After sweeping a series at Colorado College, UND’s hockey team jumped from seventh to fifth in the U-S College Hockey Online Poll… and rose from seventh to a fifth-place tie with Minnesota Duluth in the USA Today Poll.
Both polls have Minnesota State still at number-one… followed by Quinnipiac, Michigan and Western Michigan.
Minnesota is 11th in both polls.
UND’s next game is a home exhibition on New Year’s Day against the U-S Under-18 team.
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USCHO Division I Men’s Poll – December 13, 2021
Rnk | Team | (First Place Votes) | Record | Points | Last Poll |
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1 | Minnesota State | (37) | 16-4-0 | 981 | 1 |
2 | Quinnipiac | (12) | 14-1-3 | 947 | 2 |
3 | Michigan | 14-6-0 | 862 | 3 | |
4 | Western Michigan | 13-5-0 | 800 | 4 | |
5 | North Dakota | 13-6-0 | 756 | 7 | |
6 | Minnesota Duluth | 11-6-1 | 755 | 5 | |
7 | St. Cloud | (1) | 10-6-0 | 743 | 6 |
8 | Denver | 11-5-0 | 598 | 11 | |
9 | Cornell | 9-1-1 | 575 | 9 | |
10 | Notre Dame | 12-5-0 | 548 | 8 | |
11 | Minnesota | 10-8-0 | 514 | 10 | |
12 | Massachusetts | 9-4-2 | 434 | 12 | |
13 | Northeastern | 13-4-1 | 396 | 13 | |
14 | Omaha | 13-5-0 | 372 | 14 | |
15 | UMass Lowell | 10-3-3 | 365 | 15 | |
16 | Providence | 14-7-0 | 262 | 16 | |
17 | Ohio State | 10-6-0 | 218 | 17 | |
18 | Michigan Tech | 10-7-0 | 73 | NR | |
19 | Harvard | 6-4-1 | 72 | 20 | |
20 | Boston College | 8-5-3 | 68 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Northern Michigan 31, Michigan State 28, Bemidji State 25, Clarkson 25, Bentley 21, Penn State 6, Arizona State 5, Lake Superior 5, Bowling Green 4, Connecticut 4, Army 3, Canisius 2, RIT 2
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USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s College Hockey Poll
December 13, 2021
Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
1 | Minnesota State University | 495 | (21) | 1 | 16-4-0 | 12 |
2 | Quinnipiac University | 472 | (12) | 2 | 14-1-3 | 12 |
3 | University of Michigan | 406 | 3 | 14-6-0 | 12 | |
4 | Western Michigan University | 385 | (1) | 4 | 13-5-0 | 8 |
5 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 338 | 5 | 11-6-1 | 12 | |
5 | University of North Dakota | 338 | 7 | 13-6-0 | 12 | |
7 | St Cloud State University | 328 | 6 | 10-6-0 | 12 | |
8 | University of Denver | 239 | 10 | 11-5-0 | 10 | |
9 | Cornell University | 231 | 9 | 9-1-1 | 11 | |
10 | University of Notre Dame | 195 | 8 | 12-5-0 | 7 | |
11 | University of Minnesota | 155 | 11 | 10-8-0 | 12 | |
12 | University of Massachusetts | 150 | 12 | 9-4-2 | 12 | |
13 | Northeastern University | 126 | 13 | 13-4-1 | 2 | |
14 | University of Massachusetts Lowell | 99 | 15 | 10-3-3 | 3 | |
15 | University of Nebraska Omaha | 66 | 14 | 13-5-0 | 11 |
Others receiving votes: Providence 27, Ohio State 16, Harvard 6, Michigan Tech 4, Lake Superior State 3, Boston College 1.
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