With four consecutive wins, Miami has moved to 15th in this week’s USCHO.com poll, and amazingly has reappeared in the USA TODAY/USA Hockey poll also at 15th. The continued exclusion of the RedHawks would have forced the poll into irrelevance because it’s hard to imagine there are 15 better squads than this Miami team.

More importantly, Miami has climbed into a tie for 11th in the PairWise rankings which are far more relevant than polls anyway.