After a home sweep of Denver, UND rose from eighth to seventh in the latest U.S. College Hockey Online poll… and from 10th to seventh in the USA Today poll.
Both polls have St. Cloud State as the number-one team, followed by Michigan, Minnesota State, Minnesota Duluth, Quinnipiac.
The Gophers are sixth in the US College Hockey Online poll; eighth in the USA Today poll.
The Fighting Hawks are 8-and-3 overall.
They play a two-game series at Miami (OH) this weekend.
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USCHO Division I Men’s Poll – November 8, 2021
| Rnk | Team | (First Place Votes) | Record | Points | Last Poll |
| 1 | St. Cloud | (42) | 8-2-0 | 989 | 1 |
| 2 | Michigan | (3) | 8-2-0 | 894 | 3 |
| 3 | Minnesota State | (2) | 7-3-0 | 871 | 2 |
| 4 | Minnesota Duluth | (1) | 6-2-0 | 839 | 4 |
| 5 | Quinnipiac | 7-1-2 | 795 | 6 | |
| 6 | Minnesota | 6-4-0 | 727 | 5 | |
| 7 | North Dakota | 6-3-0 | 668 | 8 | |
| 8 | Massachusetts | 6-2-0 | 623 | 12 | |
| 9 | Western Michigan | 6-2-0 | 621 | 10 | |
| 10 | Harvard | (2) | 4-0-0 | 572 | 13 |
| 11 | Omaha | 8-2-0 | 486 | 9 | |
| 12 | Providence | 6-5-0 | 384 | 7 | |
| 13 | Cornell | 3-1-0 | 306 | 15 | |
| 14 | Denver | 4-4-0 | 283 | 11 | |
| 15 | Notre Dame | 6-3-0 | 254 | 17 | |
| 16 | Boston College | 5-4-1 | 219 | 14 | |
| 17 | Northeastern | 7-3-0 | 183 | NR | |
| 18 | Ohio State | 6-2-0 | 169 | NR | |
| 19 | Penn State | 6-3-0 | 97 | 16 | |
| 20 | UMass Lowell | 4-1-2 | 95 | 19 |
Others receiving votes: Michigan Tech 94, Bowling Green 89, Bemidji State 77, Connecticut 64, Lake Superior 46, Wisconsin 18, RIT 12, Arizona State 7, Northern Michigan 7, Rensselaer 5, Canisius 2, Colgate 2, Boston University 1, Clarkson 1
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USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s College Hockey Poll
November 8, 2021
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | St Cloud State University | 506 | (30) | 1 | 8-2-0 | 7 |
| 2 | University of Michigan | 459 | 4 | 8-2-0 | 7 | |
| 3 | Minnesota State University | 427 | (1) | 2 | 7-3-0 | 7 |
| 4 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 403 | (1) | 3 | 6-2-0 | 7 |
| 5 | Quinnipiac University | 347 | 6 | 7-1-2 | 7 | |
| 6 | Harvard University | 282 | (2) | 9 | 4-0-0 | 7 |
| 7 | University of North Dakota | 278 | 10 | 6-3-0 | 7 | |
| 8 | University of Minnesota | 274 | 5 | 6-4-0 | 7 | |
| 9 | University of Massachusetts | 266 | 12 | 6-2-0 | 7 | |
| 10 | Western Michigan University | 251 | 11 | 6-2-0 | 3 | |
| 11 | University of Nebraska Omaha | 156 | 7 | 8-2-0 | 6 | |
| 12 | Cornell University | 93 | 14 | 3-1-0 | 6 | |
| 13 | Providence College | 87 | 8 | 6-5-0 | 7 | |
| 14 | Ohio State University | 54 | NR | 6-2-0 | 1 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 48 | NR | 6-3-0 | 2 |
Others receiving votes: Denver 42, Northeastern 35, Boston College 27, Bowling Green 12, Bemidji State 7, UMass Lowell 7, Wisconsin 6, Michigan Tech 5, Lake Superior State 4, UConn 3, Penn State 1
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