Inside College Hockey published their annual preseason power rankings of each D-I college hockey team. Here's a link to the full list of all 59 schools, and below you can see where the WCHA teams are ranked. The number to the left of the school's name indicates where they rank in these power rankings, while the number in parenthesis after the school's name is where INCH predicted each team to finish in the WCHA standings.
1. North Dakota (1)
8. Minnesota (4)
10. Denver (2)
11. Colorado College (3)
15. Wisconsin (7)
18. St. Cloud State (5)
22. Michigan Tech (6)
35. Minnesota Duluth (8)
36. Minnesota State (9)
42. Alaska Anchorage (10)