Denver has garnered 37 of 50 first-place votes in the DCU/USCHO.com Preseason Division I Men’s Poll.
The Pioneers captured the 2022 national championship back in April, defeating Minnesota State 5-1 in Boston.
No. 2 Minnesota picked up eight first-place votes, while Minnesota State sits third with three first-place nods.
North Dakota is fourth and Minnesota Duluth pulls up in fifth.
Sixth-ranked Michigan earned two first-place votes.
The rest of the top 10 features Quinnipiac at No. 7, Northeastern eighth, Notre Dame ninth and UMass tenth.
DCU/USCHO.com Preseason Division I Men’s Poll – Sept. 19, 2022
Coming in ranked 11-20 are, in order, Harvard, Boston University, St. Cloud State, Western Michigan, Providence, Ohio State, UMass Lowell, Clarkson, Cornell, and Michigan Tech.
In addition, 17 other teams received votes.
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