GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The University of North Dakota will open National
Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) play next weekend as the nation’s
top-ranked team in one poll and the No. 2 team in another.
Following a
non-conference sweep at Vermont last weekend, North Dakota maintained its grip
on the No. 1 spot in this week’s USCHO poll and the No. 2 spot in the USA
Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll. Conference rival Omaha topped the
latter poll for the second straight week.
Providence,
Boston College and Denver rounded out the top five in both. UND, Omaha and
Denver were three of six NCHC schools to crack both polls, along with Minnesota
Duluth, St. Cloud State and Miami.
UND (4-0-2)
will travel to Colorado College (0-6-0) to open conference play on Friday and
Saturday against the Tigers, who were unranked.
USCHO.com Division I Men’s
Poll
Rk. School (First place
votes) Record
Pts. PR
1.
North Dakota
(23)
4-0-2
959 1
2.
Omaha
(12)
6-0-0
941 2
3.
Providence
(10)
4-0-1
903 3
4.
Boston College
(4)
4-1-0
858 4
5.
Denver
3-1-0
734 6
6.
Minnesota
Duluth
2-1-2
690 5
7.
Massachusetts-Lowell
3-0-2
661 7
8.
Boston
University
2-1-0
638 8
9.
Quinnipiac (1)
6-0-0
611 14
10.
Michigan
3-0-1
552 11
11.
Harvard
0-0-0
524 9
12.
Bowling
Green
3-1-1
442 12
13.
Yale
0-0-0
378 13
14.
St. Cloud
State
4-2-0
362 9
15.
Miami
3-2-1
287 15
16.
St.
Lawrence
4-2-0
231 17
17.
Merrimack
2-0-2
182 19
18.
Michigan
Tech
2-2-0
135 16
19.
Clarkson
5-1-0
114 NR
20.
Minnesota
2-3-0
78 19
Others receiving votes: Union
67, Massachusetts 38, Penn State 35, Robert Morris 22, Minnesota State 21,
Notre Dame 20, Vermont 6, Colgate 3, Mercyhurst 3, Bentley 2, Northern Michigan
2, Alaska Anchorage 1.
USA Today/USA Hockey
Magazine Poll
Rk. School (1st
place votes) Record
Pts. PR
1.
Omaha
(16)
6-0-0
483 1
2.
North Dakota
(12)
4-0-2
478 2
3.
Providence
(5)
4-0-1
434 3
4.
Boston
College
4-1-0
387 4
5.
Denver
3-1-0
298 6
6.
Minnesota
Duluth
2-1-2
289 5
7.
Boston
University
2-1-0
288 7
8.
Massachusetts-Lowell
3-0-2
274 8
9.
Quinnipiac
(1)
6-0-0
252 13
10.
Michigan
3-0-1
239 11
11.
Harvard
0-0-0
215 9
12.
Bowling Green
3-1-1
102 12
13.
St. Cloud
State
4-2-0
88 10
14.
Miami
3-2-1
57 14
15.
Yale
0-0-0
56 15
Others receiving votes:
Merrimack 39, St. Lawrence 32, Clarkson 21, Massachusetts 16, Notre Dame 10,
Union 9, Penn State 6, Michigan Tech 5, Minnesota 1, Robert Morris 1.