UND Drops to 4th in USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll

February 15, 2016

	Team	(First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Last Poll
1	Quinnipiac	(32)	22- 2-6	973	1
2	Boston College	(14)	21- 4-5	943	3
3	St. Cloud State	( 4)	23- 6-1	901	4
4	North Dakota		22- 5-3	837	2
5	Providence		21- 5-4	818	5
6	Michigan		18- 4-5	734	6
7	Notre Dame		18- 5-7	679	8
8	Yale		16- 5-4	614	10
9	Boston University		17- 9-4	599	7
10	Denver		15- 8-5	561	13
11	Massachusetts-Lowell		18- 7-5	505	11
12	Nebraska-Omaha		18- 9-1	482	12
13	Harvard		14- 8-3	423	9
14	Michigan Tech		16- 7-5	333	14
15	Penn State		18- 8-4	278	16
16	Cornell		12- 8-5	169	15
17	Rensselaer		15-11-6	141	18
18	St. Lawrence		16-11-3	130	NR
19	Minnesota State		15-10-7	114	17
20	Clarkson		16-11-3	106	20
Others receiving votes: Minnesota 56, Bowling Green 39, Robert Morris 25, Dartmouth 24, Miami 10, Northeastern 6.

 

Looking at this week’s USCHO Poll, I am surprised that UND didn’t drop further. I suppose we will see grumbling from the fans of other teams. Now, let’s have some perspective. In the only poll that matters, UND is no. 3 in the Pairwise Rankings, and they’re tied with SCSU for first in the NCHC standings. UND still controls their destination.  I do expect that Coach Berry and his staff will right the ship.

UND Second in this Week's USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll

February 08, 2016

	Team	(First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Last Poll
1	Quinnipiac	(37)	21- 1-6	984	1
2	North Dakota	(12)	22- 3-3	953	2
3	Boston College	( 1)	19- 4-4	890	4
4	St. Cloud State		23- 6-1	851	3
5	Providence		19- 5-4	793	6
6	Michigan		17- 4-4	748	5
7	Boston University		16- 7-4	685	9
8	Notre Dame		16- 5-7	610	10
9	Harvard		13- 6-3	591	7
10	Yale		14- 5-4	574	11
11	Massachusetts-Lowell		17- 6-5	511	8
12	Nebraska-Omaha		16- 9-1	436	12
13	Denver		13- 8-5	418	13
14	Michigan Tech		16- 7-5	336	15
15	Cornell		12- 7-4	256	17
16	Penn State		17- 8-3	241	16
17	Minnesota State		15-10-5	144	18
18	Rensselaer		14-10-6	123	14
19	Bowling Green		16- 9-6	119	19
20	Clarkson		15-10-3	67	NR
Others receiving votes: Robert Morris 64, Dartmouth 52, St. Lawrence 22, Minnesota-Duluth 14, Minnesota 6, Miami 4, Union 4, Ferris State 3, Air Force 1.

The University of North Dakota remains in second in this week’s USCHO poll. UND coming off a bye week remained in the third of the pairwise rankings. 

Let’s take a look at the NCHC. St. Cloud State dropped a spot in the USCHO rankings, but remained in second place of the more important Pairwise Rankings. Rough patch aside, UNO is 12th in the USCHO poll, but in 9th place of the Pairwise rankings. If the NCAA playoffs started today, UNO would be a number three seed, yet will probably have to travel in the first round of the NCHC playoffs. Denver is in 13th place in the USCHO poll but is in 12th of the Pairwise Rankings.