Wisconsin Claims No. 1 Spot in Preseason USA Hockey/The Rink Live Women’s College Hockey Poll
USA Hockey/The Rink Live
2023-24 Women’s College Hockey Poll – Preseason
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank School Final 2022-23 Rank 2022-23 Record Weeks in Top 15
1. University of Wisconsin, 284 (18) 1 29-10-2 1
2. Ohio State University, 267 (1) 2 33-6-2 1
3. University of Minnesota, 237 3 30-6-3 1
4. Colgate University, 229 5 32-6-2 1
5. Northeastern University, 199 4 34-3-1 1
6. Yale University, 186 6 28-4-1 1
7. University of Minnesota Duluth, 178 7 26-10-1 1
8. Quinnipiac University, 153 8 30-10-0 1
9. Clarkson University, 118 9 29-11-2 1
10. Cornell University, 104 14 16-14-2 1
11. Penn State University, 89 10 27-9-2 1
12. University of Vermont, 69 11 22-11-3 1
13. St. Cloud State University, 59 13 18-18-1 1
14. Providence College, 48 12 22-11-1 1
15. Princeton University, 21 NR 15-15-1 1
Others Receiving Votes: Boston College, 10; UConn, 8; Mercyhurst, 8; St. Lawrence, 6; Minnesota State, 6; Long Island University, 1.
Notes: The University of Wisconsin claims the No. 1 ranking with 284 points and 18 first-place votes… The ECAC has six teams in the rankings, while the WCHA has five and the Hockey East Association has three… Team records are listed as W-L-T.
About the Poll: The 25th annual USA Hockey/The Rink Live Women’s College Hockey Poll is conducted each week in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association. The poll includes input from coaches and journalists representing each of the five NCAA women’s hockey conferences who are eligible for the NCAA Women’s National Collegiate Ice Hockey Championships, as well as composite votes from officers of the AHCA and USA Hockey.