My thoughts on the rankings .... #1 N. Dakota - First of all ... I think too much has been granted to N. Dakota as fas as "reigning #1". Once they lost to Minnesota, they should have lost #1. But, that was their opening weekend versus a tested Gopher squad so they fared about as well as anyone else in the nation could possibly expect. (Maine did fare a bit better, but Minn. was still warming up). But, seeing that they entered the weekend in the #1 slot ... its hard to justify losing it after they travelled to CC and took 3 of 4 points. Are they the #1 team? I don't know. They definitely are a good measure better than CC and even more so over Minnesota/Wisconsin. Therefore, that in itself warrants a good look as the #1 team. Any WCHA team that can distance themselves from the pack should be ranked higher than a CCHA or HockeyEast team that is battling amongst its own league giants. Is BU a good measure better than Maine, B.C., etc. Could be! Doing what they did in Maine certainly says so. Therefore, its is justifiable BU and N. Dakota are jockeying for #1. But, B.U. should probably have the edge being undefeated and all. Records against ranked teams ... W/L GF/GA Rank of opponents BU 2/0 12/0 #6, #13 N.Dakota 2/1/1 15/13 #4, #4, #11, #11 Now, Michigan State is another story. Much the same can be said for them but we'll leave that until next week. HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.