USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
2015-16 Women’s College Hockey Poll – Week #4
(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 6-0-0 4
2. University of Wisconsin, 160 2 6-0-0 4
3. Boston College, 159 3 6-0-0 4
4. Clarkson University, 129 5 7-0-0 4
5. Harvard University, 118 4 0-0-0 4
6. Bemidji State University, 92 8 6-0-2 4
7. Quinnipiac University, 66 7 3-0-1 4
8. University of North Dakota, 65 6 4-1-1 4
9. Northeastern University, 31 — 4-1-1 3
10. Boston University, 18 9 3-3-0 4
Others Receiving Votes: Cornell University, 10; University of Minnesota Duluth, 4; Penn State University, 2; Mercyhurst University, 1.
Notes: Defending NCAA national champion, University of Minnesota, is the unanimous first-place selection with 190 votes and all 19 first-place votes for the fourth consecutive week … The Western Collegiate Hockey Association has four teams in the rankings, while the Hockey East Association and ECAC each have three.
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.