Poll Monday (Sioux 4th)

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
[November 23, 2009]
1 Miami (37) 9-1-4 983 1
2 Denver ( 9) 8-3-1 938 3
3 Mass.-Lowell ( 2) 8-2-1 864 4
4 North Dakota 7-4-1 794 2
5 Colorado College 9-2-1 792 7
6 Bemidji State ( 2) 10-1-1 690 8
7 Cornell 5-2-0 648 5
8 Michigan State 9-3-2 632 6
9 Quinnipiac 10-1-0 622 13
10 Massachusetts 8-2-0 587 11
11 Yale 3-2-2 417 9
12 Alaska 8-3-1 401 10
13 Notre Dame 6-5-3 381 14
14 Minnesota-Duluth 9-4-1 378 20
15 Wisconsin 7-4-1 292 15
16 Boston College 5-3-2 250 17
17 Ferris State 9-3-2 247 NR
18 Vermont 4-4-1 188 17
19 Nebraska-Omaha 5-4-3 109 12
20 Colgate 6-3-4 70 NR
Others Receiving Votes: St. Cloud State 64, Michigan 63, RIT 20, Princeton 18, Union 16, New Hampshire 12, Northern Michigan 10, Rensselaer 8, Merrimack 2, Providence 2, St. Lawrence 2
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USA TODAY/USA Hockey men's poll
[Nov. 23, 2009]
Rank School (first-place votes) Record Points Last week's rank
1 Miami University (Ohio) (26) 9-1-4 502 1
2 Denver (6) 8-3-1 479 3
3 Massachusetts Lowell (2) 8-2-1 440 4
4 North Dakota 7-4-1 374 2
5 Colorado College 9-2-1 364 7
6 Bemidji State 10-1-1 290 8
7 Michigan State 9-3-2 270 6
8 Cornell 5-2-0 256 5
9 Massachusetts 8-2-0 240 11
10 Quinnipiac 10-1-0 234 13
11 Yale 3-2-2 144 9
12 University of Alaska (Fairbanks) 8-3-1 137 10
13 Minnesota Duluth 9-4-1 94 NR
14 Notre Dame 6-5-3 86 14
15 Boston College 5-3-2 42 NR
Others receiving votes: University of Vermont, 30; Ferris State University 27, University of Wisconsin 25, University of Michigan 11, University of Nebraska Omaha 10, Colgate University 5, Rochester Institute of Technology 3, St. Cloud State University 1.

Analysis: Five WCHA teams in the top 20 this kind of looks like it’s shaping up to be one of those season where the WCHA might get five teams in the big dance. That could change because the WCHA teams will commit fratricide against their fellow conference foes with WCHA schedule. I know it's early so we will have to see how the season shakes out.

I am kind of surprised that C.C. is still behind UND in the polls. Again the polls mean nothing at the current time, but they are fun to talk about. The Bemidji State University Beavers receives two first place votes in this week's poll after they pounded UAH I am sure we will hear how BSU has played a weak schedule and doesn’t deserve to be ranked so high. This weekend we will see how the Beavers stack up against two CCHA teams.