Defending NCAA Champion Wisconsin Claims No. 1 Spot in Preseason USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Women’s College Hockey Poll

2019-20 Women’s College Hockey Poll – Preseason
(First-place votes in parentheses)

 Rank School. Final 2018-19 Rank
2018-19 Record. Weeks in Top 10
1. University of Wisconsin, 190 (19). 1
35-4-2. 1
2. University of Minnesota, 171. 2
32-6-1. 1
3. Clarkson University, 149. 3
30-8-2. 1.
4. Northeastern University, 132. 5
27-6-5. 1
5. Cornell University, 103. 4
24-6-6. 1
6. Princeton University, 101. 7
20-8-5. 1
7. Boston University, 59. 8
21-8-8. 1
8. Boston College, 58. 6
26-12-1. 1
9. Ohio State University, 42. 9
20-13-2. 1
10. Colgate University, 21. 10
23-10-5. 1

 This Week’s Top 10
Matchups

Friday, Sept. 27
No. 10 Colgate
at
No. 2 Minnesota
Saturday, Sept. 28
No. 10 Colgate
at
No. 2 Minnesota

Others Receiving Votes: University of Minnesota Duluth, 10; Harvard University, 6; Providence College, 3.

Notes: After claiming its fifth NCAA national title, the University of Wisconsin holds the No. 1 ranking with 190 points and all 19 first-place votes … ECAC Hockey has four teams in the rankings while the Hockey East Association and the WCHA each have three … Team records are listed as W-L-T.

About the Poll: The 23rd 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.