Mavericks move up to No. 7

Following its sweep of Lake Superior State over the weekend, the Minnesota State men's hockey team moved up one spot to No. 7 in the latest U.S. College Hockey Online and USA Today/USA Hockey rankings.

At 11-5-0, the Mavericks are tied for fifth in the country in winning percentage. They're also third in the nation in scoring (3.75 goals per game) after scoring 12 goals over the weekend and eighth in defense (2.38) after allowing just one to the Lakers. Here's the USCHO poll:

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
Minneapolis, Minn./December 11, 2017

   Team             (First Place)    Record   Pts  Last Week
 1 St. Cloud State           (35)   12- 2-1   978     2
 2 Denver                    ( 8)    9- 3-4   918     1
 3 Notre Dame                ( 6)   16- 3-1   907     4
 4 Clarkson                  ( 1)   15- 3-1   893     3
 5 Cornell                          10- 2-0   760     6
 6 North Dakota                     10- 5-5   758     5
 7 Minnesota State                  11- 5-0   694     8
 8 Northeastern                     10- 5-1   617    10
 9 Ohio State                       10- 4-4   566    15
10 Minnesota                        10- 9-1   519     7
11 Providence                       10- 7-1   516     9
12 Western Michigan                 10- 8-1   433    11
13 Wisconsin                        10- 9-2   335    12
14 Boston College                    9- 7-2   327    14
15 Penn State                       11- 7-2   322    18
16 New Hampshire                     9- 7-1   260    13
17 Minnesota Duluth                  8- 9-2   150    17
18 Colgate                           8- 6-4   129    16
19 Union                            10- 8-1    74    19
20 Canisius                         10- 5-1    69    NR

Others receiving votes: Bowling Green 61, Colorado College
50, Miami 37, UMass Lowell 33, Omaha 26, Boston University
20, Harvard 16, Michigan 14, Massachusetts 10, Niagara 4,
Army 2, Bentley 1, Maine 1.