With puck drop in NCAA college hockey just weeks away, conferences across the country have released preseason polls to preview the 2013-14 season.
Below are listed each poll, with first-place votes in parentheses. Five of the six conferences release preseason polls voted on by the coaches; the NCHC released a media poll.
Atlantic Hockey
1. | Niagara (3) | 102 |
2. | Mercyhurst (4) | 98 |
Air Force (2) | 98 | |
4. | Canisius (3) | 92 |
5. | RIT | 81 |
6. | Connecticut | 79 |
7. | Robert Morris | 66 |
8. | Holy Cross | 59 |
9. | Bentley | 53 |
10. | Army | 28 |
11. | American International | 22 |
12. | Sacred Heart | 16 |
Big Ten
1. | Wisconsin |
2. | Minnesota |
3. | Michigan |
4. | Michigan State |
Ohio State | |
6. | Penn State |
ECAC Hockey
1. | Yale (4) | 103 |
2. | Rensselaer (2) | 102 |
3. | Quinnipiac (2) | 93 |
Union (2) | 93 | |
5. | Cornell (1) | 89 |
6. | Harvard | 67 |
7. | Dartmouth (1) | 64 |
8. | Brown | 46 |
9. | Colgate | 44 |
10. | St. Lawrence | 43 |
11. | Princeton | 26 |
12. | Clarkson | 22 |
Hockey East
1. | UMass Lowell (7) | 104 |
Boston College (4) | 104 | |
3. | New Hampshire | 84 |
Notre Dame | 84 | |
5. | Providence | 79 |
6. | Boston University | 67 |
7. | Merrimack | 54 |
8. | Maine | 45 |
9. | Vermont | 34 |
10. | Massachusetts | 32 |
11. | Northeastern | 28 |
National Collegiate Hockey Conference
1. | Miami (7) | 115 |
2. | North Dakota (5) | 109 |
3. | St. Cloud State (4) | 99 |
4. | Denver | 66 |
5. | Western Michigan | 61 |
6. | Minnesota Duluth | 43 |
7. | Colorado College | 42 |
8. | Nebraska Omaha | 41 |
WCHA
1. | Minnesota State (9) | 81 |
2. | Ferris State | 65 |
3. | Michigan Tech (1) | 64 |
4. | Bowling Green | 58 |
5. | Alaska | 54 |
6. | Northern Michigan | 40 |
7. | Bemidji State | 35 |
8. | Lake Superior State | 25 |
9. | Alaska Anchorage | 18 |
10. | Alabama Huntsville | 10 |