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Heading into the final weekend, league standings are becoming much clearer...

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WMU is currently unranked (#27 / 8 votes) in the USCHO poll and unranked (no votes) in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll.

We're #21 (t) in the PairWise, #23 in the RPI (.5082 / 32nd SOS) and #22 in the KRACH.


Note: vertical axis is divided in 5-place increments; 20th is at the bottom, 1st is up top.

NCHC Teams:
#4 - St. Cloud State ............ 1/17 (5-5 SOW), 1/18 (2-1 W)
#9 - North Dakota ............... 12/6 (2-3 L), 12/7 (2-3 L), @3/7, @3/8
#19 - Minnesota Duluth .......... @12/13 (5-3 W), @12/14 (3-4 L), 1/31 (2-5 L), 2/1 (1-3 L)
Unranked - Denver ............... @11/15 (3-5 L), @11/16 (0-1 L), 2/28 (2-4 L), 3/1 (3-1 W)
Unranked - Nebraska Omaha ....... 2/21 (1-5 L), 2/22 (5-3 W)
Unranked - WMU
Unranked - Colorado College ..... 11/1 (3-2 W), 11/2 (5-1 W), @2/14 (4-4 SOW), @2/15 (0-3 L)
Unranked - Miami ................ 1/10 (5-4 W), 1/11 (3-2 W), @2/7 (5-2 W), @2/8 (3-2 W)



Other 2013-2014 Opponents:
#14 - Northeastern .............. @11/29 (1-1 SOL)
Unranked - Alaska Anchorage ..... @10/18 (6-2 W)
Unranked - Michigan Tech ........ @12/28 (1-0 W)
Unranked - Alabama Huntsville ... @11/30 (1-0 W)


Former CCHA teams:
#7 - Ferris State
#11 - Notre Dame ................ @10/11 (0-4 L), 10/12 (0-3 L)
#12 - Michigan .................. @12/27 (3-2 W)
Unranked - Ohio State
Unranked - Bowling Green
Unranked - Miami ................ 1/10 (5-4 W), 1/11 (3-2 W), @2/7 (5-2 W), @2/8 (3-2 W)
Unranked - LSSU
Unranked - Alaska Fairbanks ..... @10/19 (3-3 SOL)
Unranked - Northern Michigan .... 11/9 (4-5 L), 11/10 (2-2 SOW)
Unranked - Michigan State ....... @11/22 (2-0 W), 11/23 (4-1 W)






Note: vertical axis is divided in 5-place increments; 25th is at the bottom, 1st is up top.

http://www.uscho.com/rankings/d-i-mens-poll
http://www.usahockey.com/page/show/88722...ege-hockey

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NCHC Finish/Playoff Probabilities:


Source: http://www.playoffstatus.com/nchc-hockey...dings.html


Source: http://www.playoffstatus.com/nchc-hockey...ities.html

With NoDak @ #9 and several teams ranked 12-20 idle, this week there is an unusual opportunity for the Broncos to leap frog some teams ahead of them.

There are also some other teams in the 12-20 grouping whom if they lose, WMU could also pass them.

In both cases, it's probably not enough to move the Broncos into the top 12, but it could move them with in striking distance going into the playoffs.

IMO, I didn't think it was possible for WMU to still crack the top 12 and long ago I gave up hope, but I'm getting a little more excited going into this weekend

Side note, I mention previously we matched up very well with the NoDaks and I thought it was very interesting Murray made the exact same comment during his Monday presser.