Poll Monday. (Sioux back in the Poll).

USCHO Poll
1 Notre Dame (41) 14-3-2 981 1
2 Miami ( 6) 12-3-3 921 3
3 Boston University 11-4-1 867 4
4 Minnesota ( 1) 8-3-5 854 2
5 Denver 13-5-1 804 6
6 Northeastern 11-3-2 755 5
7 Boston College 9-5-2 675 7
8 Princeton ( 2) 10-2-0 666 8
9 Colorado College 10-6-4 585 9
10 Cornell 7-1-2 559 10
11 Air Force 14-2-0 479 12
12 Michigan 11-7-0 439 13
13 Vermont 9-4-2 426 11
14 Wisconsin 9-7-2 263 16
15 New Hampshire 8-6-3 257 15
16 Nebraska-Omaha 11-4-3 175 19
17 Minnesota State 8-7-3 168 14
18 Alaska 8-4-4 104 20
18 North Dakota 9-8-1 104 NR
20 Dartmouth 6-4-0 103 18
Others Receiving Votes: Minnesota-Duluth 87, Maine 62, Ohio State 61, St. Cloud State 59, Bemidji State 11, Massachusetts 11, Alaska-Anchorage 10, Yale 7, Mass.-Lowell 4, Niagara 2, Quinnipiac 1.

Analysis
While it is nice to be in the top 20 again, it is way too early to really make much in the way of inferences about team rankings. It will be interesting to see how the teams end up after the holiday tourneys. I personally think DU is the best team in the country right now.

USA TODAY/USA Hockey men's poll
Dec. 15, 2008
Rank School (first-place votes) Record Points Last week
1 Notre Dame (30) 14-3-2 506 1
2 Miami (Ohio) (4) 12-3-3 470 3
3 Boston University 11-4-1 422 4
4 Minnesota 8-3-5 409 2
5 Denver 13-5-1 383 5
6 Northeastern 11-3-2 337 6
7 Boston College 9-5-2 298 8
8 Princeton 10-2-0 274 7
9 Cornell 7-1-2 226 9
10 Colorado College 10-6-4 214 10
11 Michigan 11-7-0 148 12
12 Air Force 14-2-0 126 13
13 Vermont 9-4-2 116 11
14 New Hampshire 8-6-3 55 15
15 Nebraska Omaha 11-4-3 33 NR
Others receiving votes: University of Wisconsin, 25; University of Maine, 9; University of Alaska, 6; Minnesota State University, 6; The Ohio State University, 6; University of North Dakota, 5; St. Cloud State University, 5; Dartmouth College, 1.

INCH Power Ranking
1. Notre Dame
2. Denver 1
3. Boston University
4. Miami
5. Minnesota
6. Princeton
7. Northeastern
8. Boston College
9. Cornell
10. Vermont
11. Air Force
12. Colorado College
13. Michigan
14. Wisconsin
15. Ohio State
16. Dartmouth
17. Minnesota State
18. Nebraska-Omaha
19. Alaska
20. Minnesota Duluth
Dropped out: None
Bubble-licious: New Hampshire, North Dakota, Maine

Analysis
These guys power ranking is a joke. I mean Gladdy has gotten better on the podcasts and on the ESPN chat but but come on. Seriously all of these polls. We are to believe that Princeton is the 6th ranked team in the nation? Cornell at 9th this is the same team that UND shredded on on Friday night a few weeks back. What are they going to do when both of these teams are bounced in the first round again?