Monday, October 6, 2008

Mavericks ranked 18th

The first USCHO.com/CSTV men's college hockey poll was released Monday, and Minnesota State is starting the season ranked 18th in the country. The Mavericks finished last season ranked 14th in the poll. Defending national champion Boston College is No. 1, and Colorado College is the highest-ranked WCHA team at No. 3. Seven WCHA teams are in the top 20, and two others also received votes.

Here's the list (first-place votes in parenthesis; WCHA teams in bold):

1. Boston College (36) 969
2. Michigan (5) 922
3. Colorado College (7) 874
4. Notre Dame (1) 829
5. North Dakota (1) 789
6. Denver 704
7. New Hampshire 648
8. Miami 613
9. Boston University 565
10. Minnesota 503
11. Michigan State 440
12. Princeton 427
13. Clarkson 375
14. Wisconsin 358
15. St. Cloud State 299
16. Northern Michigan 257
17. Cornell 186
18. Minnesota State 170
19. Harvard 134
20. Vermont 90
Others receiving votes: Northeastern, Air Force, Niagara, Ferris State, UMass-Lowell, UMass, Minnesota Duluth, Providence, Yale, Maine, Bowling Green, Dartmouth, Quinnipiac, Rensselaer, Union, Bemidji State, RIT, Robert Morris, St. Lawrence, Mercyhurst, Michigan Tech

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