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Battle to be the Best

02/22/2021, 4:15pm CST

By Bryan Zollman

Which team will rise to the top?

Senior Spotlight: Northfield's Carson VanZuilen

02/22/2021, 3:45pm CST

By Let's Play Hockey

Gophers roll into No. 1 spot in latest polls

12/14/2020, 1:15pm CST

By NEWS RELEASE

Senior Spotlight: Andrew Racine, Coon Rapids

12/12/2020, 9:30pm CST

By Bryan Zollman, Let's Play Hockey

Lauren Bench takes unlikely path to Gophers crease

12/11/2020, 10:15am CST

By Bryan Zollman, Let's Play Hockey

10 things to focus on during The Pause

12/09/2020, 5:30am CST

By Lets Play Hockey

Gopher women 3rd in latest poll

12/08/2020, 11:30am CST

By LPH

Wisconsin maintains top spot

Wisconsin maintained the top spot in the latest USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine's college hockey poll. The Gophers will battle MSU-Mankato this week while the Badgers are currently on hiatus due to Covid-19. No, 2 Northeastern will take on No. 9 Boston College. UMD, ranked No. 7, was scheduled to take on Wisconsin this weekend but that series has been postponed.

Here are the top 10:

Rank	School	Last Week's Rank	2020-21 Record	Weeks in Top 10
1.	University of Wisconsin, 179 (10)	1	1-1-0	4
2.	Northeastern University, 161 (6)	2	0-0-0	4
3.	University of Minnesota, 154 (3)	3	3-1-0	4
4.	Ohio State University, 144	4	2-2-0	4
5.	Colgate University, 112	6	4-1-1	3
6.	University of Minnesota Duluth, 89	7	4-2-0	4
7.	Clarkson University, 80	5	1-2-1	4
8.	Providence College, 56	9	5-0-1	2
9.	Boston College, 33	10	4-2-0	3
10.	Boston University, 25	8	1-1-0	4

Others Receiving Votes: Quinnipiac University, 6; Penn State University, 2; Robert Morris University, 1.

Notes: The University of Wisconsin holds the top spot in the rankings for the fourth week with 179 points and 10 first-place votes... The Hockey East Association and WCHA both have four teams represented in the rankings, while the ECAC has two... Team records are listed as W-L-T... For past poll results, click here.

About the Poll: The 24th 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 five NCAA women's hockey conferences who are eligible for the NCAA Women's National Collegiate Ice Hockey Championships, as well as composite votes from officers of the AHCA and USA Hockey.