Split at Notre Dame lands UND 7th, 8th in polls

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Courtesy: Kory Wallen, UNDsports.com

Danny Kristo is riding a 5-game point streak for No. 7/8 North Dakota.

Courtesy: Jayson Hajdu, UND Athletic Media Relations
Release: 11/26/2012

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Following a split at sixth-ranked Notre Dame, the University of North Dakota is ranked seventh and eighth, respectively, in the USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls released today.

UND (6-4-2, 3-1-2 WCHA) held its ground in the USCHO poll while dropping one spot in the USA Today rankings.

Top-ranked Boston College stayed atop both bolls, while No. 2 New Hampshire received the only other available first-place vote in both.

Minnesota, Miami and Denver rounded out the top five in both polls.

UND's opponent this week, Colorado College, was ranked No. 18 in the USCHO poll. UND and the Tigers are tied for fifth place in the WCHA standings, one point out of fourth and two points out of second.

USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll

Rk.	School (1st place)	Record	Pts.	PR
1.	Boston College (49)	10-1-0	999	1
2.	New Hampshire (1)	9-1-2	936	3
3.	Minnesota	9-2-2	880	4
4.	Miami	7-2-3	794	5
5.	Denver	9-3-0	786	2
6.	Notre Dame	9-4-0	737	6
7.	North Dakota	6-4-2	696	7
8.	Union	8-2-1	687	8
9.	Boston University	7-4-0	565	10
10.	Western Michigan	6-3-1	532	9
11.	Dartmouth	5-2-2	448	11
12.	Cornell	4-3-2	371	13
13.	Nebraska Omaha	8-3-1	366	15
14.	St. Cloud State	7-5-0	347	12
15.	Yale	5-2-1	291	NR
16.	Quinnipiac	8-3-2	226	18
17.	Ferris State	6-4-2	205	16
18.	Colorado College	7-6-1	194	14
19.	Harvard	4-3-0	193	17
20.	Niagara	8-2-3	134	20

Others receiving votes: Providence 23, Michigan 22, Alaska 19, St. Lawrence 18, Holy Cross 15, Northern Michigan 4, Ohio State 4, Massachusetts 3, Minnesota State 2, Northeastern 2, Massachusetts-Lowell 1.

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll

Rk.	School (1st place)	Record	Pts.	PR
1.	Boston College (33)	10-1-0	509	1
2.	New Hampshire (1)	9-1-2	473	3
3.	Minnesota	9-2-2	427	4
4.	Miami	7-2-3	379	5
5.	Denver	9-3-0	361	2
6.	Notre Dame	9-4-0	325	6
7.	Union	8-2-1	314	8
8.	North Dakota	6-4-2	267	7
9.	Boston University	7-4-0	223	10
10.	Western Michigan	6-3-1	193	9
11.	Dartmouth	5-2-2	157	11
12.	Cornell	4-3-2	115	13
13.	Yale	5-2-1	87	NR
14.	Nebraska Omaha	8-3-1	79	14
15.	St. Cloud State	7-5-0	54	12

Others Receiving Votes: Quinnipiac 40, Harvard 33, Colorado College 13, Ferris State 12, Niagara 12, St. Lawrence 4, Providence 2, Michigan 1.