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USCHO.com Division I Women's Poll
October 22, 2012
| 1 | Minnesota | (15) | 8- 0-0 | 150 | 1 |
| 2 | Cornell | | 1- 1-0 | 131 | 2 |
| 3 | Boston University | | 5- 1-0 | 119 | 3 |
| 4 | Clarkson | | 5- 1-0 | 103 | 5 |
| 5 | Mercyhurst | | 6- 1-1 | 82 | 7 |
| 6 | Boston College | | 1- 2-0 | 70 | 4 |
| 7 | Northeastern | | 4- 1-0 | 50 | 8 |
| 8 | North Dakota | | 4- 2-0 | 44 | 10 |
| 9 | Harvard | | 0- 0-0 | 33 | NR |
| 10 | Minnesota State | | 4- 2-2 | 15 | NR |
| Others receiving votes: Ohio State 14, Wisconsin 7, Dartmouth 4, Minnesota-Duluth 1, Providence 1, St. Lawrence 1. |
