Mavericks move up to No. 12

Minnesota State split in its WCHA-opening series at Bowling Green over the weekend. Despite Saturday's loss, the Mavericks moved up to No. 12 in the latest U.S. College Hockey Online poll. The 3-1 road trip at Boston College and Bowling Green must have impressed the voters who bumped them up from No. 14. Here's the poll:

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
Minneapolis, Minn./October 23, 2017

   Team             (First Place)    Record   Pts  Last Week
 1 Denver                    (33)    2- 0-2   980     1
 2 St. Cloud State           (16)    5- 0-0   955     3
 3 Harvard                   ( 1)    0- 0-0   903     2
 4 North Dakota                      4- 1-1   840     4
 5 Wisconsin                         5- 2-0   719     6
 6 Boston University                 3- 2-1   682     7
 7 Minnesota                         3- 3-0   659     8
 8 Notre Dame                        3- 2-1   615     5
 9 Clarkson                          4- 1-1   532    12
10 Minnesota Duluth                  2- 2-2   526     9
11 Providence                        3- 2-0   493    10
12 Minnesota State                   3- 2-0   404    14
13 Quinnipiac                        3- 1-1   381    18
14 New Hampshire                     5- 1-0   338    17
15 Penn State                        3- 3-0   322    11
16 Michigan Tech                     4- 2-1   240    15
17 UMass Lowell                      3- 3-0   222    19
18 Air Force                         4- 1-1   149    20
19 Boston College                    1- 3-1   131    13
20 Northeastern                      2- 2-1   105    16

Others receiving votes: Ohio State 97, Michigan 67, Cornell
65, Bemidji State 45, Colorado College 11, Omaha 10,
Northern Michigan 4, Vermont 3, Army 2.