Boston College Athletics
Ratings Roundup Week 13
January 10, 2012 | Women's Hockey
Jan. 10, 2012
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. The Eagles opened the 2012 calendar year with a loss to St. Lawrence, 2-1, and victory over Clarkson, 3-2.
With its non-conference schedule wrapped up, Boston College will begin a gauntlet of Hockey East play. The remaining portion of the Eagles’ regular-season slate features 11 league games and the Beanpot, which begins with a matchup against No. 7 Northeastern on Tuesday, Jan. 31.
There is a new No. 1 for the first time this season. Coming off a victory, 1-0, and a tie, 3-3, Minnesota swapped Wisconsin for the highest ranking in both polls.
Spots three through seven remained stable: No. 3 Cornell, No. 4 Boston College, No. 5 Mercyhurst, No. 6 North Dakota and No. 7 Northeastern.
The remaining movement jostled spots eight through 10. Despite not competing, Minnesota-Duluth moved into the No. 8 slot on both polls. Bemidji State split a series with Minnesota State, rising one spot to No. 9 with USA Hockey, but falling one to the same position with USCHO. Harvard dropped to No. 10, after going 1-1-1 against Connecticut, Princeton and Quinnipiac, respectively.
Boston College competes tonight at 7p.m. against New Hampshire at home.
| USCHO.com Poll (1/9/12) | USA Hockey Poll (1/10/12) | ||||||
| Team |
Pts. (1st) |
Record |
Last Wk |
Team |
Pts. (1st) |
Record |
Last Wk |
| 1. Minnesota | 145 (10) | 18-3-1 | 2 | 1. Minnesota | 183 (13) | 18-3-1 | 2 |
| 2. Wisconsin | 134 (3) | 19-2-1 | 1 | 2. Wisconsin | 170 (4) | 19-2-1 | 1 |
| 3. Cornell | 126 (2) | 12-2-0 | 3 | 3. Cornell | 160 (2) | 12-2-0 | 3 |
| 4. Boston College | 94 | 14-6-1 | 4 | 4. Boston College | 114 | 14-6-1 | 4 |
| 5. Mercyhurst | 87 | 15-4-1 | 5 | 5. Mercyhurst | 109 | 15-4-1 | 5 |
| 6. North Dakota | 70 | 13-7-1 | 6 | 6. North Dakota | 103 | 13-7-1 | 6 |
| 7. Northeastern | 49 | 14-4-1 | 7 | 7. Northeastern | 72 | 14-4-1 | 7 |
| 8. Minnesota-Duluth | 38 | 11-8-1 | 9 | 8. Minnesota-Duluth | 44 | 11-8-1 | 9 |
| 9. Bemidji State | 34 | 13-8-2 | 8 | 9. Bemidji State | 33 | 13-8-2 | 10 |
| 10. Harvard | 26 | 9-5-1 | 10 | 10. Harvard | 31 | 9-5-1 | 8 |
| Others receiving votes: BU (6), Dartmouth (6), St. Lawrence (6), Princeton (2), Robert Morris (2). | Others receiving votes: Dartmouth (17), BU (6), St. Lawrence (3). | ||||||
