Ratings Roundup Week 9
November 23, 2011 | Women's Hockey
Nov. 23, 2011
Chestnut Hill, Mass. – The Boston College women’s ice hockey team retained its No. 4 ranking in the USCHO and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls this week, after sweeping Hockey East rival Northeastern, 3-1 and 4-1, in a home-and-home series last week.
The top five schools in each poll were unchanged by name. Wisconsin remained No. 1 for the ninth straight week.
Spots five through 10 were jumbled on the USCHO poll. The biggest movers were Mercyhurst to No. 7, up two spots, Minnesota-Duluth, who moved down two places to No. 8. No. 6 North Dakota and No. 9 Harvard improved by one rank.
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine saw No. 2 Minnesota switch with No. 3 Cornell. Mercyhurst was the biggest climber, improving from No. 9 to No. 7, while Minnesota-Duluth and Northeaster both fell two spots to No. 8 and No. 10, respectively. North Dakota improved by one place to No. 6, as did Harvard to No. 9.
Boston College fell to Quinnipiac, 2-1, in overtime last night, but resumes play on Friday, Nov. 25 versus Princeton at 3 p.m. and travels to Brown on Sunday at 2 p.m.
| USCHO.com Poll (11/21/11) | USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll (11/22/11) | ||||||
| Team |
Pts. (1st) |
Record |
Last Rk. |
Team |
Pts. (1st) |
Record |
Last Rk. |
| 1. Wisconsin | 149 (14) | 13-1-0 | 1 | 1. Wisconsin | 190 (19) | 13-1-0 | 1 |
| 2. Minnesota | 131 (1) | 12-2-0 | 2 | 2. Minneosta | 167 | 12-2-0 | 3 |
| 3. Cornell | 122 | 7-1-0 | 3 | 3. Cornell | 155 | 7-1-0 | 2 |
| 4. Boston College | 98 | 8-3-1 | 4 | 4. Boston College | 123 | 8-3-1 | 4 |
| 5. Boston University | 85 | 9-4-1 | 5 | 5. Boston University | 113 | 9-4-1 | 5 |
| 6. North Dakota | 77 | 9-4-1 | 7 | 6. North Dakota | 94 | 9-4-1 | 6 |
| 7. Mercyhurst | 48 | 8-2-0 | 9 | 7. Mercyhurst | 67 | 8-2-0 | 9 |
| 8. Minnesota-Duluth | 21 | 5-6-1 | 6 | 8. Minnesota-Duluth | 48 | 5-6-1 | 7 |
| 9. Harvard | 32 | 5-1-0 | 10 | T-9. Northeastern | 39 | 10-3-0 | 8 |
| 10. Northeastern | 27 | 10-3-0 | 8 | T-9. Harvard | 39 | 5-1-0 | 10 |
| Others receving votes: Bemidji St. (15) | Others receiving votes: Bemidji St. (7) and Clarkson (3). | ||||||
