Wisconsin #1 in USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Women’s College Hockey Poll Entering NCAA Women’s Frozen Four
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
2016-17 Women’s College Hockey Poll – Week #23
(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 32-2-4 23
2.
Clarkson University, 171
2 30-4-5 23
3. Boston College, 143 4 28-5-5 23
4. University of Minnesota, 137 5 26-7-5 23
5. University of Minnesota Duluth, 119 3 25-7-5 22
6. St. Lawrence University, 95 6 26-6-4 21
7. Cornell University, 76 7 20-9-5 9
8. Robert Morris University, 57 8 24-5-6 14
9. Princeton University, 38 9 20-10-3 13
10. Northeastern University, 18 10 22-12-3 6
This Week’s Top 10
Matchups
Friday, March 17
No. 4 Minnesota
vs
No. 2 Clarkson
No. 3 Boston College
vs
No. 1 Wisconsin
(Both games in St. Charles, Missouri, as part of the NCAA Women’s Frozen Four)
Others Receiving Votes: Quinnipiac University, 1.
Notes: Wisconsin is the No. 1 team for the 23rd straight week entering this weekend’s national semifinals … The ECAC leads the way with four teams in the rankings while the WCHA has three teams, the Hockey East Association has two teams and the CHA has one team … To view past polls, click here.
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.
