UND is 7th, 8th in national men’s hockey polls

UND is seventh in the USA Today pre-season men’s hockey poll.

Meanwhile, in the US College Hockey Online poll, the Fighting Hawks got two first-place votes and are ranked eighth.

Defending national champion Massachusetts is number-one in both polls.

Minnesota is fourth in both polls.

UND opens the season on Saturday with a home exhibition game against Bemidji State, which is 14^th in the US College Hockey online poll…and 15^th in the USA Today poll.

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Preseason USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s College Hockey Poll

September 27, 2021

	Team	Points	(First Place Votes)	Last Poll	Record	Weeks in Poll
1	University of Massachusetts	448	(14)	1	20-5-4	1
2	University of Michigan	434	(4)	9	15-10-1	1
3	St Cloud State University	431	(2)	2	20-11-0	1
4	University of Minnesota	378	(7)	7	24-7-0	1
5	Minnesota State University	352		3	22-5-1	1
6	University of Minnesota Duluth	345		4	15-11-2	1
7	University of North Dakota	339		5	22-6-1	1
8	Boston College	296		6	17-6-1	1
9	Quinnipiac University	274		11	17-8-4	1
10	Boston University	128		12	10-5-1	1
11	Harvard University	124		NR	0-0-0	1
12	University of Wisconsin	99		8	20-10-1	1
13	Cornell University	84		NR	0-0-0	1
14	Providence College	82		NR	11-9-5	1
15	Bemidji State University	77		10	16-10-3	1

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USCHO Division I Men’s Poll – September 27, 2021

Rnk	Team	(First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Last Poll
1	Massachusetts	(19)	0-0-0	909	1
2	St. Cloud	(13)	0-0-0	902	2
3	Michigan	(11)	0-0-0	861	9
4	Minnesota	(2)	0-0-0	802	7
5	Minnesota State	(1)	0-0-0	779	4
6	Minnesota Duluth	(1)	0-0-0	741	3
7	Boston College		0-0-0	709	6
8	North Dakota	(2)	0-0-0	652	5
9	Quinnipiac		0-0-0	498	12
10	Boston University		0-0-0	452	11
11	Wisconsin		0-0-0	443	8
12	Providence		0-0-0	320	16
13	Denver	(1)	0-0-0	309	NR
14	Bemidji State		0-0-0	293	10
15	Cornell		0-0-0	264	NR
16	Harvard		0-0-0	254	NR
17	Omaha		0-0-0	240	13
18	Notre Dame		0-0-0	234	17
19	Clarkson		0-0-0	216	20
20	AIC		0-0-0	147	15

Others receiving votes: Northeastern 111, UMass Lowell 59, Michigan Tech 54, Western Michigan 54, Lake Superior 40, Bowling Green 34, Penn State 23, Arizona State 21, Connecticut 20, Sacred Heart 17, Army 12, Canisius 12, St. Lawrence 6, Colgate 5, Northern Michigan 5, Brown 2