I was speaking more in general - of the future excuse

It's not necessarily accurate. And I think those Big 10 rankings were based more on last year. I'm not disagreeing with you. I don't think the Big10 hockey = SEC football - but I think the Big10 does

Of those ranked ahead of us, Minnesota Duluth and Minnesota State deserve their rankings - each having played 6 ranked teams - St. Cloud St., Providence, and Denver not so much just based on ranked teams they have played.

Of course, like football, they probably shouldn't even have rankings until a quarter of the way into the season