USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
2015-16 Women’s College Hockey Poll – Week #3
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank School
Last Week’s Rank
2015-16 Record
Weeks in Top 10
1. University of Minnesota, 190 (19) 1 4-0-0 3
2. University of Wisconsin, 161 3 4-0-0 3
3. Boston College, 157 2 4-0-0 3
4. Harvard University, 125 4 0-0-0 3
5. Clarkson University, 124 5 5-0-0 3
6. University of North Dakota, 85 6 4-0-0 3
7. Quinnipiac University, 76 7 3-0-1 3
8. Bemidji State University, 60 9 5-0-1 3
9. Boston University, 34 8 3-1-0 3
10. Cornell University, 16 — 0-0-0 1
Others Receiving Votes: Mercyhurst University, 12; Northeastern University, 4; University of Minnesota Duluth, 1.
Notes: Defending NCAA national champion, University of Minnesota, is the unanimous first-place selection with 190 votes and all 19 frst-place votes for the third consecutive week … The ECAC and Western Collegiate Hockey Association each have four teams in the rankings, while the Hockey East Association has two.
About the Poll: The 19th 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.