UND Starts out at Number 1

Preseason USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll

September 26, 2016

	Team	(First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Last Poll
1	North Dakota	(43)	34- 6-4	993	1
2	Quinnipiac	( 1)	32- 4-7	856	2
3	Denver		25-10-6	848	4
4	Boston University	( 5)	21-13-5	774	14
5	Boston College	( 1)	28- 8-5	641	3
6	Minnesota-Duluth		19-16-5	621	9
7	St. Cloud State		31- 9-1	569	5
8	Massachusetts-Lowell		26-10-5	535	7
9	Notre Dame		19-11-7	502	13
10	Providence		27- 7-4	476	7
11	Michigan		25- 8-5	470	6
12	Harvard		19-11-4	422	10
13	Minnesota		20-17-0	404	NR
14	Bowling Green		22-14-6	370	NR
15	Northeastern		22-15-5	361	12
16	St. Lawrence		19-14-4	336	18
17	Michigan Tech		23- 9-5	285	16
18	Yale		19- 9-4	283	11
19	Minnesota State		21-13-7	153	17
20	Ferris State		20-15-6	126	15
Others receiving votes: Cornell 92, Nebraska-Omaha 85, Penn State 63, Clarkson 62, Rochester Institute of Technology 62, Ohio State 33, Air Force 17, Vermont 16, Miami 11, Wisconsin 10, Dartmouth 6, Robert Morris 6, Michigan State 5.

UND starts out the 2016-17 season ranked first in the USCHO Preseason Poll. UND is also picked to finish first in the NCHC preseason media poll. Four NCHC teams make up the USCHO poll. 

Last week, the NCHC released the preseason Media Poll. 

2016-17 NCHC Preseason Poll
North Dakota – 235 points (25 first-place votes)
Denver – 200 (3)
Minnesota Duluth – 173 (2)
St. Cloud State – 155
Omaha – 119
Miami – 96
Western Michigan – 65
Colorado College – 37