UND HOCKEY LOSES NO 1 RANKING

UND has dropped from first to fourth in the latest U-S College Hockey Online Poll and the USA Today Poll.

UND went 1-2-and-1 this week with a win over Western Michigan, losses to Denver and St. Cloud State and a tie with Duluth.

Unbeaten Minnesota is the new number one team in both polls, followed by Boston College and Duluth.

UND’s next game is Wednesday versus ninth-rated St. Cloud State.

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USCHO Division I Men’s Poll – December 14, 2020

Rnk	Team	(First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Last Poll
1	Minnesota	(34)	8-0-0	786	4
2	Boston College	(3)	5-1-0	741	2
3	Minnesota Duluth	(1)	5-1-1	735	3
4	North Dakota	(2)	4-2-1	698	1
5	Minnesota State		2-1-0	608	6
6	Michigan		5-5-0	504	5
7	Clarkson		4-2-0	488	7
8	Denver		2-4-0	470	9
9	St. Cloud		4-2-0	401	13
10	Massachusetts		2-3-1	363	10
11	Quinnipiac		0-0-0	337	11
12	Northeastern		2-0-0	329	17
13	Bowling Green		6-1-0	315	16
14	Wisconsin		5-5-0	314	12
15	UMass Lowell		0-1-0	301	8
16	Notre Dame		4-4-0	232	15
17	Omaha		4-3-0	210	18
18	Ohio State		3-5-0	193	14
19	Providence		1-2-0	117	19
20	Robert Morris		5-2-0	38	NR

Others receiving votes: Lake Superior 31, Connecticut 25, Arizona State 25, Boston University 22, Bemidji State 22, Penn State 19, AIC 16, Canisius 13, Michigan Tech 12, Western Michigan 12, Michigan State 7, New Hampshire 7, Sacred Heart 4, Holy Cross 3, Northern Michigan 1, Colorado College 1

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USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s College Hockey Poll – December 14, 2020

Rank	Team (First Place)	Last Week’s Rank	2020-21 Record	Weeks in Top 15
1.	University of Minnesota, 498 (23)	4	8-0-0	6
2.	Boston College, 458 (6)	2	5-1-0	6
3.	University of Minnesota Duluth, 449 (2)	3	5-1-1	6
4.	University of North Dakota, 418 (3)	1	4-2-1	6
5.	Minnesota State University, 351	6	2-1-0	6
6.	University of Michigan, 273	5	5-5-0	6
7.	University of Denver, 256	8	2-4-0	6
8.	Clarkson University, 243	7	4-2-0	6
9.	St. Cloud State University, 224	11	4-2-0	2
10.	Northeastern University, 203	14	2-0-0	3
11.	Quinnipiac University, 155	10	0-0-0	6
12.	Bowling Green State University, 132	NR	6-1-0	1
13.	University of Massachusetts, 109	12	2-3-1	12
14.	University of Wisconsin, 93	13	5-5-0	13
15.	University of Massachusetts-Lowell, 66	9	0-1-0	9
Others Receiving Votes: Notre Dame University, 61; University of Nebraska-Omaha, 19; Ohio State University, 18; Boston University, 15; Providence College, 13; Lake Superior State University, 10; Penn State University, 8; AIC, 4; Robert Morris University, 3; Northern Michigan University, 1.