Wisconsin Holds Unanimous No. 1 Rank in Week 19 of USA Hockey/The Rink Live Women’s College Hockey Poll

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Wisconsin Holds Unanimous No. 1 Rank in Week 19 of USA Hockey/The Rink Live Women’s College Hockey Poll
Ohio State, Minnesota, Cornell and Colgate round out top five
USA Hockey/The Rink Live
2024-25 Women’s College Hockey Poll – Week 19
(First-place votes in parentheses)

Rank School Last Week’s Rank 2024-25
Record		 Weeks in Top 15
1. University of Wisconsin, 285 (19) 1 27-1-2 19
2. Ohio State University, 264 2 21-6-3 19
3. University of Minnesota, 249 3 22-6-1 19
4. Cornell University, 215 5 17-4-4 19
5. Colgate University, 212 4 24-6-0 19
6. University of Minnesota Duluth, 196 6 15-11-2 19
7. St. Lawrence University, 157 7 16-9-5 19
8. Penn State University, 148 8 25-4-1 19
9. Quinnipiac University, 130 11 18-8-4 19
10. Clarkson University, 100 9 19-10-1 19
11. St. Cloud State University, 95 10 13-10-5 19
12. Northeastern University, 70 12 18-9-1 14
13. Princeton University, 68 14 16-8-1 15
14. Boston University, 44 RV 18-8-1 11
15. Boston College, 22 13 17-10-1 13
 
 

Upcoming Top 15
Matchups

Tuesday, Feb. 4

No. 14 Boston University
at
No. 12 Northeastern

Friday, Feb. 7

No. 9 Quinnipiac
at
No. 7 St. Lawrence

No. 13 Princeton
at
No. 10 Clarkson

Saturday, Feb. 8

No. 3 Minnesota
at
No. 1 Wisconsin

No. 9 Quinnipiac
at
No. 10 Clarkson

No. 13 Princeton
at
No. 7 St. Lawrence

Sunday, Feb. 9

No. 3 Minnesota
at
No. 1 Wisconsin

 

Others Receiving Votes: St. Thomas University, 7; Yale University, 2; Minnesota State University, 2; Mercyhurst University, 1.

Notes: ECAC Hockey has six teams in the rankings, while the WCHA has five. Hockey East has three and Atlantic Hockey America has one … Team records are listed as W-L-T.

About the Poll: The 26th 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.

 

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