College Hockey Polls

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – This week’s national men’s hockey polls have been released and, according to both, Saturday’s College Hockey Showdown at Madison Square Garden will be a battle of top-10 teams.

North Dakota, the host school for the New York City event, was ranked No. 9 in the latest USCHO.com poll and No. 10 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine rankings, while its opponent, Boston College, was ranked third and fourth, respectively. The Fighting Hawks are looking to bounce back from a home loss and tie to Michigan State and the Eagles are coming off of a 4-2 loss at Minnesota.

Minnesota Duluth topped both polls for the second straight week while Denver remained No. 2 in both.

UND and BC will drop the puck at 7:30 p.m. Eastern/6:30 p.m. Central on Saturday at MSG. The game will be telecast live on CBS Sports Network.

USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll

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

1.         Minnesota Duluth (47)                    10-2-2            995            1

2.         Denver (3)                                          9-2-3            952            2

3.         Boston College                               11-4-1            838            4

4.         Massachusetts-Lowell                      8-4-2            790            6

5.         Quinnipiac                                          9-4-2            755            3

6.         Boston University                             7-4-1            752            7

7.         Penn State                                        11-1-1            689            8

8.         Harvard                                              6-2-1            604            9

9.         North Dakota                                7-5-3           590            5

10.       Ohio State                                          8-1-4            539          13

11.       Minnesota                                          6-4-2            508          11

12.       Notre Dame                                       7-5-2            406          12

13.       Bemidji State                                   11-4-1            345          10

14.       Vermont                                             9-3-2            322          20

15.       Minnesota State                                8-5-1            319          14

16.       Western Michigan                             7-3-2            253          18

17.       St. Cloud State                                  6-6-0            224          15

18.       Union                                                 8-3-2            199          17

19.       St. Lawrence                                      8-4-4            160          19

20.       Michigan                                            6-5-1            131          16

Others receiving votes: Providence 25, Omaha 15, Air Force 5, Clarkson 5, Wisconsin 4, Connecticut 2, Michigan Tech 2, Robert Morris 2, Lake Superior State 1.

  

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll

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

1.         Minnesota Duluth (34)                    10-2-2            510            1

2.         Denver                                               9-2-3            474            2

3.         Massachusetts-Lowell                      8-4-2            401            6

4.         Boston College                               11-4-1            387            3

5.         Boston University                             7-4-1            341            7

6.         Penn State                                        11-1-1            323          10

7.         Quinnipiac                                          9-4-2            321            4

8.         Harvard                                              6-2-1            262            9

9.         Minnesota                                          6-4-2            220            8

10.      North Dakota                                7-5-3           214            5

11.       Ohio State                                          8-1-4            181          13

12.       Notre Dame                                       7-5-2            116          11

13.       Western Michigan                             7-3-2              79         NR

14.       Vermont                                             9-3-2              74         NR

15.       Minnesota State                                8-5-1              46          14

Others receiving votes: Bemidji State 40, St. Lawrence 36, Union 27, St. Cloud State 19, Clarkson 4, Omaha 4, Michigan 1.