USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
2015-16 Women’s College Hockey Poll – Week #5
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank School
Last Week’s Rank
2015-16 Record
Weeks in Top 10
1. University of Minnesota, 188 (17) 1 8-0-0 5
2. Boston College, 165 (2) 3 8-0-0 5
3. University of Wisconsin, 160 2 8-0-0 5
4. Clarkson University, 131 4 9-0-0 5
5. Quinnipiac University, 89 7 4-0-1 5
6. Bemidji State University, 88 6 6-2-2 5
7. Harvard University, 75 5 0-1-0 5
8. University of North Dakota, 62 8 5-1-2 5
9. Northeastern University, 61 9 6-1-1 4
10. Dartmouth College, 11 — 1-0-0 1
Others Receiving Votes: Cornell University, 6; Princeton University, 3; University of Connecticut, 2; University of Minnesota Duluth, 2; Boston University, 1; Colgate University, 1.
Notes: University of Minnesota remains in the top spot for the fifth consecutive week … The Western Collegiate Hockey Association and ECAC 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.
