College Hockey Polls for the Week

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The University of North Dakota stayed put at No. 2 for the third straight week in the national men’s hockey polls, which were released on Monday.

UND, which took five of six points from Colorado College last weekend, garnered 15 of 50 first-place votes in the USCHO.com poll and six of 34 first-place nods in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine rankings. Quinnipiac stayed atop both polls, while St. Cloud State, Providence and Boston College were ranked 2-3-4, respectively, in both.

The Fighting Hawks take to the road this week to face unranked Western Michigan (Jan. 29-30). UND is idle the following week and will return to action Feb. 12-13 at Denver.

USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll

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

1.         Quinnipiac (30)                                19-1-5            995            1

2.         North Dakota (15)                     20-3-3           949            2

3.         St. Cloud State (4)                           20-5-1            871            5

4.         Providence (1)                                 16-4-4            841            3

5.         Boston College                               16-4-4            832            4

6.         Michigan                                          14-3-4            753            6

7.         Harvard                                            11-4-3            671            9

8.         Massachusetts-Lowell                    15-5-4            627            8

9.         Boston University                           13-7-4            554          11

10.       Notre Dame                                     14-4-7            524          13

11.       Yale                                                  11-4-4            503          12

12.       Omaha                                              15-8-1            502            7

13.       Denver                                             12-7-5            398          15

14.       Cornell                                             11-5-3            361          10

15.       Penn State                                        16-5-3            278          14

16.       Rensselaer                                       13-7-6            266          16

17.       Michigan Tech                                  13-7-4            168          17

18.       Bowling Green                                 15-7-5            161          18

19.       Minnesota State                              13-8-5            110          20

20.       Minnesota                                      13-10-0              72         NR

Others receiving votes: Dartmouth 25, Robert Morris 25, Minnesota Duluth 14, St. Lawrence 9, Union 4, Alaska Anchorage 3, Northeastern 2, Holy Cross 1, Miami 1.

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll

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

1.         Quinnipiac (28)                                19-1-5            503            1

2.         North Dakota (6)                       20-3-3           474            2

3.         St. Cloud State                                20-5-1            419            4

4.         Providence                                       16-4-4            393            3

5.         Boston College                               16-4-4            392            5

6.         Michigan                                          14-3-4            346            6

7.         Harvard                                            11-4-3            310            8

8.         Massachusetts-Lowell                    15-5-4            235            9

9.         Notre Dame                                     14-4-7            206          13

10.       Boston University                           13-7-4            192          11

11.       Omaha                                              15-8-1            187            7

12.       Yale                                                  11-4-4            170          12

13.       Cornell                                             11-5-3              92          10

14.       Denver                                             12-7-5              80          15

15.       Penn State                                        16-5-3              42          14

Others receiving votes: Rensselaer 15, Minnesota 12, Bowling Green 4, Michigan Tech 4, St. Lawrence 4.