College Hockey Polls

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – When the top-ranked University of North Dakota opens National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) play this week, it’ll do so against the second-ranked Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs according to both national men’s hockey polls released on Monday.

North Dakota (5-0-0) was the unanimous No. 1 in both the USCHO and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls, while the Bulldogs (3-1-2) stayed at No. 2 in both. When UND travels to UMD on Friday and Saturday, it will mark the first time since Oct. 2000 vs. Michigan that UND will be USCHO’s top-ranked team facing its No. 2-ranked team.

The Denver Pioneers made it an NCHC sweep in the top three in both polls this week.

The Fighting Hawks are coming off of a non-conference sweep of Bemidji State last weekend, giving UND its first 5-0 start since 2002-03.

USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll

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

1.         North Dakota (50)                       5-0-0         1000            1

2.         Minnesota Duluth                              3-1-2            905            2

3.         Denver                                               4-2-0            845            6

4.         Boston University                             3-2-0            785            8

5.         Massachusetts-Lowell                      3-1-2            746            5

6.         Quinnipiac                                          3-2-1            725            4

7.         Notre Dame                                       3-2-1            686            3

8.         Boston College                                 4-2-0            641          10

9.         Minnesota State                                5-1-0            605            9

10.       St. Cloud State                                  2-2-0            499          14

11.       Michigan                                            3-1-1            484          11

12.       Minnesota                                          2-2-0            412            7

13.       Harvard                                              0-0-0            374          13

14.       Providence                                         2-2-1            320          15

15.       Ohio State                                          3-0-2            302          19

16.       Northeastern                                     3-1-2            254          17

17.       Yale                                                    0-0-0            207          16

18.       St. Lawrence                                      3-3-0            173          12

19.       Penn State                                          3-1-1            129         NR

20.       Bemidji State                                     4-2-0            122          18

Others receiving votes: Western Michigan 73, Miami 69, Lake Superior State 44, Clarkson 33, Cornell 15, Air Force 12, Maine 9, Omaha 9, Union 8, Wisconsin 6, Connecticut 3, Vermont 3, Dartmouth 1, Michigan Tech 1.

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll

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

1.         North Dakota (34)                       5-0-0           510            1

2.         Minnesota Duluth                              3-1-2            462            2

3.         Denver                                               4-2-0            417            6

4.         Boston University                             3-2-0            377            8

5.         Massachusetts-Lowell                      3-1-2            355            5

6.         Notre Dame                                       3-2-1            325            4

7.         Quinnipiac                                          3-2-1            299            3

8.         Boston College                                 4-2-0            239          10

9.         Minnesota State                                5-1-0            198            9

10.       St. Cloud State                                  2-2-0            186          14

11.       Michigan                                            3-1-1            178          12

12.       Minnesota                                          2-2-0            124            7

13.       Harvard                                              0-0-0            100          11

14.       Ohio State                                          3-0-2              84         NR

15.       Providence                                         2-2-1              69          15

Others receiving votes: Northeastern 50, Penn State 37, Lake Superior State 16, Yale 14, St. Lawrence 13, Union 7, Bemidji State 5, Connecticut 5, Western Michigan 5, Michigan Tech 4, Clarkson 1.