UMD Makes Big Jump in Latest College Hockey Rankings
Michigan State is the clear No. 1 team in men's college hockey, and Minnesota Duluth has earned its way back into the top 10 for the first time in four years, at least in one poll. Outside of that, there's not a lot of clarity in this week's rankings.
With so many upsets there wasn't a lot of movement minus the few sweeps that occurred over last weekend. Michigan and Western Michigan switched spots after their No. 2 vs. No. 3 home-and-home split (the difference is only two points in one poll and three in the other, though), and Denver and Quinnipiac did as well in one ranking at No. 6 and No. 7 even though both took a road loss out East.
UMD jumped up from No. 18 to No. 10 after winning both of its games at Minnesota, while the Gophers dropped from No. 12 to nearly out of the top 20. They might have been saved by Cornell not having played a regular-season game yet as the Ivy League just wrapped up its exhibitions and will enter the fray this week. The Bulldogs were last in the top 10 in October 2021.
On the women's side the only change in the top five was Cornell moving up a notch to No. 4. Wisconsin is still unanimous No. 1, but has a big home series this week against No. 3 Minnesota. The biggest change was that Colgate fell out of the top 10.
USCHO Men's Poll
October 27 2005
Rank | Team | Record | Points (1st) | Prv. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Michigan State | 5-1-0 | 993 (45) | 1 |
2 | Michigan | 7-1-0 | 916 (2) | 3 |
3 | Western Michigan | 4-2-0 | 914 (1) | 2 |
4 | Penn State | 7-1-0 | 817 (2) | 5 |
5 | Boston University | 3-3-1 | 769 | 4 |
6 | Denver | 3-2-1 | 708 | 7 |
7 | Quinnipiac | 5-2-1 | 676 | 6 |
8 | North Dakota | 4-2-0 | 612 | 8 |
9 | Connecticut | 3-3-0 | 521 | 11 |
10 | Minnesota Duluth | 7-1-0 | 492 | 18 |
11 | Boston College | 2-2-1 | 475 | 9 |
12 | Maine | 3-2-1 | 429 | 10 |
13 | Massachusetts | 5-2-0 | 395 | 13 |
14 | Wisconsin | 4-0-2 | 325 | 17 |
15 | Colorado College | 5-1-0 | 293 | 16 |
16 | Providence | 2-2-1 | 283 | 15 |
17 | Ohio State | 4-2-0 | 277 | 14 |
18 | Minnesota State | 3-2-1 | 152 | 20 |
19 | Minnesota | 2-5-1 | 104 | 12 |
20 | Cornell | 0-0-0 | 87 | 19 |
Others receiving votes: Northeastern 77, Miami 41, St. Cloud State 41, Union 35, Michigan Tech 18, Arizona State 17, Omaha 10, Sacred Heart 6, St. Thomas 5, Clarkson 4, Dartmouth 4, Merrimack 2, Bemidji State 1, Brown 1
USA Hockey Poll
October 27, 2025
Rank | Team | Points (1st) | Prv. |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Michigan State | 677 (32) | 4 |
2 | Michigan | 630 (2) | 3 |
3 | Western Michigan | 627 | 2 |
4 | Penn State | 559 | 5 |
5 | Boston University | 521 | 4 |
6 | Quinnipiac | 494 | 6 |
7 | Denver | 471 | 7 |
8 | North Dakota | 417 | 8 |
9 | Connecticut | 355 | 11 |
10 | Boston College | 343 | 9 |
11 | Minnesota Duluth | 328 | 19 |
12 | Maine | 290 | 10 |
13 | Massachusetts | 265 | 13 |
14 | Wisconsin | 236 | 16 |
15 | Providence | 214 | 14 |
16 | Colorado College | 175 | 17 |
17 | Ohio State | 151 | 15 |
18 | Minnesota | 85 | 12 |
19 | Minnesota State | 80 | 20 |
20 | Cornell | 65 | 18 |
Others receiving votes: Northeastern 45; Union, 45; Miami 32; St. Cloud State, 26; Michigan Tech, 7; Clarkson, 6; Nebraska Omaha, 3; Colgate 1; Sacred Heart 1.
USCHO Women's Poll
October 27, 2025
Rank | Team | Record | Points (1st) | Prv. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Wisconsin | 10-0-0 | 300 (20) | 1 |
2 | Ohio State | 7-1-0 | 276 | 2 |
3 | Minnesota | 9-1-0 | 264 | 3 |
4 | Cornell | 4-0-0 | 232 | 5 |
5 | Minnesota Duluth | 6-4-0 | 216 | 4 |
6 | Penn State | 10-0-0 | 206 | 6 |
7 | Quinnipiac | 9-1-0 | 177 | 7 |
8 | Connecticut | 5-2-0 | 156 | 8 |
9 | Clarkson | 5-3-0 | 126 | 10 |
10 | St. Cloud State | 4-6-0 | 105 | 11 |
11 | Colgate | 4-4-0 | 102 | 9 |
12 | Northeastern | 4-2-0 | 93 | 12 |
13 | St. Thomas | 7-3-0 | 42 | 13 |
14 | Yale | 3-1-0 | 40 | 13 |
15 | Brown | 3-1-0 | 22 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Mercyhurst 12, Boston College 9, Minnesota State 6, Boston University 5, Princeton 4, Providence 4, St. Lawrence 4
Women's USA Hockey Poll
October 28, 2025
Rank | Team | Points (1st) | Prv. |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Wisconsin | 285 (19) | 1 |
2 | Ohio State | 260 | 2 |
3 | Minnesota | 252 | 3 |
4 | Cornell | 223 | 4 |
5 | Minnesota Duluth | 205 | 5 |
6 | Penn State | 195 | 6 |
7 | Quinnipiac | 167 | 7 |
8 | Connecticut | 140 | 9 |
9 | Clarkson | 116 | 10 |
10 | Colgate | 111 | 8 |
11 | St. Cloud State | 101 | 11 |
12 | Northeastern | 85 | 12 |
T13 | St. Thomas | 33 | 13 |
T13 | Yale | 33 | 14 |
15 | Brown | 24 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: St. Lawrence 16, Mercyhurst 10; Princeton 10; Providence 5; Minnesota State, 5; Boston College 4, Boston University 3.
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