After shutout wins at Yale and Brown, Union remained third in the latest USCHO.com poll and the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll.
The Dutchmen (24-6-4), who own the country's longest active unbeaten streak at nine games (8-0-1), received one first place vote in the USCHO.com poll.
Boston College and Minnesota flip-flopped at the top of the polls. Boston College fell from first to second after a 2-1 overtime loss to Notre Dame on Saturday. Minnesota moved from second to first following a weekend sweep of Penn State.
USCHO.com/NCAA poll
Team (First Place Votes) Record Points Last Poll
1 Minnesota (37) 23- 4-5 987 2
2 Boston College (12) 25- 5-4 951 1
3 Union (1) 24- 6-4 912 3
4 St. Cloud State 19- 8-5 806 5
5 Wisconsin 19- 9-2 786 6
6 Quinnipiac 22- 8-6 709 8
7 Ferris State 23- 9-3 693 4
8 Massachusetts-Lowell 21- 9-4 680 7
9 North Dakota 19-10-3 608 10
10 Providence 19- 9-6 559 12
11 Notre Dame 20-12-2 446 14
12 Michigan 16-10-4 426 13
13 Cornell 15- 8-5 397 11
14 Northeastern 18-12-4 374 9
15 Vermont 18-12-3 258 17
16 Yale 15- 9-5 242 15
17 Minnesota State 21-13-0 228 19
18 Colgate 17-12-5 227 16
19 Minnesota-Duluth 15-13-4 72 NR
20 Maine 15-13-4 28 18
Others receiving votes: Denver 27, Clarkson 17, Ohio State 17, New Hampshire 16, Air Force 10, Mercyhurst 8, Western Michigan 8, Nebraska-Omaha 6, Alaska 2.
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank School Last Week’s Ranking
1. Minnesota, 503 (27) 2
2. Boston College, 480 (7) 1
3. Union, 427 3
4. St. Cloud State, 391 5
5. Wisconsin, 376 6
6. Quinnipiac, 307 7
7. Ferris State, 304 4
8. UMass Lowell, 278 8
9. North Dakota, 235 10
10. Providence, 210 12
11. Michigan, 148 13
12. Notre Dame, 144 RV
13. Cornell, 119 11
14. Northeastern, 92 9
15. Yale, 27 14
Others receiving votes: Minnesota State, 14; Vermont, 13; Colgate, 10; Alaska, 2.
PairWise Rankings
Union is tied for third with St. Cloud State in the PairWise Rankings. As of now, the Dutchmen would likely be the top seed in the NCAA Tournament East Regional in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
To see the complete PairWise rankings, click here.
Union is tied for third with St. Cloud State in the PairWise Rankings. As of now, the Dutchmen would likely be the top seed in the NCAA Tournament East Regional in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
The PairWise Ranking is a system which attempts to mimic the method used by the NCAA Selection Committee to determine participants for the NCAA Division I men’s hockey tournament.
To see the complete PairWise rankings, click here.
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