GRAND FORKS, N.D. – This week's national men's hockey polls have been released and, according to both, Saturday's College Hockey Showdown at Madison Square Garden will be a battle of top-10 teams.
North Dakota, the host school for the New York City event, was ranked No. 9 in the latest USCHO.com poll and No. 10 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine rankings, while its opponent, Boston College, was ranked third and fourth, respectively.
The Fighting Hawks are looking to bounce back from a home loss and tie to Michigan State and the Eagles are coming off of a 4-2 loss at Minnesota.
Minnesota Duluth topped both polls for the second straight week while Denver remained No. 2 in both.
UND and BC will drop the puck at 7:30 p.m. Eastern/6:30 p.m. Central on Saturday at MSG. The game will be telecast live on CBS Sports Network.
| USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll |
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School (1st-place votes) |
Record |
Pts. |
PR |
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Minnesota Duluth (47) |
10-2-2 |
995 |
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Denver (3) |
9-2-3 |
952 |
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Boston College |
11-4-1 |
838 |
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Massachusetts-Lowell |
8-4-2 |
790 |
6 |
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Quinnipiac |
9-4-2 |
755 |
3 |
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Boston University |
7-4-1 |
752 |
7 |
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Penn State |
11-1-1 |
689 |
8 |
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Harvard |
6-2-1 |
604 |
9 |
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North Dakota |
7-5-3 |
590 |
5 |
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Ohio State |
8-1-4 |
539 |
13 |
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Minnesota |
6-4-2 |
508 |
11 |
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Notre Dame |
7-5-2 |
406 |
12 |
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Bemidji State |
11-4-1 |
345 |
10 |
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Vermont |
9-3-2 |
322 |
20 |
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Minnesota State |
8-5-1 |
319 |
14 |
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Western Michigan |
7-3-2 |
253 |
18 |
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St. Cloud State |
6-6-0 |
224 |
15 |
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Union |
8-3-2 |
199 |
17 |
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St. Lawrence |
8-4-4 |
160 |
19 |
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Michigan |
6-5-1 |
131 |
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Others receiving votes: Providence 25, Omaha 15, Air Force 5, Clarkson 5,
Wisconsin 4, Connecticut 2, Michigan Tech 2, Robert Morris 2, Lake Superior State 1. |
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| USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll |
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School (1st-place votes) |
Record |
Pts. |
PR |
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Minnesota Duluth (34) |
10-2-2 |
510 |
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Denver |
9-2-3 |
474 |
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Massachusetts-Lowell |
8-4-2 |
401 |
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Boston College |
11-4-1 |
387 |
3 |
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Boston University |
7-4-1 |
341 |
7 |
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Penn State |
11-1-1 |
323 |
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Quinnipiac |
9-4-2 |
321 |
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Harvard |
6-2-1 |
262 |
9 |
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Minnesota |
6-4-2 |
220 |
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North Dakota |
7-5-3 |
214 |
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Ohio State |
8-1-4 |
181 |
13 |
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Notre Dame |
7-5-2 |
116 |
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Western Michigan |
7-3-2 |
79 |
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Vermont |
9-3-2 |
74 |
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Minnesota State |
8-5-1 |
46 |
14 |
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Others receiving votes: Bemidji State 40, St. Lawrence 36, Union 27,
St. Cloud State 19, Clarkson 4, Omaha 4, Michigan 1. |
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