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.