Polls 2021-2022

[Timothy A]

Whoops.

That was a shocking outcome for that series.

[TitleIXHockey]

St Thomas is the exception to your rule for now.

Yeah, what happened, the way they nabbed conference wins to start the season, this series should have been a slam dunk. They look less good now.

[D2D]

First updated Poll since December 13, 2021
Amazing, no change for teams then ranked #1 to #9

Poll update as of 1/3/22: (Ranking last poll 12/13/21)
1. Wisconsin (1)
2. Ohio State (2)
3. Northeastern (3)
4. Quinnipiac (4)
5. Minnesota (5)
6. Colgate (6)
7. Yale (7)
8. Minnesota Duluth (8)
9. Clarkson (9)
10. Connecticut (Others Receiving Votes)
Harvard (10)
Others receiving votes: Providence 1 (none)

[Timothy A]

The eye test tells me that MN should be easily ranked ahead of Q. It kinda sucks that I have to wait to 2/4 to see UMD for the eye test.

[D2D]

Division I Women's Poll - January 10, 2022

1. Wisconsin
2. Ohio State
3. Northeastern
4. Minnesota
5. Quinnipiac
6. Colgate
7. Clarkson
8. Yale
9. Minnesota Duluth
10. Harvard
Others Receiving Votes - Connecticut (8)

Clarkson is the only team to move up or down by more than one place (#9 to #7)

[D2D]

Division I Women's Poll - January 17, 2022

1. Wisconsin
2. Ohio State
3. Northeastern
4. Quinnipiac
5. Minnesota
6. Colgate
7. Clarkson
8. Minnesota Duluth
9. Harvard
10.Yale
Others Receiving Votes - Connecticut (6)

Once again, very little movement in this week's poll compared to last.
Quinnipiac and Minnesota trade places at 4/5
Minnesota Duluth moves up one to #8
Yale moves down two to #10
and Harvard moves up one to the 9th spot

This coming weekend in the WCHA Minnesota has an opportunity to shake things up a bit as they take on Wisconsin for a pair at Ridder, while UMD travels to Columbus hoping to gain at least a split against the Buckeyes.

[EMPTYNETTER]

Good for Northeastern and Minnesota
Clarkson remain in top 10 after loss to RPI?

[TchrBill]

Have some perspective…the loss was in OT after a 40+ save performance from RPI. Colgate should be #10 and Clarkson #9 IMO. Harvard feels like the sleeper team; where the heck did they come from, lurking from behind…

[robertearle]

Northeastern at #1, with 6 first place votes and 130 'points' total
Minnesota #2, with 5 first place votes and 129 points total
Ohio State #3, with 3 first place votes and 125 points total
Wisconsin #4, with 2 first place votes and 125 points total

This is the best poll I remember. Nobody knows anything, and everything you know is wrong. :-)

[FiveHoleFrenzy]

I still think Minnesota is the 4th best team behind Ohio State, Wisconsin, and Northeastern.

This posters poll would be...

1. Ohio State - Losing to UMD has been an issue for them but they rebounded well from the loss
2. Wisconsin - Yes, evidently Minnesota is their kryptonite but other than that it's a toss-up between OSU and them for the top spot
3. Northeastern - Playing in Hockey East is not doing them any favors. Not enough good competition to rank them No. 1.
4. Minnesota - Maybe they need to schedule more games with Wisconsin. This is like the opposite of last year where they couldn't beat Wisconsin.
5. UMD - Not the best record but when you play in a league like the WCHA this is going to happen They are battle tested and with that first line they can compete with anyone.
6-10. Some teams from the ECAC. Maybe in this order...

6. Yale
7. Havard
8. Quinnipiac
9. Colgate
10. Clarkson

[TchrBill]

The ECAC is no pushover, but the way they round out the poll is unimpressive. When push comes to shove, they seldom dominate.

[D2D]

The most striking thing to me is to see 4 WCHA teams ranked in the Top 5 this late in the season.

[Watson Rink]

Has there ever been a poll that ranked one team from one conference #1, four teams from a second conference ##2-5 and five teams from a third conference ##6-10?
Not saying it's wrong, just saying it has an unusual shape

[Watson Rink]

Harvard feels like the sleeper team; where the heck did they come from, lurking from behind…

That will happen when your league doesn't allow you to start playing until everybody else already has a 10-game body of work to show. Same thing with Yale being surprisingly good and Cornell dropping from the top 10 like a stone.

[Steamboat]

Has there ever been a poll that ranked one team from one conference #1, four teams from a second conference ##2-5 and five teams from a third conference ##6-10?
Not saying it's wrong, just saying it has an unusual shape

That's a question for Arlan. He has been quiet lately, but maybe could enlighten us on this subject.