USCHO preseson poll (by Sioux 7)

I know that poll was released a few days ago, but the Goon and I have been out duck hunting for the past 5-days.

The preseason poll from USCHO features 6 teams from the WCHA, they are:

1. North Dakota
5. Minnesota
11. Colorado College
13. Denver
15. Wisconsin
17. St. Cloud State

UND got 13 first place votes and Minnesota got 1 first place vote. This poll really shows the strenght of the conference as a whole. Six out of ten teams ranked in the top 20, not to bad. They only other conference with that many ranked teams is the CCHA with:

3. Michigan State
4. Miami (Ohio)
8. Notre Dame
10. Michigan
16. St. Lawrence
19. Ohio State

Hockey East has five teams in the poll.

2. Boston College
6. New Hampshire
9. Boston University
12. Maine
20. Vermont

The ECAC has three teams in the poll.

7. Clarkson
14. Quinnipiac
18. Cornell

The CHA and Atlantic Hockey do not have any teams ranked in this preseason poll.
(Remember this most likely be the last year of the CHA, since Wayne State will be dropping their mens hockey program.)

The breakdown of how many from each conference is not to shocking. Consider that the CHA and AH have gotten very little love from any pollsters in past years and that they haven't faired to well in non-conference games.

I wonder how close this ratio will be to the teams that make the NCAA tourney come March...5-WCHA, 5-CCHA, 4-HE, 2-ECAC...