Poll 11/11

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll

November 11, 2002

Team (First Place) Record Pts Last Week
1 Boston College (29) 6-0-1 580 2
2 New Hampshire ( 7) 5-1-2 538 3
3 Denver ( 3) 8-2-0 517 1
4 North Dakota 7-1-0 404 5
5 Michigan 6-1-1 395 6
6 Minnesota 5-2-2 379 4
7 Boston University 5-1-2 369 7
8 Colorado College 8-1-1 340 9
9 Cornell 3-0-0 323 8
10 Maine 6-1-1 237 11
11 Providence ( 1) 8-1-0 232 10
12 Ferris State 8-2-0 155 12
13 Miami 9-3-0 108 14
14 St. Cloud 4-3-1 59 15
15 Brown 3-0-0 54 -

Others receiving votes: Ohio State 31, Harvard 24,
Michigan State 24, Notre Dame 12, Northern Michigan 8,
Clarkson 2, Holy Cross 2, Minnesota-Duluth 2,
Niagara 2, Quinnipiac 2, Wayne State 1

I CAN see dropping us a spot. I CAN'T see how Providence still has a first-place vote.

USA Today gives us a #1 vote!
TEAM PTS PVS
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1. Boston College (9) 6-0-1 245 2
2. New Hampshire (6) 5-1-2 231 4
3. Denver (1) 8-2-0 217 1
4. Michigan 6-1-1 171 6
5. North Dakota 7-1-0 170 5
6. Cornell (1) 3-0-0 161 9
7. Colorado College 8-1-1 159 9
8. Minnesota 5-2-2 158 3
9. Boston University 5-1-2 150 6
10. Maine 6-1-1 107 11
11. Providence College 8-1-0 92 8
12. Ferris State 8-2-0 55 12
13. Brown 3-0-0 41 NR
14. Miami (Ohio) 9-3-0 35 N4
15. St. Cloud State (4-3-1) 21 15

Others receiving votes: Michigan State 12, Ohio State 8, Harvard 4, Clarkson 2, Notre Dame 1

Maybe it was Jim Hofher.

Differences of opinion! Win 2, drop a spot or Win 2 go up 3 spots....I'll take the rising poll (not to mention the first place vote!)

Okay. . .I'm a bit slow after a long Monday but who votes in the USA Today poll and who votes in the USCHO poll?
With the difference in the two polls one might think the two sets of votes are watching different hockey teams.

just a thought. . .

The writer who gave us the first place vote must be the same writer who always puts Marshall in the football top 25 and Gonzaga in the basketball top 25.

Doesn't that post get recycled at least once a year?

USA Today is coaches only. It's the USA Today/AHCA Coach's Poll (AHCA being the American Hockey Coaches Association)

USCHO is 40 voters, a majority of which are coaches, but a good amount of which are writers, broadcasters, etc...

so it was either the PU or Yale coach then?

I don't know who it was ... but since neither of them vote on the USCHO poll, that means they are a distinct possibility.

It was you Adam, wasn't it? j/k

I'm thinking it was the Brown coach, Roger Grillo (if he gets a vote). Strategically seems to be the best move. He wants to gain national recognition for his 3-0-0 squad in a weak conference. How does he do this? He votes a fellow conference (and League) member #1 in the nation.

> Gonzaga in the basketball top 25.

Hey now, the Zags have deserved their high rankings the last few years. They can certianly kick the crap outta anybody on the west coast.