We proudly release this season’s 2024-25 LetsGoDU SUPER-POLL™. The storied annual hockey poll is a must-read for collegiate hockey fans around the USA and around the world. This year, our AI data analytics model is backed by a major investment by Canadian Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary and calculated at the Goddard Computing Center in Houston, force-ranked college hockey programs. The complex methodology applies weight to program investment, rosters, coaching staff, fans, mascots, school colors, schedules, and 57 other critical metrics. The generative AI simulations feed the neural network using our large language model, DU was placed in the top spot – the 20th consecutive season for the defending national champions in the LetsGoDU SUPER-POLL™. Here is the top 10 in order:

#10. Quinnipiac makes our election year Top 10. Known for polling and hockey, the Bobcats make the primaries (NCAA Tournament) but exit the general (Frozen Four).

#9. Western Michigan. Even more unlikely than J.Lo and Ben Affleck reconciling, Western Michigan and the misfit Lawson Lunatics find their way to the dance. The Broncos get bucked and the lunatics redirect their passion to petitioning CBS for season thirteen of Jim  Parsons’ The Big Bang Theory.

#8. Minnesota Duluth. The bad news is the Bulldogs get bounced in regional play. The good news? The team gets a group discount to the Duluth Spring Expo at the Gas South Convention Center April 4-6th.

#7. North Dakota. Freshman enrollment at UND is up by 24% this school year. In a similar move, the hockey team lowered their recruiting standards on their 11 newcomers and again fail to take flight in the NCAA Tournament.

#6. Minnesota. Disney’s Star Wars studio production ‘The Acolyte‘ joins the Gophers as the biggest busts of the season. This may be the final sequel for Disney CEO Bob Iger and head coach Bob Motzko.

#5. Michigan’s NIL haul is a win for local Ann Arbor car dealers, tavern owners & massage parlors but the wheels fall off this bloated program as head coach Brandon Naurato becomes the lowest-paid member of the team.

#4. Wisconsin head coach Mike Hastings has bounced around more than the ‘Hawk Tuah’ girl. Their fans may be salivating about a Frozen Four appearance but they come up dry in St. Louis.

#3. Boston College. The battle of Boston goes to Boston College. The Frozen Four-bound Eagles are to Boston University what Caitlin Clark is to Angel Reese. The rival Terriers are this season’s dogs in every respect and shockingly miss the playoffs.

#2. Michigan State. Look for Michigan State’s gnocchi brothers – David Gucciardi, Mikey DeAngelo, and Luca Di Pasquo to take the Spartans to St. Louis’ Anthoninos Taverna () and the Frozen Four. Unfortunately, it is Hell’s Kitchen for the Spartans with a finals loss.

#1. University of Denver rides with the ‘Tenver’ slogan to a second natty in a row, something of a DU tradition dating back to the sixties, going 37-0 in the regular season. DU will coast through the playoffs with a championship coronation at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis. Unfortunately, the subsequent ‘Elevenver’ championship clothing line is the only questionable call by the Crimson and Gold brass.

#64. Colorado College‘s hockey hopes are sinking fast at the small, liberal arts outpost, where last place in the SuperPoll is an annual tradition. While their players excel in the three P’s: poetry, pottery, and painting, they miss a fourth ‘P’- playoffs. ’57…and counting