Rank
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School
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Last Week's Ranking
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2011-12 Record
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Weeks in Top |
1 |
University of Wisconsin, 190 (19) |
1
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19-1-0
|
12
|
2 |
University of Minnesota, 170 |
2
|
17-3-0
|
12
|
3 |
Cornell University, 152 |
3
|
10-2-0
|
12
|
4 |
Boston College, 126 |
4
|
13-5-1
|
12
|
5 |
Mercyhurst College, 114 |
6
|
12-4-0
|
12
|
6 |
University of North Dakota, 93 |
5
|
12-7-1
|
12
|
7 |
Northeastern University, 63 |
9
|
13-4-1
|
10
|
8 |
University of Minnesota Duluth, 44 |
8
|
9-8-1
|
12
|
9 |
Harvard University, 37 |
NR
|
8-4-0
|
4
|
10 |
Bemidji State University, 34 |
7
|
10-7-2
|
3
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Others receiving votes: Boston University, 14; Clarkson University, 5; Dartmouth College, 3.
NOTES: The University of Wisconsin earned the No. 1 ranking for the 12th straight week ... The Western Collegiate Hockey Association leads all conferences with five ranked teams, while the Hockey East Association and ECAC Hockey each have two ranked teams. Mercyhurst is the only College Hockey America team ranked ... A total of 13 teams received votes.
ABOUT THE POLL: The 15th 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 Magazine, the most widely distributed hockey magazine in the world.
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