March 1 Div I and III uscho.com polls

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USCHO.com Division I Women's Poll
March 1, 2004

Team (First Place) Record Pts Last Week
1 Minnesota (14) 24-4-2 149 2
2 Dartmouth (1) 20-5-2 131 3
3 Harvard 23-3-1 123 1
4 St. Lawrence 22-7-1 100 4
5 Wisconsin 22-5-3 95 5
6 Mercyhurst 23-5-4 68 7
7 Minnesota-Duluth 17-11-2 51 6
8 New Hampshire 19-8-4 48 9
9 Princeton 19-8-0 39 8
10 Brown 15-9-2 10 NR

Others Receiving Votes: Minnesota State 6,
Ohio State 5


USCHO.com Division III Women's Poll
March 1, 2004

Team (First Place) Record Pts Last Week
1 Plattsburgh (9) 19-4-2 144 1
2 Middlebury (4) 20-3-0 135 2
3 Manhattanville (2) 21-2-2 124 3
4 Elmira 16-7-2 103 4
5 Bowdoin 18-4-1 85 5
6 Wis.-Stevens Point 17-6-4 76 6
7 Gustavus Adolphus 20-5-0 48 9
8 Wis.-Superior 19-7-1 47 7
9 Rensselaer 18-4-3 33 10
10 St. Thomas 18-5-2 19 8

Others Receiving Votes: Wis.-River Falls 6,
Williams 5

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USA Today/American Hockey Magazine
Women's College Hockey Poll - March 2, 2004
No. Team
Total points
(1st-place votes
in parentheses) 2003-04
Record Last
Week
1. Minnesota 186 (15) 24-4-2 2
2. Dartmouth 164 (2) 20-5-2 T-4
3. Harvard 161 (2) 23-3-1 1
4. St. Lawrence 125 22-7-1 3
5. Wisconsin 124 22-5-3 T-4
6. Mercyhurst 88 23-5-4 8
7. New Hampshire 65 19-8-4 9
8. Minnesota-Duluth 61 17-11-2 6
9. Princeton 50 19-8-0 7
10. Brown 14 15-9-2 10
Others receiving votes: Minnesota State University-Mankato, 4; Ohio State University, 2; Providence College, 1.

The ranking I see the least justification for is New Hampshire over UMD... look at the common opponents for starters, 4-3-1 for UMD vs. 2-6-0 for UNH!! I seriously question whether UNH would be above .500 playing UMD's schedule this season. UNH is hurt a bit by being a young team and having played a lot of it's tough games before mid-January, but UMD certainly had the same problem.