Alright so this was the first week of having two D-III Men's National Polls...here is how they compared.
D3hockey.com
USCHO.com Poll
Not too many differences really...The same 15 teams are ranked in both polls and the biggest difference one team is in position to the other is two spots.
Here is the average of the two polls.
D3hockey.com
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# School (1st votes) Rec Pts Prev. 1 Norwich (19) 4-0 292 2 Oswego State (1) 7-1-1 277 3 Castleton State 6-0 234 4 UW-River Falls 6-0-2 225 5 Plattsburgh State 5-1 219 6 Adrian 6-1 199 7 St. Norbert 5-2-2 165 8 Elmira 4-2 146 9 Utica 5-2 130 10 Milwaukee Engineering 5-1 113 11 Middlebury 2-0 99 12 UW-Superior 4-2-2 83 13 Neumann 3-2 78 14 St. Thomas 5-1-1 40 15 New England College 5-2 17 Others receiving votes: Curry 16, Marian 14, Williams 12, Bowdoin 12, Manhattanville 6, St. Olaf, 5, Amherst 4, UW-Eau Claire 4, Buffalo State 3, Hobart 2, Salem State 2, Plymouth State 1, UW-Stout 1, Tufts 1
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1 Norwich (18) 4-0-0 297 1 2 Oswego 7-1-1 273 2 3 Castleton ( 2) 6-0-0 255 3 4 Adrian 6-1-0 232 4 5 Wisconsin-River Falls 6-0-2 222 5 6 Plattsburgh 5-1-0 202 6 7 St. Norbert 5-2-2 173 8 8 Milwaukee School of 5-1-0 138 9 9 Utica 5-2-0 131 7 10 Elmira 4-2-0 123 11 11 Middlebury 2-0-0 83 NR 12 Wisconsin-Superior 4-2-2 54 13 13 St. Thomas 5-1-1 47 NR 14 Neumann 3-2-0 39 12 15 New England College 5-2-0 34 15 Others receiving votes: Williams 23, Wisconsin-Eau Claire 14, Amherst 13, Curry 12, Bowdoin 10, Marian 10, Plymouth State 8, Tufts 2, Buffalo State 1, Manhattanville 1, Salem State 1, Wisconsin-Stevens Point 1, Wisconsin-Stout 1.
Here is the average of the two polls.
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# Team (1st) Points D3H USCHO 1. Norwich (18.5) 294.5 1 1 2. Oswego (0.5) 275 2 2 3. Castleton (1) 244.5 3 3 4. River Falls 223.5 4 5 5. Adrian 215.5 6 4 6. Plattsburgh 210.5 5 6 7. St. Norbert 169 7 7 8. Elmira 134.5 8 10 9. Utica 130.5 9 9 10. MSOE 125.5 10 8 11. Middlebury 93 11 11 12. Superior 68.5 12 12 13. Neumann 57.5 13 14 14. St. Thomas 43.5 14 13 15. New England College 25.5 15 15
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