Dutchmen ranked No. 2/3 in polls

by Ryan Fay

For the third consecutive week, Union was ranked second in the USCHO.com top 20 poll.

The Dutchmen, who split a weekend series with St. Cloud State, received 901 points in the poll, just one more than third-ranked North Dakota. The Dutchmen didn't get any first-place votes after collecting 11 in last week's poll.

Union and North Dakota traded places in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine top 15 poll. Union dropped from second to third, while North Dakota rose from third to second. Union received one first-place vote, nine fewer than last week.

Union resumes play this weekend with a home-and-home series with area rival RPI.

USCHO.com poll
Team (First Place Votes) Record Points Last Poll
1 Minnesota (50) 4- 0-0 1000 1
2 Union 5- 1-0 901 2
3 North Dakota 4- 1-1 900 3
4 Colgate 5- 1-0 870 4
5 Boston College 3- 1-0 788 6
6 Boston University 3- 0-0 637 12
7 St. Cloud State 2- 2-0 628 9
8 Massachusetts-Lowell 3- 1-1 601 7
9 Providence 1- 2-1 587 5
10 Miami 4- 2-0 503 10
11 Denver 3- 1-0 422 11
12 Minnesota State 4- 2-0 404 13
13 Vermont 4- 0-0 352 17
14 Ferris State 2- 3-0 338 8
15 Michigan 2- 3-0 285 14
16 Alaska 5- 1-0 254 16
17 Michigan Tech 4- 0-0 218 NR
18 Cornell 0- 0-0 137 18
19 Minnesota-Duluth 3- 3-0 128 19
20 Notre Dame 4- 2-0 80 NR
Others receiving votes: Robert Morris 79, Nebraska-Omaha 76, Bowling Green 65, Quinnipiac 59, Northern Michigan 56, Alaska-Anchorage 34, Merrimack 33, New Hampshire 20, Ohio State 15, St. Lawrence 9, Dartmouth 8, Harvard 6, Yale 3, Mercyhurst 2, Bentley 1, Penn State 1.

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank School Last Week’s Ranking
1. University of Minnesota, 509 (33) 1
2. University of North Dakota, 446 3
3. Union College, 429 (1) 2
4. Colgate University, 421 4
5. Boston College, 374 6
6. Boston University, 295 11
7. St. Cloud State University, 294 7
8. UMass Lowell, 263 5
9. UMass Lowell, 218 8
10. Miami University, 187 10
11. University of Denver, 142 13
12. Minnesota State University, 134 12
13. University of Michigan, 89 14
14. University of Vermont, 86 n/a
15. Ferris State University, 60 7
Others receiving votes: Michigan Tech University, 29; University of Alaska, 23; University of Notre Dame, 23; Cornell University, 22; Robert Morris University, 13; University of New Hampshire, 7; Quinnipiac University, 7; Ohio State University, 6; University of Nebraska Omaha, 6; University of Minnesota Duluth, 5; Bowling Green State University, 2; Northern Michigan University, 2; St. Lawrence University, 1.

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