Unanimity Hits College Hockey with Michigan St., Wisconsin Women Clear No. 1 Teams
Ladies and gentleman, we have an accord. Total agreement in the college hockey polls that Michigan State is No. 1 on the men's side, and Wisconsin is the team to beat among the women. On Monday, after sweeping then-No. 3 Penn State over the weekend, the Spartans received all 50 first-place votes in the USCHO.com rankings, and all 34 in the USA Hockey poll in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association, while the reigning-champion Badgers continued to land all 20 first-place votes in the women's rankings.
The voters really had no choice. Between sweeping then-No. 1 Boston University in late October, and dispatching the Nittany Lions, Michigan State outscored its opponents 15-6 in those high-profile games. The Spartans' lone setback was the season-opening loss to New Hampshire, 4-3.
Meanwhile, the nearest team last week, Michigan, split games aginst Wisconsin. Then No. 4 Western Michigan was swept at home by Denver. No. 5 Quinnipiac scheduled three games last week and went 1-1-1 against unranked teams, defeating Brown, losing at Yale and tying Alaska.
Consequently, the big shakeup in men's rankings was with the vacuum, with the Wolverines staying at No. 2, but Penn State falling to No. 5, reigning champion Western Michigan to No. 9, and Quinnipiac to No. 10.
With NCHC teams UMD and Denver moving into the top four, Maine is the top Eastern team at No. 8, followed by the Bobcats (Penn State may be in Pennsylvania, but plays in the Western base Big Ten). The rankings are almost the exact opposite in the bottom half of the top 20, with eight teams from the East and two from the West (Minnesota State and Colorado College).
The newest addition to the rankings is No. 19 Dartmouth, which is off to a 4-0 start after defeating Colgate and then-No. 17 Cornell over the weekend.
Associate Head Coach Jason Tapp speaks following a 2-1 win over Cornell to make Dartmouth 2-0 in ECAC play#GoBigGreen | #TheWoods🌲 pic.twitter.com/SyruvtZmCx
— Dartmouth Men's Hockey (@Dartmouth_MIH) November 9, 2025
USCHO Men's Poll
November 10, 2025
Rank | Team | Record | Points (1st) | Prv. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Michigan State | 7-1-0 | 1,000 (50) | 1 |
2 | Michigan | 10-2-0 | 933 | 2 |
3 | Minnesota Duluth | 10-2-0 | 809 | 7 |
4 | Denver | 6-3-1 | 765 | 9 |
5 | Penn State | 9-3-0 | 758 | 3 |
6 | North Dakota | 7-3-0 | 721 | 8 |
7 | Wisconsin | 7-1-2 | 691 | 10 |
8 | Maine | 6-3-1 | 659 | 6 |
9 | Western Michigan | 5-5-0 | 637 | 4 |
10 | Quinnipiac | 6-3-2 | 545 | 5 |
11 | Northeastern | 7-1-0 | 463 | 14 |
12 | Massachusetts | 7-4-0 | 415 | 13 |
13 | Boston University | 5-5-1 | 407 | 12 |
14 | Connecticut | 4-4-2 | 346 | 11 |
15 | Providence | 4-3-2 | 326 | 15 |
16 | Minnesota State | 4-2-4 | 189 | 16 |
17 | Colorado College | 6-3-1 | 170 | 20 |
18 | Boston College | 4-4-1 | 147 | 18 |
19 | Dartmouth | 4-0-0 | 113 | NR |
20 | Cornell | 2-2-0 | 107 | 17 |
Others receiving votes: Ohio State 102, Miami 78, Union 38, Michigan Tech 25, St. Cloud State 16, Omaha 14, Bentley 8, Harvard 8, Bemidji State 5, Holy Cross 2, RIT 2, Arizona State 1
USA Hockey Poll
November 10, 2025
Rank | Team | Points (1st) | Prv. |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Michigan State | 680 (34) | 1 |
2 | Michigan | 636 | 2 |
3 | Minnesota Duluth | 572 | 7 |
4 | Denver | 543 | 11 |
5 | Penn State | 530 | 3 |
6 | North Dakota | 495 | 8 |
7 | Wisconsin | 476 | 9 |
8 | Western Michigan | 433 | 4 |
9 | Quinnipiac | 407 | 5 |
10 | Maine | 406 | 6 |
11 | Northeastern | 333 | 14 |
12 | Boston University | 291 | 13 |
T 13 | Connecticut | 244 | 10 |
T 13 | Massachusetts | 244 | 12 |
15 | Providence | 215 | 15 |
16 | Boston College | 129 | 17 |
17 | Colorado College | 104 | 19 |
18 | Minnesota State | 91 | 18 |
19 | Cornell | 81 | 16 |
20 | Dartmouth | 70 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Miami 52; Ohio State 40; Union 25; Michigan Tech 13; Harvard 10; St. Cloud State 8; Nebraska Omaha, 6; Augustana, 2; Bentley 1; Holy Cross; Long Island 1; Minnesota, 1.
USCHO Women's Poll
November 10, 2025
Rank | Team | Record | Points (1st) | Prv. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Wisconsin | 11-1-0 | 300 (20) | 1 |
2 | Minnesota | 10-2-0 | 274 | 2 |
3 | Ohio State | 9-1-0 | 265 | 3 |
4 | Cornell | 7-0-0 | 236 | 4 |
5 | Minnesota Duluth | 8-4-0 | 212 | 5 |
6 | Penn State | 12-0-0 | 208 | 6 |
7 | Quinnipiac | 12-1-1 | 183 | 7 |
8 | Northeastern | 8-2-0 | 151 | 9 |
9 | Connecticut | 8-3-1 | 145 | 8 |
10 | St. Cloud State | 4-8-0 | 86 | 10 |
11 | Yale | 5-2-0 | 86 | 12 |
12 | Clarkson | 6-5-1 | 76 | 11 |
13 | Brown | 5-2-1 | 45 | 15 |
14 | Colgate | 5-6-1 | 40 | 13 |
15 | St. Thomas | 8-6 | 31 | 14 |
Others receiving votes: Mercyhurst 17, Princeton 17, Minnesota State 12, Boston College 11, St. Lawrence 5
Women's USA Hockey Poll
November 11, 2025
Rank | Team | Points (1st) | Prv. |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Wisconsin | 284 (18) | 1 |
2 | Minnesota | 259 | 2 |
3 | Ohio State | 253 (1) | 3 |
4 | Cornell | 226 | 4 |
5 | Minnesota Duluth | 203 | 5 |
6 | Penn State | 193 | 6 |
7 | Quinnipiac | 175 | 7 |
8 | Connecticut | 135 | 8 |
9 | Northeastern | 132 | 9 |
10 | Yake | 82 | 13 |
11 | Clarkson | 81 | 10 |
12 | St. Cloud State | 75 | 11 |
13 | Brown | 50 | 15 |
14 | Colgate | 39 | 12 |
15 | St. Thomas | 32 | 14 |
Others receiving votes: Princeton 21; Minnesota State 18; Mercyhurst 15; Boston College 6, Holy Cross 1.
SEE ALSO: Last week's rankings
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