North Dakota Falls in USCHO Poll After Series Split
UND ranked 13th as they prepare to host SCSU.
Courtesy UND Athletics
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The University of North Dakota men’s hockey team held its ground in one national poll and dipped one spot in another following a National Collegiate Hockey Conference split at Colorado College last weekend.
North Dakota remained No. 12 in today’s USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll, while dropping one spot to No. 13 in the USCHO.com rankings that were also released today. The Fighting Hawks defeated unranked CC 5-2 last Friday before falling 3-0 on Saturday.
Minnesota Duluth topped both national polls after overtaking Boston University in the USCHO rankings.
UND will host unranked St. Cloud State Feb. 3-4 at Ralph Engelstad Arena.
| USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll | |||||||||
| Rk. | School (1st-place votes) | Record | Pts. | PR | |||||
| 1. | Minnesota Duluth (46) | 17-5-4 | 996 | 2 | |||||
| 2. | Denver (3) | 18-6-4 | 947 | 3 | |||||
| 3. | Boston University | 17-7-2 | 888 | 1 | |||||
| 4. | Union (1) | 18-6-2 | 777 | 5 | |||||
| 5. | Harvard | 14-5-2 | 749 | 9 | |||||
| 6. | Penn State | 16-4-2 | 739 | 4 | |||||
| 7. | Minnesota | 15-7-2 | 716 | 6 | |||||
| 8. | Boston College | 17-9-2 | 605 | 13 | |||||
| 9. | Western Michigan | 14-7-3 | 596 | 10 | |||||
| 10. | Massachusetts-Lowell | 15-9-3 | 564 | 7 | |||||
| 11. | Ohio State | 12-6-6 | 497 | 8 | |||||
| 12. | Vermont | 16-8-2 | 421 | 11 | |||||
| 13. | North Dakota | 14-10-3 | 419 | 12 | |||||
| 14. | St. Lawrence | 15-7-6 | 416 | 16 | |||||
| 15. | Providence | 14-8-4 | 280 | 19 | |||||
| 16. | Cornell | 12-6-2 | 244 | 14 | |||||
| 17. | Notre Dame | 14-9-3 | 221 | 15 | |||||
| 18. | Wisconsin | 13-8-1 | 93 | NR | |||||
| 19. | Quinnipiac | 14-11-2 | 81 | 17 | |||||
| 20. | Michigan Tech | 16-9-7 | 73 | NR | |||||
| Others receiving votes: Air Force 51, Omaha 41, St. Cloud State 36, Bemidji State 30, Minnesota State 13, Yale 4, Miami 3. |
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| USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll | |||||||||
| Rk. | School (1st-place votes) | Record | Pts. | PR | |||||
| 1. | Minnesota Duluth (30) | 17-5-4 | 506 | 1 | |||||
| 2. | Denver (4) | 18-6-4 | 472 | 3 | |||||
| 3. | Boston University | 17-7-2 | 437 | 2 | |||||
| 4. | Penn State | 16-4-2 | 363 | 4 | |||||
| 5. | Union | 18-6-2 | 349 | 5 | |||||
| 6. | Harvard | 14-5-2 | 329 | 9 | |||||
| 7. | Minnesota | 15-7-2 | 321 | 6 | |||||
| 8. | Boston College | 17-9-2 | 249 | 11 | |||||
| 9. | Western Michigan | 14-7-3 | 244 | 10 | |||||
| 10. | Massachusetts-Lowell | 15-9-3 | 198 | 7 | |||||
| 11. | Ohio State | 12-6-6 | 176 | 8 | |||||
| 12. | North Dakota | 14-10-3 | 135 | 12 | |||||
| 13. | Vermont | 16-8-2 | 111 | 13 | |||||
| 14. | St. Lawrence | 15-7-6 | 97 | NR | |||||
| 15. | Providence | 14-8-4 | 51 | NR | |||||
| Others receiving votes: Cornell 19, Notre Dame 16, St. Cloud State 3, Wisconsin 2, Quinnipiac 1. |
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