The first USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll was released this afternoon and your University of Wisconsin Badgers check in at #13 to start the season. In my opinion it's just about perfect for where I thought we should be. Five other WCHA teams were also ranked to start the season. North Dakota checks in at #2, St. Cloud at #6, Minnesota-Duluth at #9, Denver at #11, and Minnesota at #15. My sleeper team, Nebraska-Omaha was in the receiving votes category.