GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- The Fighting Sioux men's hockey team remained ranked among the top 15 in both major national college hockey polls released today.
UND climbed two spots and was ranked No. 14 in the USCHO.com poll, while maintaining its No. 15 spot in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll.
The Sioux are coming off of a Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) split at Minnesota Duluth last weekend and have lost just four times in the last 17 games (12-4-1)
UND (16-11-2, 12-10-0 WCHA) returns home to face Michigan Tech on Friday and Saturday.
USCHO.com Poll (1st votes)
1. Ferris State (27)
2. Boston University (6)
3. Boston College (13)
4. Minnesota Duluth (1)
5. Michigan (1)
6. Massachusetts-Lowell (1)
7. Minnesota (1)
8. Union
9. Merrimack
10. Denver
11. Maine
12. Cornell
13. Notre Dame
14. North Dakota
15. Colorado College
16. Michigan State
17. Ohio State
18. Western Michigan
19. Miami
20. Northern Michigan
Others receiving votes: Colgate, Lake Superior State, Air Force, Quinnipiac, Bemidji State, Nebraska Omaha
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll
1. Ferris State (20)
2. Boston University (4)
3. Minnesota Duluth (3)
4. Boston College (6)
5. Michigan (1)
6. Massachusetts-Lowell
7. Minnesota
8. Union
9. Merrimack
10. Denver
11. Maine
12. Cornell
13. Notre Dame
14. Colorado College
15. North Dakota
Others receiving votes: Michigan State, Colgate, Ohio State, Miami, Northern Michigan, Air Force, Nebraska Omaha, Western Michigan
