Rink and Run blog: UMD men No. 9 in Division I preseason poll

The Minnesota Duluth men are No. 9 in the USA Today-USA Hockey preseason poll released Monday. Defending Division I champion Boston College is No. 1 and North Dakota No. 2. St. Cloud State is No. 6.

USA Today-USA Hockey Division I Men

1 Boston College

2 North Dakota

3 Miami of Ohio

4 Michigan

5 Yale

6 St. Cloud State

7 Maine

8 New Hampshire

9 Minnesota Duluth

10 Cornell

11 Denver

12 Alaska Fairbanks

13 Wisconsin

14 Boston University

15 Minnesota

Others Receiving Votes: Notre Dame, Rochester Institute of Technology, Bemidji State, Ferris State, Union, Vermont, Michigan State, Northern Michigan, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Colorado College, Northeastern, Nebraska-Omaha, Merrimack.

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