North Dakota returns home atop national men’s hockey polls

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – After having played six of its first seven games away from home, the University of North Dakota will return home this weekend ranked No. 1 in the latest national men’s hockey polls that were released on Monday afternoon.

UND (6-0-2, 2-0-0-0 NCHC) opened National Collegiate Hockey Conference play last weekend with a sweep at Colorado College, winning 5-2 on Friday and 2-0 on Saturday. The sweep enabled UND to maintain the top spot in the USCHO.com poll, while climbing from No. 2 to No. 1 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll. Omaha, which was ranked No. 8 this week, previously topped the USA Today poll.

UND will open a new month on Friday and Saturday when it hosts former WCHA rival Wisconsin. The series is the first of four straight home games for UND.

USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll

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

1.         North Dakota (27)                       6-0-2           975            1

2.         Providence (18)                                 6-0-1            956            3

3.         Boston College (4)                           5-1-0            896            4

4.         Massachusetts-Lowell                      4-1-2            756            7

5.         Quinnipiac (1)                                    6-0-0            745            9

6.         Minnesota Duluth                              3-2-2            700            6

7.         Harvard                                              2-0-0            666          11

8.         Omaha                                                6-2-0            664            2

9.         Denver                                               3-3-0            539            5

10.       St. Cloud State                                  6-2-0            537          14

11.       Boston University                             3-3-0            513            8

12.       Yale                                                    2-0-0            511          13

13.       Michigan                                            4-1-1            414          10

14.       Bowling Green                                   4-2-1            362          12

15.       St. Lawrence                                      5-2-1            317          16

16.       Merrimack                                          3-1-2            226          17

17.       Clarkson                                            5-1-0            193          19

18.       Notre Dame                                       3-1-2              92         NR

19.       Miami                                                 3-4-1              85          15

20.       Robert Morris                                    3-1-2              75         NR

Others receiving votes: Michigan Tech 71, Western Michigan 47, Minnesota State 42, Massachusetts 36, Minnesota 27, Penn State 27, Alaska Anchorage 8, Mercyhurst 4, Rensselaer 4, Bentley 3, Colgate 3, Cornell 3, Ferris State 1, New Hampshire 1, Union 1.

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll

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

1.         North Dakota (21)                       6-0-2           497            2

2.         Providence (11)                                 6-0-1            480            3

3.         Boston College                                 5-1-0            425            4

4.         Quinnipiac (2)                                    6-0-0            357            9

5.         Massachusetts-Lowell                      4-1-2            334            8

6.         Harvard                                              2-0-0            320          11

7.         Minnesota Duluth                              3-2-2            297            6

8.         Omaha                                                6-2-0            284            1

9.         Yale                                                    2-0-0            201          15

10.       Boston University                             3-3-0            181            7

            St. Cloud State                                  6-2-0            181          13

12.       Denver                                               3-3-0            168            5

13.       Michigan                                            4-1-1            135          10

14.       St. Lawrence                                      5-2-1              69         NR

15.       Bowling Green                                   4-2-1              49          12

Others receiving votes: Clarkson 34, Merrimack 34, Notre Dame 17, Western Michigan 10, Massachusetts 3, Miami 2, Robert Morris 2.