Coming off a national championship last season, Minnesota Duluth has been voted by the media as the favorite to capture the 2018-19 Penrose Cup, awarded to the NCHC regular-season champions, as the NCHC preseason poll was unveiled Monday.
The Bulldogs received 20 of a possible 27 first-place votes and totaled 209 voting points.
A total of 27 ballots were submitted by local media members from each school, as well as select national media.
2018-19 NCHC Media Preseason Poll
| School (First-place votes) | Voting points |
|---|---|
| 1. Minnesota Duluth (20) | 209 |
| 2. St. Cloud State (6) | 182 |
| 3. North Dakota | 150 |
| 4. Western Michigan | 121 |
| 5. Denver (1) | 115 |
| 6. Colorado College | 98 |
| 7. Omaha | 61 |
| 8. Miami | 36 |
