UND 15th/16th in polls, returns to USA Today poll



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GRAND FORKS, N.D. - For the first time since Halloween, the University of North Dakota is ranked in both major national polls this week.

UND, which has lost just three times in its last 15 games (11-3-1), is ranked 15th by USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine, the team's first appearance in that poll since Oct. 31. UND also climbed one spot to No. 16 in the USCHO.com poll.

Six teams received first-place votes in the USCHO poll and four received first-place votes in the USA Today poll, with Boston University topping the former and Minnesota ranked first in the latter.

UND will travel to Minnesota Duluth this week for a key WCHA series. The Bulldogs fell from No. 1 to No. 3 in the USCHO poll, while dropping one spot to No. 3 in the USA Today poll.

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
Rk. School (1st place) Record Pts. PR
1. Boston University (12) 16-8-1 930 3
2. Minnesota (22) 19-9-1 922 2
3. Minnesota Duluth (10) 18-6-4 899 1
4. Michigan (4) 17-9-4 805 7
5. Boston College 16-10-1 770 5
6. Ferris State (1) 18-8-4 760 6
7. Massachusetts-Lowell (1) 18-7-0 716 9
8. Merrimack 15-6-5 704 4
9. Notre Dame 16-11-3 536 8
10. Colorado College 15-9-2 534 11
11. Union 16-6-7 507 11
12. Maine 16-8-3 445 15
13. Cornell 11-6-6 333 14
14. Denver 15-9-4 319 13
15. Ohio State 14-10-5 289 10
16. North Dakota 15-10-2 253 17
17. Michigan State 15-11-4 218 NR
18. Western Michigan 14-11-5 202 16
19. Northern Michigan 12-10-6 108 19
20. Miami 15-13-2 93 18

Others Receiving Votes: Colgate 87, Lake Superior State 45, Quinnipiac 12, Air Force 4, Harvard 4, St. Cloud State 2, Northeastern 1.

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll
Rk. School (1st place) Record Pts. PR
1. Minnesota (16) 19-9-1 474 1
2. Boston University (9) 16-8-1 472 3
3. Minnesota Duluth (8) 18-6-4 458 2
4. Boston College 16-10-1 350 5
5. Ferris State (1) 18-8-4 347 7
6. Michigan 17-9-4 343 8
7. Massachusetts-Lowell 18-7-0 317 9
8. Merrimack 15-6-5 315 4
9. Notre Dame 16-11-3 220 6
10. Colorado College 15-9-2 202 11
11. Union 16-6-7 170 12
12. Maine 16-8-3 138 15
13. Cornell 11-6-6 67 14
14. Denver 15-9-4 66 13
15. North Dakota 15-10-2 45 NR

Others Receiving Votes: Ohio State 42, Michigan State 33, Western Michigan 14, Northern Michigan 6, Air Force 1.

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