National polls peg UND sixth-best in nation

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Sixth-ranked North Dakota travels to No. 15 St. Cloud State this week.

Courtesy: Jayson Hajdu, UND Athletic Media Relations
Release: 11/05/2012

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - The University of North Dakota will return to Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) play ranked sixth in both the USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine men's hockey polls released today.

North Dakota maintained its previous ranking in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll, but fell one spot from No. 5 in the USCHO.com poll. UND is coming off of a split against then-12th-ranked Boston University last weekend, winning 4-2 on Friday and losing 4-2 on Saturday.

UND will now resume WCHA play this weekend with a road trip to St. Cloud State. The Huskies are ranked No. 15 in the USCHO poll, but are unranked in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll.

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll

Rk.	School (1st place)	Record	Pts.	PR
1.	Boston College (48)	6-1-0	998	1
2.	Minnesota	5-2-0	896	2
3.	Denver (1)	5-1-0	878	3
4.	Cornell	3-0-1	790	6
5.	Miami	5-2-1	765	4
6.	North Dakota	3-2-1	749	5
7.	Notre Dame	6-2-0	702	7
8.	Union (1)	5-1-1	661	10
9.	New Hampshire	5-1-1	625	9
10.	Western Michigan	4-2-0	532	11
11.	Boston University	4-2-0	513	12
12.	Michigan	3-3-1	480	8
13.	St. Lawrence	5-1-0	300	16
14.	Harvard	2-1-0	257	13
15.	St. Cloud State	5-3-0	256	18
16.	Northern Michigan	4-3-1	217	20
17.	Massachusetts-Lowell	1-3-1	169	14
18.	Ferris State	3-3-2	163	19
19.	Colorado College	5-3-0	143	NR
20.	Minnesota Duluth	2-3-1	120	17

Others receiving votes: Dartmouth 102, Providence 35, Northeastern 28, Yale 24, Nebraska Omaha 23, Merrimack 21, Quinnipiac 15, Holy Cross 9, Alaska 7, Bemidji State 7, Ohio State 4, Minnesota State 3, Niagara 3, Lake Superior State 2, Massachusetts 2, Colgate 1.

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll

Rk.	School (1st place)	Record	Pts.	PR
1.	Boston College (33)	6-1-0	509	1
2.	Minnesota	5-2-0	455	2
3.	Denver	5-1-0	421	3
4.	Cornell	3-0-1	372	5
5.	Miami	5-2-1	361	4
6.	North Dakota	3-2-1	351	6
7.	Union (1)	5-1-1	297	9
8.	Notre Dame	6-2-0	294	8
9.	New Hampshire	5-1-1	238	10
10.	Western Michigan	4-0-1	200	11
11.	Michigan	3-3-1	180	7
12.	Boston University	4-2-0	178	12
13.	Harvard	2-1-0	67	13
14.	St. Lawrence	5-1-0	52	15
15.	Massachusetts-Lowell	1-3-1	36	14

Others Receiving Votes: St. Cloud State 19, Northern Michigan 15, Ferris State 14, Dartmouth 9, Minnesota Duluth 6, Colorado College 4, Providence 1, Quinnipiac 1.