell                  21-12-6              56          12

Others receiving votes: Yale 47, Bowling Green 44, Colgate 6, St. Lawrence 2.