Polls 10/3/05

[Chris 02]

USCHO.com/CSTV Division I Men's Poll
October 3, 2005

   Team        (First Place)    Record  Pts   Last Year
 1 Denver               (17)    32-9-2  662     1
 2 Minnesota            (13)   28-15-1  653     7
 3 Boston College       ( 2)    26-7-7  583     2
 4 Cornell                      27-5-3  580     4
 5 Ohio State           ( 2)   27-11-4  566     9
 6 Colorado College             31-9-3  523     3
 7 North Dakota         ( 1)   25-15-5  502    10
 8 Michigan                     31-8-3  481     5
 9 New Hampshire               26-11-5  459     6
10 Wisconsin            ( 1)   23-14-4  391    13
11 Maine                       20-13-7  309    12
12 Northern Michigan           22-11-7  270     -
13 Boston University           23-14-4  260    11
14 Dartmouth                   20-13-2  242    15
15 Harvard                     21-10-3  222     8
16 Mass.-Lowell                20-12-4  208     -
17 Michigan State              20-17-4  204     -
18 Colgate                     25-11-3   78    14
19 Vermont                     21-14-4   51     -
-- Minnesota-Duluth            15-17-6   51     -

Others Receiving Votes: Bemidji State 40,
Nebraska-Omaha 40, Miami 37, St. Lawrence 29,
Alabama-Huntsville 17, Massachusetts 17, Mercyhurst 17,
Alaska-Fairbanks 15, Minnesota State 15, Clarkson 8,
St. Cloud State 8, Rensselaer 6, Brown 5, Holy Cross 3,
Lake Superior 2, Quinnipiac 2, Wayne State 2,
Bowling Green 1, Ferris State 1

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
October 3, 2005

   Team                           Pts (1st) Last  Record  Wks In Poll
 1 University of Minnesota         464 (17)   4  28-15-1
 2 University of Denver            449 (14)   1  32- 9-2
 3 The Ohio State University       380 (2)    9  27-11-4
   Cornell University              380        5  27- 5-3
 5 Boston College                  375 (1)    7  26- 7-7
 6 University of North Dakota      323        3  25-15-5
 7 Colorado College                318        2  31- 9-3
 8 University of Michigan          284        6  31- 8-3
 9 University of New Hampshire     263        8  26-11-5
10 University of Wisconsin         184       13  23-14-4
11 University of Maine             147       11  20-13-7
12 Boston University                99       12  23-14-4
13 Northern Michigan University     98       NR  22-11-7
14 Dartmouth College                73       NR  20-13-2
15 Harvard University               65       10  21-10-3

Others receiving votes: University of Massachusetts Lowell 60,
Michigan State University 54, Colgate University 20, University of
Vermont 12, Mercyhurst College 10, University of Minnesota Duluth
9, College of the Holy Cross 6, University of Nebraska Omaha 4,
University of Massachusetts Amherst 1, St. Cloud State University
1, St. Lawrence University 1.

[Will]

The polls mean nothing.

Nevertheless, it's nice to get a little recognition from the pundits.

[KeithK]

So we'r3e going to start listing the top 20 now?  Ridiculous.

[ajec1]

[Q]Will Wrote:

 The polls mean nothing.
[/q]
 
It does mean that the college hockey abyss is over!

[Will]

[Q]ajec1 Wrote:

 [Q2]Will Wrote:

 The polls mean nothing.
[/Q]
It does mean that the college hockey abyss is over!
[/q]

Good point.

Let's play hockey.

[Robb]

Any guesses on how long it will take fans of the teams immediately below us to proclaim that they should be above us once they have a few easy wins under their belts?  Too lazy to check the schedules, but I assume that OSU, BC, NoDak, et. al. will play at least a couple cupcakes before our first game...

[KeithK]

OSU: at CC (2), at BG, BG
BC: at Mich, at BG, at NU
UND: vs. Miami, vs. MSU, NU (2), at NH (2)
CC: Union, Maine, OSU (2), NotreDame, Air Force
Mich: Q (2), BC, Merrimack, MSU

[BCrespi]

Wow, those should be some great early season games.  Who's getting pumped?

[calgARI '07]

My pick to win it all is Ohio State.  They only lost one or two guys from last year's team.

[KeithK]

Yeah, but do they still have the awful country music singer?  

[redhair34]

awful??? His girlfriend said he has a great voice

[Trotsky]

Nice opening ranking; our best in the Schafer Era.

USCHO Ranking:

Season, Start, End, Improvement
01-02, 16th, 9th, +7
02-03, 8th, 1st, +7
03-04, 9th, 20th, -11
04-05, 13th, 4th, +9
05-06, 4th

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Well it shows that they at least respect us.  Whether it means anything about the success for the season is doubtful.

[Ack]

Don't forget the apple pie...

[Bryan '06]

Wow, everyone should really be watching that CC/Union game.  I had no idea they faced each other until I saw this post...thanks KeithK.  Anyone else have a feeling the outcome of this game will have a huge impact on our PWR this spring?

Go UNION!:-P