UND Ranked No. 1 in USCHO and USA Today Poll

Earlier today, I tweeted: These polls are fun to read but really meaningless. How many other games did the voters actually watch? 

The only poll that matters is the final Pairwise Ranking on Selection Sunday. Polls are fun to read. During the first six weeks of the season, there were four teams ranked No. 1: BU, BC, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. All four of those teams are really good. To some teams, the No. 1 Ranking can be a curse. 

There could be a new number one next week. According to Schloss, the last time UND was ranked No.1 was March 22, 2021, when it held the top spot heading into the NCAA tournament.  

 

UND No. 1 in USCHO Poll

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll

October 17, 2016

	Team	(First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Last Poll
1	North Dakota	(50)	3- 0-0	1000	1
2	Minnesota-Duluth		3- 1-2	862	4
3	Notre Dame		3- 1-0	816	5
4	Quinnipiac		2- 1-1	814	3
5	Massachusetts-Lowell		2- 0-2	766	8
6	Denver		2- 2-0	710	10
7	Minnesota		2- 0-0	702	9
8	Boston University		1- 2-0	624	2
9	Minnesota State		4- 0-0	611	14
10	Boston College		2- 2-0	573	6
11	Michigan		2- 1-0	441	13
12	St. Lawrence		3- 1-0	434	15
13	Harvard		0- 0-0	428	12
14	St. Cloud State		0- 2-0	296	7
15	Providence		1- 2-0	255	11
16	Yale		0- 0-0	207	17
17	Northeastern		1- 1-2	185	16
18	Bemidji State		4- 0-0	170	NR
19	Ohio State		1- 0-2	157	19
20	Omaha		2- 0-0	105	NR
Others receiving votes: Western Michigan 82, Maine 75, Miami 38, Air Force 31, Penn State 28, Holy Cross 25, Cornell 17, Wisconsin 16, Connecticut 10, Lake Superior 6, Army 5, Clarkson 5, Dartmouth 3, Bowling Green 2, Rochester Institute of Technology 1.

Like my buddy of mine said, you don't win banners for being number one in the polls during the month of October. I don't even know if I would put UND as the number one team in the nation.  Polls are fun to look at and are basically meaningless when you have teams that haven't played a game yet ranked in the top-20.


Read more: at USCHO.COM 

UND Remains atop of USCHO Poll

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll

October 10, 2016

	Team	(First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Last Poll
1	North Dakota	(45)	2- 0-0	995	1
2	Boston University	( 5)	1- 0-0	912	4
3	Quinnipiac		1- 0-1	893	2
4	Minnesota-Duluth		2- 0-2	828	6
5	Notre Dame		2- 0-0	699	9
6	Boston College		1- 1-0	657	5
7	St. Cloud State		0- 0-0	654	7
8	Massachusetts-Lowell		0- 0-2	652	8
9	Minnesota		2- 0-0	571	13
10	Denver		0- 2-0	511	3
11	Providence		1- 1-0	443	10
12	Harvard		0- 0-0	442	12
13	Michigan		1- 1-0	412	11
14	Minnesota State		2- 0-0	354	19
15	St. Lawrence		1- 1-0	255	16
16	Northeastern		0- 1-1	248	15
17	Yale		0- 0-0	208	18
18	Air Force		1- 0-1	160	NR
19	Ohio State		1- 0-1	151	NR
20	Bowling Green		0- 2-0	63	14
Others receiving votes: Miami 59, Nebraska-Omaha 57, Bemidji State 48, Penn State 47, Cornell 38, Clarkson 32, Maine 30, Western Michigan 21, Connecticut 16, Michigan Tech 11, Rochester Institute of Technology 7, Bentley 5, Union 5, Wisconsin 5, Vermont 4, Dartmouth 3, Ferris State 2, Holy Cross 2. While no one receives a banner for being in the USCHO poll in early October, UND does remain at the top of the USCHO Poll.

UND no. 1 USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll

March 14, 2016

	Team	(First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Last Poll
1	North Dakota	(35)	30- 5-3	982	2
2	Quinnipiac	(14)	27- 3-7	943	1
3	Providence	( 1)	27- 5-4	888	4
4	St. Cloud State		29- 8-1	837	5
5	Boston College		26- 6-5	830	3
6	Denver		23- 8-5	749	6
7	Michigan		22- 7-5	679	9
8	Massachusetts-Lowell		23- 8-5	662	11
9	Harvard		18- 9-4	560	12
10	Yale		19- 8-4	517	7
11	Boston University		21-12-5	497	8
12	Michigan Tech		23- 8-5	461	13
13	Notre Dame		19-10-7	408	10
14	Northeastern		20-13-5	296	NR
15	Minnesota State		20-12-7	218	16
16	Minnesota-Duluth		17-14-5	217	20
17	St. Lawrence		19-13-4	202	18
18	Cornell		16-11-7	172	15
19	Penn State		20-12-4	137	14
20	Minnesota		19-16-0	89	19
Others receiving votes: Robert Morris 48, Nebraska-Omaha 45, Dartmouth 31, Bowling Green 28, Air Force 2, Clarkson 2.

 

I musty admit that I am shocked that UND returned to the number one spot in the latest USCHO poll. Also, the national college hockey media has been fawning and slobbering all over Quinnipiac this season. And they're a good team no doubt. Anyways, there still are 30 percent of the media that believes that QU is the top team in the nation. The nice thing about college hockey is that tourney is settled on the ice and not on paper.

 The rankings really means nothing since next weekend, they NCAA Ice Hockey Committee will look at the Pairwise Rankings and make their selections.

UND Remains 4th in USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll

February 22, 2016

	Team	(First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Last Poll
1	Quinnipiac	(32)	23- 2-7	963	1
2	Boston College	(11)	23- 4-5	944	2
3	St. Cloud State	( 7)	25- 6-1	914	3
4	North Dakota		24- 5-3	849	4
5	Providence		23- 5-4	813	5
6	Michigan		19- 4-5	737	6
7	Yale		18- 5-4	682	8
8	Denver		17- 8-5	609	10
9	Boston University		18- 9-5	596	9
10	Notre Dame		18- 7-7	589	7
11	Massachusetts-Lowell		20- 7-5	524	11
12	Harvard		15- 8-4	449	13
13	Nebraska-Omaha		18-11-1	370	12
14	Michigan Tech		17- 8-5	328	14
15	Penn State		19- 9-4	279	15
16	Cornell		13- 8-6	263	16
17	Rensselaer		16-12-6	169	17
18	Minnesota State		15-10-7	118	19
19	St. Lawrence		16-12-4	111	18
20	Minnesota		16-13-0	75	NR
Others receiving votes: Bowling Green 38, Robert Morris 29, Dartmouth 15, Northeastern 14, Clarkson 10, Miami 8, Union 4.

 

This week, the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks remain fourth in the USCHO poll. UND is also fourth in this week’s Pairwise Rankings. The funny thing, UND swept the Bulldogs this past weekend and dropped one spot in the Pairwise Rankings. Last weekend, UND was swept by the Denver Pioneers and remained at the third spot.