Number 9 ... Number 9

Now 4-0-0 to start the season, Minnesota State is ranked ninth in both national polls released on Monday. The Mavericks moved up from No. 14 in the USCHO top 20 rankings and from the Others Receiving Votes category in the USA Today/USA Hockey top 15.

North Dakota was the unanimous No. 1 in both polls.

St. Cloud State, whom MSU swept over the weekend, dropped to 14th in both polls. The Huskies had been seventh and fifth, respectively.

The only other ranked WCHA team is 4-0-0 Bemidji State, which entered the USCHO poll at No. 18. Bowling Green received two votes. Bemidji State and Lake Superior State (2-0-0) received votes in the USA Today poll.