North Dakota remains atop USCHO poll

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – After opening the regular season with a pair of home wins over non-conference foe Canisius, North Dakota was once again ranked No. 1 in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll that was released on Monday.

UND defeated the Golden Griffins 6-0 on Friday and 4-1 on Monday and garnered 45 of 50 first-place votes as a result. Boston University received the other five first-place votes and was ranked No. 2, while Quinnipiac, Minnesota Duluth and Notre Dame rounded out the top five.

Seventh-ranked St. Cloud and 10th-ranked Denver joined NCHC rivals UND and UMD in the latest top 10.

UND continues its five-game homestand on Saturday night against Rensselaer in the 2016 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game.

USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll

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

1.         North Dakota (45)                       2-0-0           995            1

2.         Boston University (5)                       1-0-0            912            4

3.         Quinnipiac                                          1-0-1            893            2

4.         Minnesota Duluth                              2-0-2            828            6

5.         Notre Dame                                       2-0-0            699            9

6.         Boston College                                 1-1-0            657            5

7.         St. Cloud State                                  0-0-0            654            7

8.         Massachusetts-Lowell                      0-0-2            652            8

9.         Minnesota                                          2-0-0            571          13

10.       Denver                                               0-2-0            511            3

11.       Providence                                         1-1-0            443          10

12.       Harvard                                              0-0-0            442          12

13.       Michigan                                            1-1-0            412          11

14.       Minnesota State                                2-0-0            354          19

15.       St. Lawrence                                      1-1-0            255          16

16.       Northeastern                                     0-1-1            248          15

17.       Yale                                                    0-0-0            208          18

18.       Air Force                                            1-0-1            160         NR

19.       Ohio State                                          1-0-1            151         NR

20.       Bowling Green                                   0-2-0              63          14

Others receiving votes: Miami 59, Omaha 57, Bemidji State 48, Penn State 47, Cornell 38, Clarkson 32, Maine 30, Western Michigan 21, Connecticut 16, Michigan Tech 11, RIT 7, Bentley 5, Union 5, Wisconsin 5, Vermont 4, Dartmouth 3, Ferris State 2, Holy Cross.