MANKATO, Minn. - Minnesota State men's hockey was ranked No. 20 this week by USCHO.com and USA Hockey/The Rink Live NCAA Division I polls.

Minnesota State (12-8-5, 8-6-3 CCHA) hosts No. 14 Augustana on Saturday, January 24 at 6:07 p.m. at Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center.

Four CCHA teams appeared in the top-20 on Monday, including No. 14 Augustana, No. 16 St. Thomas, No. 19 Michigan Tech and No. 20 Minnesota State. Bemidji State also received national votes.

University of Michigan remained the top-ranked team in the nation and Michigan State improved to No. 2.

USCHO.com Division I Men's Ice Hockey Poll (Jan. 19)

Rank/Team (First Place Votes)	Record	Pts	Last
1. Michigan (49)	20-4-0	998	1
2. Michigan State	17-5-0	938	4
3. Western Michigan (1)	16-6-0	864	3
4. North Dakota	18-6-0	812	5
5. Wisconsin	15-5-2	783	2
6. Quinnipiac	18-4-2	724	7
7. Minnesota Duluth	17-7-0	708	6
8. Penn State	16-6-0	681	8
9. Denver	13-10-2	575	9
10. Dartmouth	14-4-1	519	10
11. Providence	13-7-2	503	14
12. Cornell	12-5-0	412	13
13. Connecticut	13-7-3	375	11
14. Augustana	16-6-3	347	15
15. Boston College	11-8-1	321	12
16. St. Thomas	14-7-3	225	19
17. Maine	12-9-2	223	16
18. Boston University	12-10-1	116	20
19. Michigan Tech	16-8-2	105	NR
20. Minnesota State	12-8-5	82	17

Others receiving votes: Northeastern 48, St. Cloud State 47, Union 17, Arizona State 13, Miami 13, Massachusetts 12, Bentley 11, Princeton 10, Harvard 8, Colorado College 5, Bemidji State 2, New Hampshire 2, RIT 1.

USA Hockey/The Rink Live Division I Men's Ice Hockey Poll (Jan. 19)

Rank/Team (First Place Votes)	Pts	Record	Weeks in Top 20
1. Michigan (34)	680	20-4-0	16
2. Michigan State	639	17-5-0	16
3. Western Michigan	589	16-6-0	16
4. North Dakota	552	18-6-0	16
5. Wisconsin	545	15-5-2	16
6. Minnesota Duluth	506	17-7-0	13
7. Quinnipiac	492	18-4-2	16
8. Penn State	454	16-6-0	16
9. Denver	398	13-10-2	16
10. Dartmouth	360	14-4-1	10
11. Providence	337	13-7-2	16
12. Cornell	299	12-5-0	16
13. Connecticut	261	13-7-3	16
14. Augustana	219	16-6-3	4
14. Boston College	219	11-8-1	16
16. St. Thomas	152	14-7-3	4
17. Maine	134	12-9-2	16
18. Boston University	84	12-10-1	15
19. Michigan Tech	51	16-8-2	1
20. Minnesota State	49	12-8-5	16

Others receiving votes: Northeastern 33, St. Cloud State 30, Harvard 15, Princeton 11, Union 10, Arizona State 8, UMass 5, Bemidji State 3, Miami 3, RIT 1.