Rank
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School
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Last Week's Ranking
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2011-12 Record |
Weeks in Top 10 |
1 |
University of Wisconsin, 189 (18) |
1
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29-3-2
|
20
|
2 |
University of Minnesota, 165 (1) |
2
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27-5-2
|
20
|
3 |
Cornell University, 158 |
3
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26-3-0
|
20
|
4 |
Boston College, 121 |
4
|
23-8-3
|
20
|
5 |
Mercyhurst College, 93 |
5
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22-6-3
|
20
|
6 |
University of North Dakota, 92 |
6
|
20-10-3
|
20
|
7 |
Northeastern University, 82 |
7
|
22-6-4
|
18
|
8 |
Harvard University, 60 |
8
|
20-8-1
|
12
|
9 |
Boston University, 35 |
10
|
20-13-1
|
14
|
10 |
University of Minnesota Duluth, 22 |
9
|
18-13-1
|
20
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Others receiving votes: St. Lawrence University, 15; Clarkson University, 10; Bemidji State University, 3.
NOTES: The University of Wisconsin earned the No. 1 ranking for the sixth straight week ...The Western Collegiate Hockey Association leads all conferences with four ranked teams, while the Hockey East Association has three ranked teams and ECAC Hockey has two ranked programs. 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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