The Gophers moved up one spot in the USCHO.com poll and two in the USA Today, to Nos. 6 and 5 this week after sweeping Bemidji State.

They took a bigger jump in the more important PairWise ratings, which mimic how the NCAA fills out its 16-team tournament field. There they went from No. 14 to a tie for No. 8, actually they are eighth because they win the tiebreaker (better RPI) with Maine.

USCHO.com ratings:

(1st place votes) Record Pts. Last wk

1Ferris State (36)22- 8-49791
2Boston College (11)21-10-19393
3Michigan ( 3)20-10-48605
4Minnesota-Duluth 20- 7-58364
5Boston University 18-11-17572
6Minnesota 21-11-17487
7UMass-Lowell 20- 9-07366
8Union 19- 6-76778
9Denver 18-10-452110
10Maine 18-10-351111
11Cornell 14- 6-747212
12Merrimack 15- 9-64349
13Michigan State 18-12-438816
14North Dakota 17-11-338414
15Miami 19-13-233119
16Colorado College 16-12-225415
17Ohio State 15-11-522717
18Notre Dame 16-15-314013
19Western Michigan 16-13-513318
20Colgate 17-12-352NR

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine rankings

1Ferris State University 504(28)122- 8-4
2Boston College 470(6)421-10-1
3University of Michigan 424 520-10-4
4 Minnesota Duluth 405 320- 7-5
5 Minnesota 363 721-11-1
6Boston University 337 218-11-1
7UMass Lowell 320 620- 9-0
8Union College 289 819- 6-7
9Cornell University 184 1214- 6-7
10University of Denver 174 1018-10-4
11University of Maine 164 1118-10-3
12 North Dakota 135 1517-11-3
13Merrimack College 104 915- 9-6
14Michigan State 92 NR18-12-4
15Miami University 55 NR19-13-2

PairWise ratings

PRW pts Record Win %

1Boston College 31 21-10-1.6719
2tMichigan 29 20-10-4.6471
2tMass-Lowell 29 20-9-0 .6897
4Ferris State 28 22-8-4 .7059
5Minnesota-Duluth2720-7-5 .7031
6Boston University2618-11-1 .6167
7Union 2519-6-7 .7031
8tMinnesota 2321-11-1.6515
8tMaine 2318-10-3.6290
10Michigan State 2218-12-4.5882
11tMiami 2119-13-2.5882
11tDenver 2118-10-4.6250
13Ohio State 1915-11-5.5645
14North Dakota 1817-11-3.5968
15Cornell 1714-6-7 .6481