GRAND FORKS, N.D. ? The University of North Dakota is ranked ninth in the nation in the latest USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I men's hockey poll, released earlier today.
The Fighting Sioux climbed two spots from last week's poll after earning a Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) sweep over Minnesota State University, Mankato last weekend in Grand Forks. The sweep enabled UND to move into a tie with Denver for first place in the WCHA standings.
UND, 18-11-3 overall and and 13-6-3 in the WCHA, is 13-3-2 since the start of December and has lost just once in its last 12 conference games (9-1-2).
Top-ranked Boston University maintained its hold on the No. 1 spot with 44 of 50 first-place votes. Second-ranked Notre Dame received the remaining six first-place votes.
UND is one of seven WCHA teams appearing in this week's poll, joining No. 8 Denver, No. 13 Wisconsin, No. 14 Minnesota, No. 15 Minnesota Duluth, No. 18 Colorado College and No. 19 St. Cloud State.
The Sioux will travel to Alaska Anchorage next weekend to face the unranked Seawolves.
| Team (1st votes) |
Record |
Pts. |
Prev. |
| 1. Boston University (44) |
23-5-2 |
993 |
1 |
| 2. Notre Dame (6) |
23-5-3 |
945 |
2 |
| 3. Michigan |
23-9-0 |
905 |
4 |
| 4. Northeastern |
20-8-2 |
815 |
3 |
| 5. Miami |
18-8-4 |
783 |
7 |
| 6. Vermont |
17-7-4 |
731 |
5 |
| 7. Yale |
19-5-1 |
677 |
10 |
| 8. Denver |
17-9-4 |
659 |
8 |
| 9. North Dakota |
18-11-3 |
564 |
11 |
|
10. Princeton |
18-7-0 |
560 |
9 |
| 11. Cornell |
15-6-4 |
495 |
6 |
|
12. New Hampshire |
14-9-5 |
420 |
12 |
| 13. Wisconsin |
16-11-3 |
404 |
13 |
| 14. Minnesota |
13-9-6 |
371 |
14 |
| 15. Minnesota Duluth |
15-9-6 |
256 |
17 |
| 16. Ohio State |
18-10-4 |
211 |
16 |
| 17. Boston College |
13-10-5 |
177 |
15 |
| 18. Colorado College |
14-9-8 |
167 |
18 |
|
19. St. Cloud State |
17-13-2 |
101 |
NR |
| 20. St. Lawrence |
16-11-3 |
92 |
NR |
Others Receiving Votes:
Dartmouth 91, Mass.-Lowell 21, RIT 18, Air Force 16, Nebraska-Omaha 12, Alaska 5, Colgate 5, Massachusetts 4, Alaska-Anchorage 2.
