Yale is sixth; Quinnipiac 10th in preseason USCHO poll

About where I expected Yale and Quinnipiac to be rated. For the record, one of those first-place votes for Yale is mine. Quinnipiac, UMass-Lowell, Miami and St. Cloud State rounded out my top five.

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
Minneapolis, Minn./September 30, 2013

Team             (First Place)   Record   Pts  
 1 Massachusetts-Lowell      (19)    0- 0-0   844    
 2 Miami                     (14)    0- 0-0   837    
 3 Wisconsin                 ( 2)    0- 0-0   740    
 4 Boston College                    0- 0-0   728    
 5 Minnesota                 ( 1)    0- 0-0   660    
 6 Yale                      ( 8)    0- 0-0   644    
 7 North Dakota                      0- 0-0   636    
 8 Notre Dame                        0- 0-0   575    
 9 St. Cloud State                   0- 0-0   513    
10 Quinnipiac                ( 1)    0- 0-0   419    
11 Michigan                          0- 0-0   417    
11 Minnesota State                   0- 0-0   417    
13 New Hampshire                     0- 0-0   354    
14 Providence                        0- 0-0   271    
15 Rensselaer                        0- 0-0   266    
16 Union                             0- 0-0   258    
17 Denver                            0- 0-0   241    
18 Western Michigan                  0- 0-0   117    
19 Boston University                 0- 0-0   113    
20 Niagara                           0- 0-0    94    

Others receiving votes: Cornell 80, Ferris State 67, Harvard
18, Minnesota-Duluth 18, Nebraska-Omaha 16, Air Force 14,
Michigan Tech 14, Canisius 12, Colorado College 11, Ohio
State 11, Alaska 10, Mercyhurst 10, Michigan State 6, RIT 5,
Bowling Green 4, Brown 4, Dartmouth 2, Merrimack 2, Robert
Morris 2.