The Mavericks are coming off a 21-13-7 season and were ranked 17th in last spring's final poll.
Minnesota State is one of four WCHA teams in the rankings. Bowling Green is 14th, Michigan Tech is 17th and Ferris State is 20th. No other teams received votes.
North Dakota, the defending national champion, is No. 1, receiving 43 of 50 first-place votes. Quinnipiac is second, followed by Denver, Boston University, Boston College Minnesota Duluth and St. Cloud State. Massachusetts-Lowell, Notre Dame and Providence round out the top 10.
Here is the poll:
Preseason USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
Minneapolis, Minn./September 26, 2016
Team (First Place) Record Pts Last Year
1 North Dakota (43) 34- 6-4 993 1
2 Quinnipiac ( 1) 32- 4-7 856 2
3 Denver 25-10-6 848 4
4 Boston University ( 5) 21-13-5 774 14
5 Boston College ( 1) 28- 8-5 641 3
6 Minnesota-Duluth 19-16-5 621 9
7 St. Cloud State 31- 9-1 569 5
8 Massachusetts-Lowell 26-10-5 535 7
9 Notre Dame 19-11-7 502 13
10 Providence 27- 7-4 476 7
11 Michigan 25- 8-5 470 6
12 Harvard 19-11-4 422 10
13 Minnesota 20-17-0 404 NR
14 Bowling Green 22-14-6 370 NR
15 Northeastern 22-15-5 361 12
16 St. Lawrence 19-14-4 336 18
17 Michigan Tech 23- 9-5 285 16
18 Yale 19- 9-4 283 11
19 Minnesota State 21-13-7 153 17
20 Ferris State 20-15-6 126 15
Others receiving votes: Cornell 92, Nebraska-Omaha 85, Penn
State 63, Clarkson 62, RIT 62, Ohio State 33, Air Force 17,
Vermont 16, Miami 11, Wisconsin 10, Dartmouth 6, Robert
Morris 6, Michigan State 5.
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