USA Today/USA Hockey Coaches Poll

[DMT]

USA Today/USA Hockey Coaches Poll

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine

Men's College Hockey Poll - September 27, 2004

No. Team Total points (1st-place votes in parentheses) 2003-04

Record Season-ending ranking

1. Boston College 449 (9) 29-9-4 3

2. Michigan 441 (16) 27-14-2 7

3. North Dakota 379 (1) 30-8-3 5

4. Maine 374 33-8-3 2

5. Minnesota-Duluth 348 28-13-4 4

6. Wisconsin 289 (2) 22-13-8 8

7. Denver 280 (4) 27-12-5 1

8. Minnesota 260 27-14-3 6

9. Michigan State 240 20-16-3 14

10. New Hampshire 197 20-15-6 11

11. Dartmouth 172 14-11-9 NR

12. Colorado College 108 20-16-3 15

13. Ohio State 107 26-16-0 9

14. Cornell 104 16-10-6 NR

15. Massachusetts-Lowell 76 10-23-7 NR

__________________

[#1siouxfan22]

It will be exciting to see how this season plays out. Im gettin pumped for the season.

[DMT]

USCHO Rankings.

USCHO.com Division I Men's Preseason Poll

September 27, 2004

Team (First Place) Record Pts Last Week

1 Michigan (17) 27-14-2 541 7

2 Maine (9) 33-8-3 493 1

3 Boston College (2) 29-9-4 488 4

4 Minnesota-Duluth (4) 28-13-4 447 5

5 North Dakota (2) 30-8-3 413 2

6 Minnesota 27-14-3 331 3

7 Denver (4) 27-12-5 302 8

8 Wisconsin (1) 22-13-8 276 11

9 Michigan State 24-16-2 262 12

10 New Hampshire (1) 20-15-6 218 10

11 Dartmouth 14-11-9 196 NR

12 Ohio State 26-16-0 169 6

13 Cornell 16-10-6 154 NR

14 Colorado College 20-16-3 149 14

15 Miami 23-14-4 88 9

Others Receiving Votes: Mass.-Lowell 58,

Boston University 47, Colgate 35,

Northern Michigan 29, Notre Dame 27, Harvard 25,

Massachusetts 21, Brown 10, Holy Cross 5,

St. Cloud State 5, Clarkson 4, Niagara 4,

USCHO

[ethanm]

I know they're the defending champs, but how did Denver get four first-place votes? I guess they are four voters out there who think they should be #1 until somebody beats them.

[redwing77]

I like our preseason ranking. We don't have the hype we had last year and we don't have the targets on our back either.