Miami Ranked, Dartmouth Consensus Top 10 in Latest College Hockey Polls
"We have an accord," or at least a consensus, with the Miami RedHawks being ranked by both major college hockey polls this week.
The Redhawks were already in the USA Hockey poll twice, briefly four weeks ago and then last week again at No. 20. After winning both of its games in the Friendship Four in Northern Ireland, including against then-No. 20 Union for the championship, Miami was upgraded to No. 19 in both polls on Monday.
The last time Miami was in the USCHO national rankings was Jan. 7, 2019. Last season, the program won just three games.
Meanwhile, undefeated Dartmouth (8-0) moved into the top 10 in both polls, and received a first-place vote in the USA Today poll. It's also first in the National Collegiate Percentage (NPI) Index, which will be the key indicator used for determining the NCAA tournament bracket, ahead of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota Duluth.
Dartmouth is coming off a pair Hockey East wins, 7-2 over Vermont, and 1-0 against Merrimack, both at Thompson Arena. However, the Big Green has only faced one team that was ranked at the time, No. 17 Cornell on Nov. 8 (2-1), and probably won't see another until January.
Miami is No. 17 in the NPI index. It has a bigger problem to deal with after flying back from Ireland, travel again this week to face No. 6 Denver, where the altitude figures to be an issue.
On the women's side the top four teams remained the same even though No. 4 Penn State took its first loss (3-2 at Northeastern, whihc moved up to No. 6). Meanwhile, two sub-.500 teams remained in the top 15 including 6-11-1 St. Cloud State at No. 13.
The Huskies have played 10 ranked opponents so far this season and are at No. 21 in the NPI, where Ohio State is barely ahead of Wisconsin for No. 1. The Buckeyes host the Badgers for two games this weekend.
USCHO Men's Poll
December 1, 2025
Rank | Team | Record | Points (1st) | Prv. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Michigan | 15-3-0 | 992 (42) | 1 |
2 | Wisconsin | 10-2-2 | 925 (4) | 2 |
3 | Michigan State | 11-3 | 8911 (3) | 3 |
4 | Minnesota Duluth | 12-4 | 799 | 5 |
5 | North Dakota | 10-4 | 750 | 6 |
6 | Denver | 9-5-1 | 737 | 4 |
7 | Western Michigan | 9-5-0 | 681 | 7 |
8 | Quinnipiac | 11-3-2 | 659 | 8 |
9 | Penn State | 11-5-0 | 598 | 9 |
10 | Dartmouth | 8-0-0 | 504 | 13 |
11 | Maine | 8-5-1 | 503 | 10 |
12 | Northeastern | 9-4-0 | 478 | 11 |
13 | Minnesota State | 10-2-4 | 379 | 14 |
14 | Connecticut | 7-5-3 | 350 | 12 |
15 | Boston College | 8-5-1 | 335 | 15 |
16 | Providence | 7-6-2 | 216 | 16 |
17 | Cornell | 6-3-0 | 183 | 17 |
18 | Boston University | 7-7-1 | 144 | 19 |
19 | Miami | 10-4-0 | 114 | NR |
20 | Colorado College | 8-7-1 | 70 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Union 57, Harvard 36, Massachusetts 33, Bemidji State 16, Arizona State 8, Holy Cross 8, St. Cloud State 7, RIT 4, Michigan Tech 2, Bowling Green 1
USA Hockey Poll
December 1, 2025
Rank | Team | Points (1st) | Prv. |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Michigan | 679 (33) | 1 |
2 | Wisconsin | 626 | 2 |
3 | Michigan State | 618 | 3 |
4 | Minnesota Duluth | 557 | 5 |
5 | Denver | 523 | 4 |
6 | North Dakota | 508 | 6 |
7 | Western Michigan | 473 | 7 |
8 | Quinnipiac | 445 | 8 |
9 | Penn State | 410 | 9 |
10 | Dartmouth | 391 (1) | 10 |
11 | Northeastern | 330 | 12 |
12 | Maine | 304 | 11 |
13 | Minnesota State | 255 | 14 |
14 | Boston College | 233 | 15 |
15 | Connecticut | 208 | 13 |
16 | Cornell | 154 | 16 |
17 | Providence | 129 | 17 |
18 | Boston University | 91 | 20 |
19 | Miami | 784 | NR |
20 | Harvard | 39 | 18 |
Others receiving votes: Union, 30; Colorado College 26; Massachusetts, 15; Arizona State 10; St. Cloud State 4; Bemidji State, 3; Bowling Green 3; Augustana 1; Ohio State 1.
USCHO Women's Poll
December 1, 2025
Rank | Team | Record | Points (1st) | Prv. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Wisconsin | 16-1-1 | 295 (15) | 1 |
2 | Ohio State | 15-1-0 | 284 (5) | 2 |
3 | Minnesota | 12-4-0 | 256 | 3 |
4 | Penn State | 17-1-0 | 234 | 4 |
5 | Minnesota Duluth | 10-6-0 | 211 | 6 |
6 | Northeastern | 13-3-0 | 193 | 7 |
7 | Connecticut | 12-3-1 | 178 | 8 |
8 | Cornell | 10-3-1 | 170 | 5 |
9 | Quinnipiac | 13-4-1 | 136 | 9 |
10 | Clarkson | 10-6-1 | 102 | 10 |
11 | Princeton | 9-4-0 | 95 | 13 |
12 | Minnesota State | 10-7-1 | 74 | 15 |
13 | St. Cloud State | 6-11-1 | 53 | 14 |
14 | Colgate | 8-9-1 | 49 | 12 |
15 | Yale | 8-6-0 | 24 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Boston College 17, Brown 16, Mercyhurst 8, Holy Cross 3, St. Thomas 2
USA Hockey Women's Poll
December 2, 2025
Rank | Team | Points (1st) | Prv. |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Wisconsin | 278 (12) | 1 |
2 | Ohio State | 273 (7) | 2 |
3 | Minnesota | 237 | 3 |
4 | Penn State | 228 | 4 |
5 | Minnesota Duluth | 204 | 5 |
6 | Northeastern | 181 | 7 |
7 | Connecticut | 169 | 8 |
8 | Cornell | 163 | 6 |
9 | Quinnipiac | 141 | 9 |
10 | Clarkson | 100 | 10 |
11 | Princeton | 81 | 13 |
12 | Minnesota State | 64 | 15 |
13 | Brown | 38 | 11 |
14 | St. Cloud State | 35 | 14 |
15 | Colgate | 32 | 12 |
Others receiving votes: Yale 19, Boston College 13, St. Thomas 11, Mercyhurst 10, Holy Cross 3.
SEE ALSO: Last Week's College Hockey Rankings
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