HOCKEY: Ferris Not Quite In National Polls ... But Close

BIG RAPIDS - Many fans of Ferris State University were hopeful the hockey team's 5-1 start this season might propel it into the national rankings.

Well, Ferris was close in the U.S. College Hockey Online poll. The Bulldogs garnered 20 points in the poll which essentially have ranked them 27th in the nation heading to Alaska for this weekend's two-game series with Central Collegiate Hockey Association rival Alaska, ranked 16th in the nation (USCHO) and 13th by Inside College Hockey. Those two games will be played Friday and Saturday nights with the puck set to drop at 11:05 p.m. (EDT) in each of the games (Oct. 30-31).

But, with a good weekend in Alaska, head coach Bob Daniels' Bulldogs can erase a lot of doubts and catapult itself into the national rankings. That, however, will be no easy task as Alaska is a very good team.

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men's Poll

Oct. 26, 2009

1. Miami (26) 4-1-1
2. Denver (20) 4-2-0
3. North Dakota ( 1) 4-1-1
4. Boston University 1-2-0
5. Michigan 2-2-0
6. Cornell 0-0-0
7. Yale ( 1) 0-0-0
8. Notre Dame 3-3-0
9. Mass.-Lowell 3-1-0
10. Vermont 2-2-0
11. Princeton 0-0-0
12. Nebraska-Omaha 3-0-1
13. Boston College 1-1-0
14. Bemidji State 3-0-1
15. Colorado College 4-1-1
16. Alaska 3-0-1
17. Massachusetts 3-0-0
18. Quinnipiac 3-0-0
19. Wisconsin 1-2-1
20. Michigan State 4-2-0

Others Receiving Votes: Minnesota 106, St. Cloud State 91, Minnesota-Duluth 75, New Hampshire 64, Western Michigan 41, Harvard 22, Ferris State 20, Providence 16, Northeastern 10, Merrimack 2, Holy Cross 1, Lake Superior 1, St. Lawrence 1, Union 1