Detroit - The coaches' and media polls were presented at the 2003 CCHA Media Day on Tuesday afternoon at Joe Louis Arena with the MSU hockey team placing third and second, respectively.

U-M was picked to finish top in the league in each poll. Ferris State, the conference's winner a season ago with a 22-5-1 conference record, placed second in the coaches poll and third in the media poll.

"(MSU) could have as easily been picked No. 1 as Michigan," Michigan head coach Red Berenson said. "But I think everyone that watched Michigan State last year knew that they would be going through some transition in the start of the year, which they did