Poll Monday - UND receives votes in both polls.

The Fighting Sioux recieved votes in both polls this week.

USA TODAY/USA Hockey men's poll

USA TODAY/USA Hockey men's poll
[March 28, 2010]
1 North Dakota (34) 32-8-3 510 1
2 Michigan 28-10-4 462 6
3 Minnesota Duluth 24-10-6 418 12
4 Notre Dame 25-13-5 394 9
5 Boston College 30-8-1 378 2
6 Yale 28-7-1 330 3
7 Denver 25-12-5 302 5
8 Miami (Ohio) 23-10-6 282 4
9 New Hamsphire 22-11-6 230 11
10 Merrimack 25-10-4 200 7
11 Colorado College 23-19-3 186 13
12 Union 26-10-4 134 8
13 Western Michigan 19-13-10 128 10
14 Nebraska Omaha 21-16-2 94 14
15 Rensselaer 20-13-5 16 15
Others receiving votes: Dartmouth 10; Boston University 4; Rochester Institute of Technology 1; Air Force 1.

Poll Monday - Sioux number 1 in both polls

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
[February 21, 2011]
1 North Dakota (21) 22-8-3 959 2
2 Boston College (13) 22-7-1 941 1
3 Yale (15) 22-5-0 937 3
4 Merrimack ( 1) 21-5-4 832 6
5 Union 24-7-3 749 7
6 Denver 19-8-5 741 4
7 Minnesota-Duluth 19-7-5 715 5
8 Notre Dame 20-9-5 639 9
9 New Hampshire 18-7-5 610 8
10 Michigan 21-9-4 576 11
11 Miami 17-9-6 540 10
12 Nebraska-Omaha 19-11-2 404 13
13 Wisconsin 19-11-4 362 12
14 Rensselaer 19-9-4 360 14
15 Boston University 16-9-7 328 15
16 Maine 14-10-6 199 19
17 Western Michigan 15-9-10 183 17
18 Dartmouth 15-9-3 144 16
19 Colorado College 17-15-2 88 18
20 Minnesota 13-12-5 67 NR
Others Receiving Votes: Princeton 33, Robert Morris 28,
Cornell 24, RIT 20, Ferris State 17, Northeastern 3,
Ohio State 1
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USA Today poll
[February 21, 2011]
1. University of North Dakota, 487 (18)222-8-320
2. Boston College, 468 (7)122-7-120
3. Yale University, 463 (9)322-5-020
4. Merrmiack College, 406521-5-47
5. Union College, 354724-7-317
6. University of Denver, 407419-8-520
7. University of Minnesota Duluth, 298619-7-520
8. University of Notre Dame, 256820-9-517
9. University of New Hampshire, 236918-7-520
10. University of Michigan, 2201121-9-420
11. Miami University, 2141017-9-620
12. University of Nebraska Omaha, 1221219-11-216
13. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 941419-9-412
14. University of Wisconsin, 681319-11-415
15. Boston University, 491516-9-717
Others receiving votes: University of Maine 8, Dartmouth College 7, Western Michigan University 5, Robert Morris University 4, Rochester Institute of Technology 3, Cornell University 1.

Poll Monday - Sioux 5th in both polls

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
[January 24, 2011]
1. Yale (46) 17-2-0 995 1
2. Boston College( 4) 17-6-0 915 3
3. Denver 16-5-5 877 4
4. North Dakota 18-7-2 846 2
5. Minnesota-Duluth 17-5-3 841 5
6. Michigan 17-6-4 765 6
7. New Hampshire 13-5-4 663 7
8. Wisconsin 17-8-3 631 9
9. Notre Dame 16-9-3 590 8
10. Rensselaer 15-6-3 466 14
11. Miami 14-9-3 448 11
12. Maine 11-6-5 446 10
13. Union 16-7-3 397 12
14. Merrimack 13-5-4 379 13
15. Nebraska-Omaha 13-9-2 340 16
16. Boston University 11-7-6 246 15
17. Western Michigan 12-6-8 234 17
18. Dartmouth 11-6-2 179 18
19. Princeton 11-6-1 88 20
20. Colorado College 14-11-1 53 NR
Others Receiving Votes: Ohio State 37, Minnesota 23, Niagara 16, Alaska 8, St. Cloud State 6, Rochester Institute of Technology 4, Robert Morris 3, Clarkson 2, Minnesota State 1, Northern Michigan 1
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USA TODAY/USA Hockey men's poll
[Jan. 24, 2010]
1 Yale (34) 17-2-0 510 1
2 Boston College 17-6-0 455 3
3 Denver 16-5-5 415 4
4 Minnesota Duluth 17-5-3 413 5
5 North Dakota 18-7-2 404 2
6 Michigan 17-6-4 334 6
7 Wisconsin 17-8-3 276 9
8 New Hampshire 13-5-4 270 7
9 Notre Dame 16-9-3 224 8
10 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 15-6-3 201 13
11 Maine 11-6-5 134 11
12 Union 16-7-3 122 10
13 Miami (Ohio) 14-9-3 117 12
14 Merrimack College 13-5-4 87 14
15 Nebraska-Omaha 13-9-2 59 15
Others receiving votes: Western Michigan University, 27; Dartmouth College, 18; Boston University, 12; Niagara University, 2.

Poll Monday, Sioux drop to 10th?

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
[November 8, 2010]
1 Boston University (31) 6-0-2 955 3
2 Minnesota-Duluth (11) 7-1-2 867 2
3 Yale ( 5) 4-0-0 863 5
4 Miami ( 2) 5-2-3 842 1
5 Maine 4-1-3 771 7
6 Nebraska-Omaha ( 1) 7-1-0 717 8
7 Boston College 5-3-0 706 4
8 Michigan 5-2-3 675 6
9 New Hampshire 4-1-2 634 10
10 North Dakota 5-4-1 547 9
11 Notre Dame 6-2-1 461 11
12 Union 6-1-3 421 15
13 Wisconsin 6-2-2 406 15
14 Alaska 6-3-1 399 14
15 Denver 4-4-2 302 13
16 Michigan State 3-2-3 214 12
17 Western Michigan 6-2-2 154 NR
18 Rensselaer 4-2-3 145 18
19 Minnesota 5-4-1 141 17
20 Ferris State 5-3-2 132 NR
Others Receiving Votes: Cornell 30, Robert Morris 30, St. Cloud State 26, Colorado College 22, Michigan Tech 16, Quinnipiac 11, Merrimack 7, Clarkson 2, Dartmouth 2, Harvard 1, Niagara 1

USA TODAY/USA Hockey men's poll
[Nov. 8, 2010]
1 Boston University (23) 6-0-2 489 3
2 Minnesota Duluth (5) 7-1-2 444 2
3 Miami (Ohio) (3) 5-2-3 424 1
4 Yale (2) 4-0-0 423 6
5 Maine 4-1-3 333 7
6 Boston College (1) 5-3-0 320 4
7 Nebraska-Omaha 7-1-0 297 8
8 New Hampshire 4-1-2 282 10
9 Michigan 5-2-3 278 5
10 North Dakota 5-4-1 232 9
11 Notre Dame 6-2-1 155 11
12 Union 6-1-3 124 14
13 Alaska 6-3-1 105 15
14 Wisconsin 6-2-2 77 NR
15 Denver 4-4-2 56 13
Others receiving votes: Michigan State University, 13; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 13; Western Michigan University, 8; Ferris State University, 2; University of Minnesota, 2; Cornell University, 1; Robert Morris University, 1; St. Cloud State University, 1.
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I am going to bring this up again; The Sioux dominate the Bulldogs on Friday night and come within seconds of scoring the winning goal on Saturday night before losing in overtime yet drop in the ranking and the number two team in the nation keeps their ranking, that’s ridiculous. It's a meaningless poll, but it's silly. Also; no one is saying that UMD isn’t good but let’s put this into perspective, comparing the two teams schedules, the Sioux have played a tougher schedule. Notice I didn’t say that UMD is not a good team. I said lets look at this with some perspective.

Poll Monday

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men's Poll
February 23, 2009

1 Boston University (31) 23-5-4 981 1
2 Notre Dame (19) 25-5-3 968 2
3 Michigan 24-10-0 863 3
4 Northeastern 20-8-4 850 4
5 Denver 19-9-4 790 8
6 Princeton 20-7-0 673 10
7 Miami 18-9-5 666 5
8 North Dakota 20-11-3 637 9
9 Vermont 17-8-5 635 6
10 Cornell 17-6-4 540 11
11 Yale 19-6-2 532 7
12 New Hampshire 16-9-5 513 12
13 Colorado College 16-9-8 352 18
14 Minnesota-Duluth 16-9-7 336 15
15 Ohio State 19-11-4 281 16
16 Wisconsin 16-13-3 227 13
17 St. Lawrence 17-11-4 191 20
18 Minnesota 13-11-6 145 14
19 St. Cloud State 17-13-2 122 19
20 Mass.-Lowell 15-13-2 62 NR
Others Receiving Votes: Air Force 50, Boston College 41,
Alaska 22, RIT 16, Dartmouth 7

USA Today poll

1. Notre Dame
2. Boston University
3. Michigan
4. Northeastern
5. Denver
6. Princeton
7. North Dakota
8. Vermont
9. Miami
10. New Hampshire
11. Cornell
12. Yale
13. Colorado College
14. Minnesota-Duluth
15. Ohio State


Analysis:
UND keeps moving up in the national polls and in the PWR where the Fighting Sioux are currently sitting 11th.

UND 16th in the INCH Power Rankings.

The INCH Power Rankings are up.

1. Notre Dame
2. Cornell
3. Boston University
4. Denver
5. Northeastern
6. Vermont
7. Minnesota
8. Michigan
9. Princeton
10. Ohio State
11. Miami
12. Colorado College
13. New Hampshire
14. Boston College
15. Wisconsin
16. North Dakota 2 The Fighting Sioux head into this weekend's series against Denver unbeaten in their last six games (5-0-1), and have outscored their opponents 28-13 during that span. 14-10-2 (9-5-2 WCHA) LAST WEEK: T at Michigan Tech, 3-3 ot; W at Michigan Tech, 5-0. THIS WEEK: vs. Denver, vs. Denver
17. Dartmouth
18. Air Force
19. Alaska
20. Minnesota Duluth

Dropped out: Yale, Nebraska-Omaha

Bubble-licious: Yale, Nebraska-Omaha, Union, RI

Seems now the Sioux are making a climb up the rankings. Polls come out later on today on Poll Monday.

Sioux finally crack the INCH power rankings

INCH Power Rankings
January 11th 2009

1. Notre Dame
2. Boston University
3. Cornell
4. Denver
5. Northeastern
6. Vermont
7. Michigan
8. Minnesota
9. Princeton
10. Boston College
11. Miami
12. Ohio State
13. Colorado College
14. Air Farce
15. New Hampshire
16. Dartmouth
17. Wisconsin
18. North Dakota
19. Yale
20. Nebraska-Omaha

Dropped out: Quinnipiac, Minnesota Duluth
Bubble-licious: Quinnipiac, St. Cloud State

Some of us had wondered if UND sweeps the Gophers would they actually make the INCH power rankings or not. We did it. With the Sweep this weekend the Fighting Sioux have moved up to 17th in the (Pairwise Rankings). The Sioux need to keep winning against the REAL HUSKIES this weekend. QUinnipiac dropped out of the Power Rankings and is still bubble-licious why isn't UMD?

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?