Quinnipiac up to No. 4, Yale 12th in USCHO.com poll

Quinnipiac is up from fifth to fourth in the latest USCHO.com poll, released today. It ties the highest ranking in the polls for the program, set four years ago when the Bobcats began the season 14-1. The two first-place votes are the same as last week.

This comes on the heels of a three-point home weekend against RPI and Union in which Quinnipiac extended its national-best unbeaten streak to 16 (14-0-2) and moved into a three-way tie for first in the Pairwise Rankings. As it stands, the Bobcats would have a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.

Yale is up to 12th, two spots better than last week.

Here's today's poll.

Team             (First Place)   Record   Pts  Last Week
 1 Minnesota                 (47)   16- 3-3   992     1
 2 Boston College                   13- 4-2   924     3
 3 New Hampshire             ( 1)   14- 4-2   875     4
 4 Quinnipiac                ( 2)   17- 3-3   847     5
 5 Notre Dame                       15- 6-0   829     2
 6 North Dakota                     13- 6-3   714     7
 7 Denver                           13- 6-4   667     9
 8 Miami                            12- 5-5   623     6
 9 Boston University                12- 7-0   617     8
10 Western Michigan                 13- 5-4   598    10
11 Dartmouth                         9- 5-2   477    12
12 Yale                              9- 4-3   432    14
13 Nebraska-Omaha                   13- 9-2   359    13
14 Minnesota State                  14- 8-2   348    11
15 Niagara                          13- 3-4   242    17
16 Cornell                           7- 6-2   220    15
17 Union                            10- 7-4   219    16
18 Massachusetts-Lowell             11- 7-1   175    20
19 St. Cloud State                  12-10-0   135    18
20 Colgate                          11- 7-2   118    19

Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 19, Providence 15, Robert
Morris 15, Ferris State 12, Lake Superior 12, Holy Cross 5,
Northern Michigan 5, Princeton 4, Colorado College 1,
Michigan Tech 1.

I'm one of the 50 voters. Here's what my ballot looked like:

1. Minnesota

2. Quinnipiac

3. Boston College

4. New Hampshire

5. North Dakota

6. Notre Dame

7. Denver

8. Western Michigan

9. Miami

10. Yale

11. Boston University

12. Dartmouth

13. Niagara

14. Nebraska-Omaha

15. Providence

16. Wisconsin

17. Ferris State

18. Cornell

19. St. Cloud State

20. Minnesota State