Wisconsin Holds No. 1 Ranking in USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Women’s College Hockey Poll for Fifth Straight Week
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
2016-17 Women’s College Hockey Poll – Week #5
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank School
Last Week’s Rank
2016-17 Record
Weeks in Top 10
1. University of Wisconsin, 190 (19) 1 7-0-1 5
2. University of Minnesota, 171 2 7-1-0 5
3. University of Minnesota Duluth, 139 4 4-2-2 4
4. Quinnipiac University, 114 3 5-2-1 5
5. Boston College, 108 7 4-2-2 5
6. St. Lawrence University, 93 6 5-0-1 3
7. Colgate University, 89 5 5-0-1 5
8. Clarkson University, 55 8 4-3-1 5
9. Princeton University, 38 — 2-0-0 3
10. Bemidji State University, 27 9 4-3-1 3
Others Receiving Votes: University of North Dakota, 12; Northeastern University, 4; Ohio State University, 4; Cornell University, 1.
Notes: The ECAC has five teams in the rankings, while the WCHA follows with four teams and the Hockey East Association has one.
About the Poll: The 20th annual USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine 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 four NCAA Division I ice hockey conferences, as well as composite votes from officers of the AHCA and USA Hockey.
