Mavericks stay at 7th

Minnesota State stayed at No. 7 in the USCHO rankings, which came out on Tuesday after a week break. The Mavericks went 3-1-0 since the last poll came out, sweeping Alabama Huntsville and splitting with Northern Michigan, all in Mankato, to improve to 14-6-0. Only No. 2 Notre Dame (16) and No. 3 Clarkson (15) have more victories.

Bowling Green moved into the rankings for the first time, coming in at No. 19 after its win over Michigan on Monday. Northern Michigan and Michigan Tech are also receiving votes.

Minnesota State also remained seventh in the newest USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine rankings.

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
Minneapolis, Minn./January 02, 2018

   Team             (First Place)    Record   Pts  Last Week
 1 St. Cloud State           (33)   12- 2-3   970     1
 2 Notre Dame                (14)   16- 3-1   936     3
 3 Clarkson                  ( 1)   15- 3-1   898     4
 4 Denver                    ( 1)   11- 5-4   826     2
 5 Cornell                   ( 1)   11- 2-0   823     5
 6 North Dakota                     10- 5-5   766     6
 7 Minnesota State                  14- 6-0   687     7
 8 Ohio State                       12- 4-4   647     9
 9 Northeastern                     11- 5-2   595     8
10 Minnesota                        12- 9-1   527    10
11 Providence                       12- 7-1   508    11
12 Western Michigan                 11- 8-1   456    12
13 Boston College                   10- 7-2   376    14
14 Penn State                       11- 7-2   325    15
15 Wisconsin                        10- 9-2   319    13
16 Minnesota Duluth                  9- 9-3   222    17
17 Colgate                           8- 6-4   164    18
18 Omaha                             9- 8-1   118    NR
19 Bowling Green                     9- 6-6    88    NR
20 New Hampshire                     9- 9-1    54    16

Others receiving votes: Canisius 39, Miami 38, Maine 21,
Northern Michigan 20, Colorado College 19, Union 17, UMass
Lowell 16, Boston University 6, Massachusetts 6, Michigan
Tech 6, Michigan 4, Bentley 3.