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
