U.S. College Hockey Online had its final Division I men’s poll Monday, with Minnesota Duluth at No. 8, up nine spots from last week. Oh, and the USA Today-USA Hockey Magazine poll which didn’t have UMD rated for pretty much the entire season, well, that poll also has the Bulldogs at No. 8:

USCHO

Team                                Record   Pts  Last Week
 1 Boston University   (27)  31- 6-4   977     2
 2 Notre Dame           (23)  31- 5-3   973     1
 3 Michigan                       29-11-0   882     3
 4 Denver                          23-11-5   832     4
 5 Yale                              24- 7-2   803     7
 6 Northeastern                 25-11-4   727     5
 7 North Dakota                24-14-4   661     6
 8 Minnesota Duluth        21-12-8   621  17
 9 Cornell                         21- 9-4   578     9
10 Princeton                    22-11-1   541     8
11 Vermont                      20-11-5   506    10
12 New Hampshire           19-12-5   465    11
13 Miami of Ohio             20-12-5   399    12
14 Ohio State                   23-14-4   243    18
15 St. Lawrence                21-12-5   239    14
16 Mass.-Lowell                20-16-2   228    19
17 Wisconsin                    20-16-4   201    16
18 Air Force                     27-10-2   192    NR
19 Minnesota                   17-13-7   175    13
20 Boston College            18-14-5   150    15

Others Receiving Votes: Colorado College 44,
Bemidji State 26, Northern Michigan 25, Alaska 9,
St. Cloud State 2, Dartmouth 1

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