Gophers men's and women's hockey unanimous No. 1s + VIDEO

Weekend success against Boston College solidifies Gophers men's hockey's top spot.

October 29, 2013 at 5:45AM
The Gopher's Jake Bischoff (28) and Christian isackson (26) celebrated with Mike Reilly (5) after Reilly scored in the 6-1 victory over Boston College on Sunday.
The Gopher's Jake Bischoff (28) and Christian isackson (26) celebrated with Mike Reilly (5) after Reilly scored in the 6-1 victory over Boston College on Sunday. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Gophers men's hockey is the unanimous No. 1 in this week's USCHO and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls.

A 3-3 tie and 6-1 victory over then-No. 5 Boston College last weekend solidified the top spot and all 84 first-place votes in both polls.

Notre Dame, Providence, Michigan and North Dakota round out the Top 5 in the USCHO poll. St. Cloud State, Minnesota State and Minnesota-Duluth are also in the Top 20.

The Gophers will enjoy a bye week before traveling to South Bend, Ind., to face No. 2 Notre Dame.

Both Gophers men's and women's hockey teams are now unanimous No. 1s. The women have been No. 1 since the season started. The men are in their second week at No. 1. They are the first men's No. 1 to hold college hockey's top spot more than one week throughout the first month of the season.

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
October 28, 2013

1

Minnesota

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(50)

5- 0-1

1000

1

2

Notre Dame

5- 1-0

890

2

3

Providence

4- 0-1

844

8

4

Michigan

4- 1-1

810

4

5

North Dakota

2- 1-1

777

6

6

Miami

3- 2-1

743

3

7

Quinnipiac

6- 1-0

671

9

8

Boston College

2- 2-1

670

5

9

St. Cloud State

3- 0-1

643

10

10

Rensselaer

4- 1-0

529

12

11

Yale

1- 1-0

457

7

12

Lake Superior

4- 0-0

383

15

13

Wisconsin

2- 2-0

380

11

14

Cornell

2- 0-0

285

19

15

Massachusetts-Lowell

3- 3-0

262

18

16

Minnesota State

2- 2-0

195

16

17

Clarkson

6- 1-1

184

NR

18

Boston University

3- 3-0

168

13

19

Northeastern

5- 1-0

154

20

20

Minnesota-Duluth

3- 2-1

108

NR

Others receiving votes: New Hampshire 106, Brown 54, Denver 47, Alaska-Anchorage 36, St. Lawrence 32, Air Force 16, Ferris State 15, Harvard 13, Alaska 12, Maine 4, Bowling Green 2.

Gophers coach Don Lucia on great first month of the season:

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