Mavericks back in rankings

Minnesota State dropped out of the national rankings after losing their season-opener at home to St. Cloud State. After sweeping Boston University over the weekend, though, MSU is right back in, landing at No. 14 in the latest USCHO poll:

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
Minneapolis, Minn./October 16, 2017

   Team             (First Place)    Record   Pts  Last Week
 1 Denver                    (49)    1- 0-1   999     1
 2 Harvard                           0- 0-0   897     3
 3 St. Cloud State           ( 1)    3- 0-0   886     6
 4 North Dakota                      3- 0-1   791     8
 5 Notre Dame                        2- 1-1   772     4
 6 Wisconsin                         4- 1-0   731    10
 7 Boston University                 2- 2-0   621     2
 8 Minnesota                         2- 2-0   583     7
 9 Minnesota Duluth                  1- 2-1   513     5
10 Providence                        2- 1-0   495     9
11 Penn State                        2- 2-0   454    11
12 Clarkson                          3- 0-1   436    15
13 Boston College                    1- 1-1   378    13
14 Minnesota State                   2- 1-0   344    NR
15 Michigan Tech                     3- 1-1   316    15
16 Northeastern                      2- 0-1   310    14
17 New Hampshire                     4- 0-0   255    20
18 Quinnipiac                        1- 1-1   184    17
19 UMass Lowell                      1- 3-0   164    12
20 Air Force                         3- 0-1   159    19

Others receiving votes: Cornell 126, Bemidji State 52, Ohio
State 9, Michigan 8, Omaha 7, Western Michigan 5, Army 2,
Vermont 2, Dartmouth 1.

The Mavericks were 18th in the preseason poll but dropped out after the 4-0 loss to the Huskies. Boston University was No. 2 last week and fell to No. 7. Should they have fallen further? Should they be below Minnesota State? What about other WCHA teams? Michigan Tech (15th) and Bemidji State (receiving votes) are still behind Minnesota Duluth, which fell from fifth to ninth. It's early in the year, of course, and putting a ballot together is no easy task (I know; I'm a voter). 

Others have taken note of the Mavericks' big weekend, though, as you can see here, here, here and here.

UPDATE: The Mavericks are ranked 12th in the USA Today/USA Hockey rankings.

Meanwhile, I'm working on a column about big MSU road sweeps in recent memory and where this past weekend ranks. There haven't been a lot, but the trip down memory lane was kind of fun. Look for that in Tuesday's paper or online later tonight.