If you are quick on the net and like to see things as they come, then you have already seen this week's polls. If you spend you're entire day working on a website that gets things out fast like me, you are just now getting around to it and realizing that it's already Tuesday night. The Tigers moved around in both polls, though not how I would have expected. USA Today actually moved them up 3 spots to number 10, USCHO dropped them from 5 to 9. I like the Tigers as much as the next guy but they don't look like a top10 team to me right now. They look like they still need some time to gel and get the best line and D combos out there. This Friday night funk needs to end...although the WCHA championship isn't on Fridays so maybe there's a chance! Hope everyone is having a good week, be careful in that ice and snow in spots on the Front Range! (we are still almost totally dry down here in the 4 corners). And a hello to my new visitor from Cotopaxi!

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll

The 14th annual USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll is conducted each week in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association. The poll includes input from coaches and journalists representing each of the six NCAA Division I ice hockey conferences, as well as composite votes from officers of the American Hockey Coaches Association and USA Hockey Magazine, the official publication of USA Hockey.

Dec. 8, 2008

No.	Team (First-place votes)	Points	Last Poll
1.	Notre Dame (30)	504	1
2.	Minnesota (2)	459	2
3.	Miami (2)	443	4
4.	Boston University	380	5
5.	Denver	347	7
6.	Northeastern	337	8
7.	Princeton	307	9
8.	Boston College	279	3
9.	Cornell	220	13
10.	Colorado College	220	13
11.	Vermont	192	12
12.	Michigan	126	14
13.	Air Force	120	10
14.	Minnesota State	46	11
15.	New Hampshire	33	15

Also receiving votes: Dartmouth 16, Wisconsin 16, Nebraska-Omaha 13, St. Cloud State 9, Maine 6, Yale 6, Alaska 4, Ohio State 4, UMass Lowell 1.

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Poll

Dec. 8, 2008

No.	Team (First-place votes)	Points	Last Poll
1.	Notre Dame (41)	976	1
2.	Minnesota (3)	918	3
3.	Miami (3)	873	4
4.	Boston University	805	7
5.	Northeastern	759	6
6.	Denver (1)	731	8
7.	Boston College	723	2
8.	Princeton (2)	678	9
9.	Colorado College	570	5
10.	Cornell	544	13
11.	Vermont	507	12
12.	Air Force	445	10
13.	Michigan	438	14
14.	Minnesota State	272	11
15.	New Hampshire	214	19
16.	Wisconsin	183	NR
17.	St. Cloud State	169	NR
18.	Dartmouth	163	16
19.	Nebraska-Omaha	156	18
20.	Alaska	86	NR

Also receiving votes: Minnesota Duluth 47, Alaska Anchorage 45, North Dakota 44, UMass Lowell 40, Ohio State 39, Maine 35, Massachusetts 23, Yale 14, Niagara 2, Quinnipiac 1.