Where they stand

According to this North Dakota fan and math whiz, Minnesota State has a 99.7 percent chance at making the NCAA tournament, and the Mavericks will be in for sure with a win on Thursday against Wisconsin in the Final Five. Currently, MSU is 10th in the Pairwise Rankings and got a bump in the other national opinion polls following this weekend's WCHA first-round series win over Nebraska Omaha. Here are the polls:

USCHO.com
1. Minnesota (22 first-place votes)
2. Quinnipiac (27)
3. Miami
4. Boston College
5. UMass.-Lowell (1)
6. North Dakota
7. St. Cloud State
8. MINNESOTA STATE
9. Notre Dame
10. New Hampshire
11. Yale
12. Western Michigan
13. Denver
14. Wisconsin
15. Niagara
16. Providence
17. Boston University
18. Union
19. Rensselaer
20. Michigan
Others receiving votes: Nebraska Omaha, Colorado College, Brown, Merrimack, Alaska, Ohio State, Robert Morris, Connecticut, St. Lawrence.

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
1. Quinnipiac (23)
2. Minnesota (11)
3. Miami
4. Boston College
5. UMass-Lowell
6. North Dakota
7. St. Cloud State
8. MINNESOTA STATE
9. Notre Dame
10. Yale
11. New Hampshire
12. Denver
13. Western Michigan
14. Niagara
15. Wisconsin
Others receiving votes: Providence, Union, Boston University, Nebraska Omaha, Brown, Michigan.

Pairwise Rankings (the ones that count)
1. Quinnipiac
2. Minnesota
3. Miami
4. Boston College
5. Yale
6. UMass-Lowell
7. North Dakota
8. New Hampshire
9. Notre Dame
10. MINNESOTA STATE
11. Niagara
12. St. Cloud State
13. Denver
14. Western Michigan
15. Union
16. Wisconsin
17. Providence
18. Boston University
19. Rensselaer
20. Alaska
To see the entire Pairwise list, go here.