At the Polls

The pre-season rankings have been coming in from the major college hockey websites in the last few weeks. BU has been ranked as high as 2nd in the nation by College Hockey News.

Today, BU was slotted at #10 in the USCHO poll (the poll that everyone looks at at actually cares about). I had BU at 5 in my preseason ranking. Of course these rankings are heavily based on last years results and that may explain why BC is ranked 5th. I mean did they look at who the Eagles lost this off season?

***First place votes in parentheses***

Here is the complete USCHO rankings:

1. Notre Dame (11)
2. Miami (12)
3. North Dakota (5) 
4. Denver
5. Boston College (2)
6. Michigan
7. Colorado College
8. Minnesota Duluth (10)
9. Yale (1)
10. Boston University (2)
11. Union
12. New Hampshire
13. Western Michigan
14. Nebraska Omaha
15. Merrimack
16. Maine
17. Wisconsin
18. RPI
19. Minnesota
20. Cornell

USA today also came out with there top 15 rankings today. BU a tad higher in this one at six, one place below arch rival BC. BU did pick up three first place votes, BC had one.

USA Today Rankings:

1. Miami (15)
2. Notre Dame (4)
3. North Dakota (3)
4. Denver
5. Boston College (1) 
6. Boston University (3)
7. Colorado College
8. Yale (2) 
9. Michigan 
10. Minnesota Duluth (6)
11. Union
12. New Hampshire 
13. Western Michigan
14. Nebraska Omaha
15. Maine

My rankings:

1. Miami (Ohio)
2. North Dakota
3. Noter Dame
4. Denver
5. Boston University 
6. Yale
7. Colorado College
8. Union
9. Michigan
10. Minnesota Duluth 
11. Boston College
12. Nebraska Omaha
13. New Hampshire
14. Western Michigan 
15. Merrimack
16. Cornell
17. Wisconsin
18. Maine
19. RIT
20. RPI 

Kieran Millan was named the 6th best goalie

 in the  nation by USCHO. UNH's Matt DiGirolamo was

 ranked #1.... is he really that good? 

or was I seeing a different game last year? 

I don't remember him even being the best goalie in 

Hockey East, never mind the nation.