Wisconsin Maintains Unanimous No. 1 Rank in Week 16 of USA Hockey/The Rink Live Women’s College Hockey Poll

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Wisconsin Maintains Unanimous No. 1 Rank in Week 16 of USA Hockey/The Rink Live Women’s College Hockey Poll
Ohio State, Minnesota, Minnesota Duluth and Colgate round out top five

USA Hockey/The Rink Live
2024-25 Women’s College Hockey Poll – Week 16
(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 22-1-1 16
2. Ohio State University, 264 2 15-5-3 16
3. University of Minnesota, 246 3 17-5-1 16
4. University of Minnesota Duluth, 227 4 15-5-2 16
5. Colgate University, 206 5 18-6-0 16
6. Cornell University, 185 6 11-4-3 16
7. Clarkson University, 149 7 18-5-1 16
8. St. Lawrence University, 135 10 14-5-5 16
9. Quinnipiac University, 121 8 15-6-3 16
10. Penn State University, 119 11 19-4-1 16
11. St. Cloud State University, 108 9 10-8-4 16
12. Boston College, 92 12 14-6-1 10
13. Princeton University, 57 14 13-6-0 12
14. Boston University, 42 13 13-6-1 9
15. Northeastern University, 22 15 13-6-1 11

Upcoming Top 15
Matchups
Tuesday, Jan. 14
No. 12 Boston College
at
No. 15 Northeastern
Friday, Jan. 17
No. 2 Ohio State
at
No. 4 Minnesota Duluth
No. 9 Quinnipiac
at
No. 5 Colgate
No. 13 Princeton
at
No. 6 Cornell
Saturday, Jan. 18
No. 2 Ohio State
at
No. 4 Minnesota Duluth
No. 9 Quinnipiac
at
No. 6 Cornell
No. 13 Princeton
at
No. 5 Colgate

Others Receiving Votes: University of Connecticut, 12; Minnesota State University, 6; Yale University, 1; 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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