Maine hockey's win over Boston University at Fenway Park helped move the Bears into the top-20 in this week's USCHO national poll. The Black Bears are ranked #19 with an 11-7-2 record. There are eight teams from Hockey East in the top-20 in the nation so HE play will be no picnic in the second semester.

The the PairWise rankings, which factors in all stats the NCAA uses to seed teams for the playoffs, Maine is #18. Keep in mind 16 teams make the playoffs in March.

 

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll

January 13, 2014

Team

(First Place Votes)

Record

Points

Last Poll

1

Minnesota

(48)

14- 2-3

997

1

2

Ferris State

( 1)

17- 3-3

935

3

3

St. Cloud State

( 1)

12- 3-3

865

2

4

Boston College

14- 4-3

853

5

5

Quinnipiac

17- 3-5

819

7

6

Union

13- 4-3

760

4

7

Providence

13- 5-4

642

6

8

Yale

8- 3-4

613

10

9

Wisconsin

13- 6-1

559

14

10

Massachusetts-Lowell

14- 6-1

546

9

11

Northeastern

13- 6-3

496

16

12

Cornell

8- 4-3

436

12

13

Michigan

10- 6-2

428

8

14

Clarkson

13- 7-2

352

11

15

Notre Dame

12- 8-1

345

15

16

Denver

11- 7-4

208

17

17

New Hampshire

13-10-1

148

20

18

Vermont

11- 7-3

143

18

19

Maine

11- 7-2

89

NR

20

North Dakota

11- 7-2

81

NR

Others receiving votes: Miami 75, Ohio State 40, Western Michigan 30, Colgate 18, Bowling Green 6, Lake Superior 6, Mercyhurst 5, Bentley 3, Air Force 2.


PAIRWISE RANKINGS

Rank

Team

PWR

W-L-T

Win %

Win % Rank

RPI

RPI Rank

1

Minnesota

58

14-2-3

.8022

1

.6053*

1

2

Boston College

57

14-4-3

.7549

5

.5955*

2

3

Ferris State

56

17-3-3

.8087

2

.5868*

3

4

Quinnipiac

55

17-3-5

.7773

3

.5851*

4

5

St. Cloud State

54

12-3-3

.7423

4

.5819*

5

6t

Union

52

13-4-3

.7184

6

.5684

6

6t

Northeastern

52

13-6-3

.6712

11

.5644*

7

8t

Providence

50

13-5-4

.6776

8

.5630*

8

8t

Massachusetts-Lowell

50

14-6-1

.6792

7

.5563*

9

10

Wisconsin

49

13-6-1

.6588

9

.5555*

10

11

Cornell

48

8-4-3

.6370

15

.5478

11

12

Yale

46

8-3-4

.6575

10

.5437*

13

13

New Hampshire

45

13-10-1

.5630

26

.5453

12

14t

Clarkson

44

13-7-2

.6422

13t

.5433

14

14t

Michigan

44

10-6-2

.6163

16

.5430

15

16

Notre Dame

43

12-8-1

.5714

19t

.5414

16

17

Vermont

42

11-7-3

.5728

19t

.5379

18

18

Maine

41

11-7-2

.5988

17t

.5413

17

19t

North Dakota

40

11-7-2

.5816

17t

.5353

19

19t

Colgate

40

9-9-3

.4909

32t

.5315

20

21

Minnesota-Duluth

38

9-8-1

.5376

30

.5308

21

22

Bowling Green

37

12-9-5

.5691

27

.5270

22

23

Minnesota State

36

12-10-0

.5800

28t

.5262

23

24t

Brown

34

6-6-3

.5211

32t

.5208

25

24t

Western Michigan

34

11-8-3

.5561

25

.5201

26

26

Denver

33

11-7-4

.5701

21

.5213

24

27t

Miami

31

9-9-2

.5106

32t

.5185

27

27t

Alaska-Anchorage

31

11-9-2

.5306

28t

.5143

28

29

Ohio State

30

11-6-1

.5926

12

.5136

29

30

St. Lawrence

29

8-10-2

.4706

37t

.5119

30

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