Rank-a-Rama

So Michigan Tech is making an appearance on a few well-known college hockey polls...

USCHO.com/CSTV Poll

October 22, 2007

No.	Team (First-place votes)	Points	Last Poll
1.	North Dakota (42)	991	1
2.	Miami (7)	950	2
3.	Michigan	794	6
4.	Colorado College	777	10
5.	Boston College	747	4
6.	Denver	723	5
7.	New Hampshire (1)	700	8
8.	Michigan State	653	9
9.	Clarkson	645	7
10.	Minnesota	677	3
11.	Wisconsin	515	13
12.	Notre Dame	470	11
13.	Maine	293	17
14.	Michigan Tech	242	NR
15.	St. Lawrence	197	15
16.	Massachusetts	194	20
17.	Minnesota Duluth	190	NR
18.	Cornell	165	19
19.	Ohio State	156	12
20.	Alaska Anchorage	106	NR

Also receiving votes: Air Force 86, Nebraska-Omaha 59, Boston University 47, St. Cloud State 44, Quinnipiac 33, Vermont 33, Union 24, Western Michigan 24, Dartmouth 21, Rensselaer 13, Merrimack 9, Harvard 7, Niagara 6, Colgate 4, Northeastern 3, Holy Cross 2.

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USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll

October 22, 2007

No.	Team (First-place votes)		Points	Last Poll
1.	North Dakota (24)		499	1
2.	Miami (9)		482	2
3.	Michigan		378	6
4.	Colorado College		376	10
5.	Boston College		353	4
6.	New Hampshire (1)		350	8
7.	Denver		303	5
8.	Clarkson		295	7
9.	Michigan State		254	9
10.	Minnesota		189	3
11.	Wisconsin		182	T-13
12.	Notre Dame		151	11
13.	Maine		53	NR
14.	Ohio State		47	12
15.	Michigan Tech		37	NR

Also receiving votes: Minnesota Duluth 33, St. Lawrence 27, Massachusetts 20, Alaska Anchorage 16, Cornell 16, Air Force 9, Boston University 3, Merrimack 2, Niagara 2, Nebraska-Omaha 2, Union 1.

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Michigan Tech also made #17 on the INCH Power Rankings Poll, but I don't like INCH, so I'm not going to post that poll.

They made a pretty nice jump on the polls. If they want to stay up there longer than a week, they're going to have to do something really cool against North Dakota this weekend. Coming out like they did against NMU won't cut it either. I'm still confused as to what happened there. That game will be a thorn in my side all season long, I'm sure.

It's also nice to see UAA on the USCHO.com/CSTV Poll. I don't know if that's happened since I've been a college hockey fan. The WCHA as a whole has a nice representation in the polls. That always makes me happy to see. This weekend in college hockey should prove to be another interesting one.