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Defending national champion and unanimous No. 1 Wisconsin remained on top of the Oct. 10 USA Hockey / The Rink Live women's college hockey poll.

The Badgers are off to a 4-0 start and garnered all 19 first-place votes.

The top four teams, including No. 2 Ohio State with a 1-1-0 record, remained in order from last week's poll. Colgate (3-1) is third with 2-0 Minnesota in fourth. Northeastern, which has rattled off four straight wins while allowing just one goal during that span, dropped from No. 5 to No. 7 in this week's rankings.

Undefeated St. Lawrence moved into the top 15 with a No. 13 showing this week.

The ECAC has six teams the top 15 while the WCHA has five.

Rank, ÍáÍáÂþ»­, Last Week's Rank, 2023-24 Record, Weeks in Top 15

1. University of Wisconsin, 285 (19), 1, 4-0-0, 4
2. Ohio State University, 258, 2, 1-1-0, 4
3. Colgate University, 252, 3, 3-1-0, 4
4. University of Minnesota, 22,8, 4, 2-0-0, 4
5. Yale University, 186, 6, 0-0-0, 4
6. University of Minnesota Duluth, 183, 7, 2-0-0, 4
7. Northeastern University, 180, 5, 5-1-0, 5
8. Quinnipiac University, 156, 8, 4-0-0, 4
9. Clarkson University, 148, 9, 5-0-1, 4
10. Cornell University, 100, 10, 0-0-0, 4
11. Penn State University, 72, 11, 1-4-1, 4
12. University of Vermont, 68, 12, 0-1-1, 4
13. St. Lawrence University, 52, NR, 4-0-0, 1
14. University of Connecticut, 44, 14, 1-0-1, 2
15. St. Cloud State University, 41, 13, 3-1-0, 4

Others receiving votes: Minnesota State, 11; Mercyhurst, 6; Princeton, 6; Providence, 4.