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Published February 28, 2012, 04:48 AM

Minnesota Duluth men No. 1 in PairWise Rankings

COLLEGE HOCKEY: The Minnesota Duluth men, on a five-game unbeaten streak, are ranked No. 1 in the PairWise Rankings, which mimic the NCAA tournament selection process.

By: News Tribune staff, Duluth News Tribune

  • UMD vs. Colorado College
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    The Bulldogs remain two points behind first-place Minnesota after both teams won their games Friday and Saturday. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)

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The Minnesota Duluth men, on a five-game unbeaten streak, are ranked No. 1 in the PairWise Rankings, which mimic the NCAA tournament selection process. The Bulldogs (22-7-5) are also No. 2 in the U.S. College Hockey Online and USA Today-USA Hockey Magazine Division I polls released Monday, up two spots from last week.

Boston College (23-10-1), on a nine-game win streak, is No. 1 in the U.S. College Hockey Online and USA Today-USA Hockey Magazine polls, and No. 2 in the PairWise Rankings.

UMD swept No. 9 Colorado College over the weekend at Amsoil Arena and finishes the regular season Friday and Saturday at St. Cloud State (14-16-4) in 7:37 p.m. and 7:07 p.m. games.

  • The UMD women (20-13-1) are unranked in the U.S. College Hockey Online poll and No. 11 in the PairWise Rankings. The Bulldogs are coming off a sweep of Ohio State in the first round of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs and face No. 1 Wisconsin (31-3-2) at 4:37 p.m. Friday in the league Final Face-Off semifinals at Amsoil Arena. No. 2 Minnesota (29-5-2) plays No. 5 North Dakota (20-13-1) in the 7:37 p.m. semifinals.

  • Wisconsin-Superior (17-7-3) moved up one spot to No. 9 in the U.S. College Hockey Online Division III women’s poll following a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association playoff series sweep of St. Norbert College. UWS faces Adrian (15-9-2) in Friday’s league semifinals in River Falls, Wis.

    The St. Scholastica men (15-8-5), ranked No. 11 last week, dropped out of the U.S. College Hockey Online Division III top 15 following an NCHA semifinal playoff loss to Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

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