Oct. 13, 2009

OXFORD, Ohio -- Fresh off a season-opening sweep of No. 13/15 St. Cloud State over the weekend, the Miami Redhawks became the consensus No. 1 team in the nation Tuesday with the announcement of the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Poll. Yesterday, both the USA Today/USA Hockey poll and the INCH Power Ratings listed Miami in the top spot.

In the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports rankings, delayed a day because of the Columbus Day holiday, the RedHawks gained 28 of 45 first-place votes and totalled 871 points. They leapfrogged Denver and Michigan, who split over the weekend, and idle Boston University to hold a slim 12-point lead over the Terriers.

On Monday, Miami increased its lead in the USA Today/USA Hockey poll. The preseason choice by just two points, The RedHawks were listed first of 24 of 33 ballots for a total of 496 points. Boston University is second, while Denver, North Dakota and Michigan round out the top five

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men's Poll
Minneapolis, Minn./October 13, 2009
   Team       (First Place)   Record   Pts  Last Week
 1 Miami               (28)   2-0-0    871     4
 2 Boston University   (17)   0-0-0    859     2
 3 Denver                     1-1-0    772     1
 4 North Dakota               2-0-0    759     6
 5 Michigan                   1-1-0    685     3
 6 Cornell                    0-0-0    608     7
 7 Notre Dame                 1-1-0    598     5
 8 Yale                       0-0-0    523     8
 9 Minnesota                  0-0-0    521     9
10 Princeton                  0-0-0    459    10
11 Vermont                    1-1-0    408    14
12 Boston College             0-0-0    395    12
13 Wisconsin                  0-0-0    352    13
14 Mass.-Lowell               1-1-0    348    11
15 Bemidji State              2-0-0    183    NR
16 Nebraska-Omaha             2-0-0    154    NR
17 Alaska                     2-0-0    126    NR
18 Quinnipiac                 2-0-0    110    NR
19 St. Cloud State            0-2-0    109    15
20 Northeastern               1-1-0    105    20

USA Today/College Hockey Magazine
Week #1 (Oct. 12)
(first-place votes in parentheses)
  Team	(First Place) Record   Points	Last
1 Miami (Ohio) (24) 2-0-0 496 1
2 Boston University (9) 0-0-0 470 3
3 Denver 1-1-0 413 2
4 North Dakota 2-0-0 394 8
5 Michigan  1-1-0 365 4
6 Cornell 0-0-0 298 7
7 Notre Dame 1-1-0 294 5
8 Minnesota 0-0-0 269 6
9 Princeton 0-0-0 213 9
10 Yale 0-0-0 204 11
11 Vermont 1-1-0 155 15
12 Boston College 0-0-0 144 12
13 Massachusetts Lowell 1-1-0 136 10
14 Wisconsin 0-0-0 74 14
15 Nebraska Omaha 2-0-0 36 NR

INCH Power Ratings
Oct. 12
1	Miami (Ohio)
2	North Dakota
3	Denver
4	Boston University
5	Notre Dame
6	Michigan
7	Cornell
8	Princeton
9	Minnesota
10	Yale
11	Vermont
12	Massachusetts-Lowell
13	Wisconsin
14	Boston College
15	Alaska