Defending NCAA National Champion Minnesota Takes No. 1 in Preseason USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine College Hockey Poll
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
2015-16 Women’s College Hockey Poll – Preseason #1
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank School
Final 2014-15 Rank
2014-15 Record
Weeks in Top 10
1. University of Minnesota, 190 (19) 1 34-3-4 1
2. Boston College, 162 4 34-3-2 1
3. University of Wisconsin, 155 3 29-7-4 1
4. Harvard University, 134 2 27-6-3 1
5. Clarkson University, 111 7 24-11-3 1
6. University of North Dakota, 80 8 22-12-3 1
7. Quinnipiac University, 78 6 27-10-3 1
8. Boston University, 64 5 25-9-3 1
T9. Northeastern University, 23 — 14-17-5 1
T9. Bemidji State University, 23 10 21-17-1 1
Others Receiving Votes: Cornell University, 14; Mercyhurst University, 5; University of Minnesota-Duluth, 3; Syracuse University, 2; St. Lawrence 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 … The Western Collegiate Hockey Association has four teams in the rankings, while the Hockey East Association and the 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.
