Monday, February 01, 2016

UND Remains 2nd in USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll


February 01, 2016

Team
(First Place Votes)
Record
Points
Last Poll
1
Quinnipiac
(35)
20- 1-5
983
1
2
North Dakota
( 9)
22- 3-3
944
2
3
St. Cloud State
( 5)
22- 5-1
895
3
4
Boston College
( 1)
17- 4-4
844
5
5
Michigan
16- 3-4
796
6
6
Providence
17- 5-4
738
4
7
Harvard
12- 4-3
703
7
8
Massachusetts-Lowell
17- 5-4
652
8
9
Boston University
14- 7-4
609
9
10
Notre Dame
14- 5-7
522
10
11
Yale
12- 5-4
502
11
12
Nebraska-Omaha
16- 9-1
432
12
13
Denver
13- 8-5
413
13
14
Rensselaer
14- 8-6
291
16
15
Michigan Tech
14- 7-5
279
17
16
Penn State
16- 7-3
226
15
17
Cornell
11- 7-3
215
14
18
Minnesota State
14- 9-5
176
19
19
Bowling Green
15- 8-6
115
18
20
Dartmouth
11- 9-1
71
NR
Others receiving votes: Robert Morris 46, St. Lawrence 23, Minnesota 7, Northeastern 6, Union 4, Miami 3, Minnesota-Duluth 3, Clarkson 1, Ferris State 1.

Frankly, there aren't any surprises in this week’s USCHO Poll. As I have said in the past, the USCHO Poll is fun to discuss. Also, the only poll that really matters is the one that is announced on Sunday in March after the Conference Championships are over. For the most part, the top six of the USCHO Poll breaks down much like the Pairwise Rankings. There are a few differences.

Taking a look at the USCHO Poll, Quinnipiac remains in first place. No major shock there. The F’NHawks remained in second place this week. The Sterns Community College Huskies are ranked third. Rounding out the top five, the Boston College Eagles are again fourth. Apparently, the voters think that the Michigan Wolverines are worthy of the fifth place position. I think it would be hard to gauge how good Michigan actually is because their conference has been very, very weak this season.

Defending champ Providence College has dropped from fourth to sixth place.

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