Boston College Athletics
Ratings Roundup Week 18
February 08, 2012 | Women's Hockey
Feb. 8, 2012
Chestnut Hill, Mass. – The Boston College women’s ice hockey team fell two spots to No. 6 on the latest USCHO and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls. Last week, the Eagles (19-8-3, 11-3-2 Hockey East) tied No. 7 Northeastern, 1-1, at the 34th Annual Beanpot and lost to Providence, 6-2.
The Eagles have four league games remaining on their regular-season schedule, including a home-and-home series with Connecticut this weekend. BC travels to UConn for a 2 p.m. skate on Saturday, Feb. 11 and return to the Heights for 1 p.m. showdown on Sunday.
BC concluded the Beanpot with a 4-2 win over No. 8 Harvard on Tuesday night at Walter Brown Arena. The Crimson had been topped by newly-minted No. 10 Boston University, 5-2, in the opening round. Northeastern went on win the title by defeating BU, 4-3, in overtime.
With the Eagles taking the No. 6 ranking in the polls, both North Dakota and Mercyhurst advanced one position. The schools remained flip-flopped in the rankings, but occupy spots No. 4 and No. 5.
The 10th spot was the only other change on the sets, as BU went from a national vote-getter to being included on the list.
| USCHO.com Poll (2/6/12) | USA Hockey Magazine Poll (2/7/12) | ||||||
| Team |
Pts. (1st) |
Record |
Last Rk |
Team |
Pts. (1st) |
Record |
Last Rk |
| 1. Wisconsin | 150 (150 | 26-2-2 | 1 | 1. Wisconsin | 190 (19) | 26-2-2 | 1 |
| 2. Minnesota | 133 | 24-4-2 | 2 | 2. Minnesota | 170 | 24-4-2 | 2 |
| 3. Cornell | 122 | 21-3-0 | 3 | 3. Cornell | 153 | 21-3-0 | 3 |
| 4. North Dakota | 90 | 18-9-2 | 5 | 4. Mercyhurst | 115 | 19-5-1 | 5 |
| 5. Mercyhurst | 78 | 19-5-1 | 6 | 5. North Dakota | 110 | 18-9-2 | 6 |
| 6. Boston College | 77 | 18-8-3 | 4 | 6. Boston College | 91 | 18-8-3 | 4 |
| 7. Northeastern | 66 | 18-6-3 | 7 | 7. Northeastern | 74 | 18-6-3 | 8 |
| 8. Harvard | 50 | 16-7-1 | 9 | 8. Harvard | 59 | 16-7-1 | 7 |
| 9. Minn.-Duluth | 21 | 15-12-1 | 8 | 9. Minn.-Duluth | 28 | 15-12-1 | 9 |
| 10. Boston Univ. | 14 | 16-12-1 | NR | 10. Boston Univ. | 20 | 16-12-1 | NR |
| 10. Dartmouth | 20 | 15-7-2 | 10 | ||||
| Others receiving votes: Dartmouth (13), St. Lawrence (6), Bemidji St. (2), Clarkson (2), Providence (1). | Others receiving votes: St. Lawrence (8), Bemidji St. (4), Ohio State (2), Clarkson (1). | ||||||
