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By a single point, Wisconsin opens the college hockey poll season in the pole position of the USA Hockey / The Rink Live women's college hockey poll.

The Badgers, with 274 points, garnered eight first-place votes. Meanwhile, Ohio State, which won last season's national championship 1-0 over the Badgers, had 273 and 10 first-place votes. Minnesota, Clarkson and Colgate round out the top five.

The ECAC has seven teams in the rankings while the WCHA has five. Hockey East has two and Atlantic Hockey has one.

Rank, ÍáÍáÂþ»­, Final, 2023-24 Rank, 2023-24 Record, Weeks in Top 15

1. University of Wisconsin, 274 (8), 2, 35-6-0, 1
2. Ohio State University, 273 (10), 1, 35-4-0, 1
3. University of Minnesota, 230, 5, 27-10-2, 1
4. Clarkson University, 222, 4, 33-5-2, 1
5. Colgate University, 220, 3, 32-7-1, 1
6. Cornell University, 194, 6, 25-8-1, 1
7. University of Minnesota Duluth, 166 (1), 8, 21-14-4, 1
8. St. Lawrence University, 154, 7, 28-11-0, 1
9. University of Connecticut, 120, 9, 25-8-5, 1
10. Quinnipiac University, 103, 10, 25-11-1, 1
11. St. Cloud State University, 85, 11, 17-17-2, 1
12. Penn State University, 73, 13, 22-13-2, 1
13. Northeastern University, 67, 14, 25-11-3, 1
14. Princeton University, 54, 12, 14-12-6, 1
15. Yale University, 30, 15, 16-15-1, 1

Others receiving votes: Boston College, 5; Minnesota State University, 5; Mercyhurst University, 2; Boston University, 1; Brown University, 1; University of St. Thomas, 1.