Monday, September 25, 2017

Minnesota State 18th in first USCHO poll

Minnesota State ended up 18th in the country in the first USCHO poll, which was released on Monday. Defending national champion Denver was overwhelmingly voted No. 1, getting all but two votes. Boston University, who hosts Minnesota State on the second weekend of the season, was No. 2. Here's the poll:

Preseason USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
Minneapolis, Minn./September 25, 2017

 1 Denver                    (48)   33- 7-4   998     1
 2 Boston University                24-11-3   837     6
 3 Minnesota                        23-12-3   822     7
 4 Harvard                   ( 1)   28- 6-2   744     3
 5 UMass Lowell                     27-11-3   711     4
 6 Minnesota Duluth          ( 1)   28- 7-7   642     2
 7 North Dakota                     21-16-3   632     9
 8 Notre Dame                       23-12-5   611     5
 9 St. Cloud State                  16-19-1   547    NR
10 Penn State                       25-12-2   530     8
11 Providence                       22-12-5   494    15
12 Wisconsin                        20-15-1   414    17
13 Boston College                   21-15-4   366    16
14 Quinnipiac                       23-15-2   286    20
15 Cornell                          21- 9-5   279    13
16 Union                            25-10-3   215    11
17 Air Force                        27-10-5   203    12
18 Minnesota State                  22-13-4   198    NR
19 Ohio State                       21-12-6   180    14
20 Northeastern                     18-15-5   172    NR
20 Western Michigan                 22-13-5   172    10

Others receiving votes: Vermont 119, Michigan Tech 60,
Bemidji State 52, Clarkson 45, Robert Morris 39, Miami 37,
Michigan 24, St. Lawrence 18, Omaha 17, Bowling Green 16,
Yale 11, Ferris State 5, Brown 1, Canisius 1, Dartmouth 1,
New Hampshire 1.

1 comment:

MavAlumInDaCities said...

It's always nice to make it into these preseason polls but I think it's important to remember that they are pretty meaningless. I put a little more value in coaches preseason polls but remember How WCHA #1 preseason poll BGSU started their season last year? The vote of Confidence in the program is good but MNSU has to come out the gate strong because we don't have a slow start this year, SCSU and Then BU in Boston, In the words of Tallahassee from Zombieland "Time to nut up or shut up".