Getting Closer...Sort Of

We haven't done a poll update in quite some time for obvious reasons.  BU went from top five to zero in no time at all.

But now there is an interesting little twist to the polls.  BU is seventh in Hockey East, which makes them the first in Hockey East to miss out on the national poll.

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll

January 18, 2010

	Team	(First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Last Poll
1	Denver	(39)	14-5-3	989	1
2	Miami	(11)	15-4-5	957	2
3	Wisconsin		13-6-3	863	3
4	Minnesota-Duluth		16-7-1	795	10
5	North Dakota		12-7-5	654	4
6	Yale		10-4-3	651	5
7	Colorado College		13-8-3	641	8
8	Ferris State		16-6-2	633	6
9	Cornell		9-4-3	573	9
10	Michigan State		15-7-4	563	7
11	Boston College		12-6-2	554	12
12	St. Cloud State		14-7-3	523	14
13	Union		13-4-5	485	13
14	Bemidji State		15-5-2	435	11
15	Massachusetts		14-8-0	310	19
16	New Hampshire		10-7-4	220	20
17	Vermont		11-7-2	185	18
18	Lake Superior		14-8-4	118	NR
19	Mass.-Lowell		12-9-2	97	15
20	Maine		11-9-2	83	16
Others Receiving Votes: Michigan 52, Quinnipiac 47, Minnesota 30, Alaska 20, Notre Dame 19, St. Lawrence 2, RIT 1

BC at  11, UMass at 15, UNH at 16, UVM at 17, UML at 19 and UME at 20.


The Terriers are knotted up in Hockey East with Vermont at 12 points, but it's the "Against the Rest" section of the standings that keeps BU out of the nation's best.


BU is the first Hockey East team out, and they're also the first Hockey East team with an under .500 record.  


At 7-10-3 overall, BU has the second worst record overall in the conference, outpacing only Mack (7-12-0).    Northeastern (9-11-1) and Providence (9-10-1) both sit behind BU in Hockey East but ahead of the Terriers overall.

So make sure you take a closer look before you get too excited about hopping into the Top 20.  It's still a long, long way from reality.