USA Today/USAH Magazine Preseason Women's College Hockey Poll

University of Minnesota Takes No. 1 in Preseason USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine College Hockey Poll

Defending NCAA National Champion, Clarkson University, Ranks No. 7

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
2014-15 Women's College Hockey Poll - Preseason
(First-place votes in parentheses)

Rank	School	Final 2013-14 Rank	2013-14 Record	Weeks in Top 10
1.	University of Minnesota, 174 (14)	2	38-2-1	1
2.	University of Wisconsin, 142 (4)	3	28-8-2	1
3.	Boston College, 127	5	27-7-3	1
4.	Harvard University, 123	7	23-7-4	1
5.	Boston University, 119	9	24-13-1	1
6.	Cornell University, 104	4	24-6-4	1
7.	Clarkson University, 65	1	31-5-5	1
8.	University of North Dakota, 46	8	20-12-4	1
9.	Mercyhurst University, 35	6	24-9-4	1
10.	Quinnipiac University, 24	10	22-6-9	1

Others Receiving Votes: Northeastern University, 17; University of Minnesota Duluth, 15; Robert Morris University, 9.

Notes: Defending NCAA national champion, Clarkson University, ranks seventh, tallying 65 votes ... The Hockey East Association and the ECAC each have four teams in the rankings, while the Western Collegiate Hockey Association has three and College Hockey America has two.

About the Poll: The 18th 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.