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Monday is a big rankings release day around the NCAA and instead of having three separate posts that you probably won’t click on, we are putting them all into one handy post that you will click on because we care about your time wasting at work. Gotta be efficient when wasting time.
Women’s hockey
Well...it finally happened. A week after regaining all of the first place votes in the USCHO.com poll, the Badgers lost a game (and then lost another one in a shootout) and fell from their perch as the unanimous No. 1 team in the land.
With 14 first-place votes this week, @GopherWHockey takes over as the top team in the https://t.co/2QgdyNoa0Z Division I Women’s Poll.
— USCHO.com (@USCHO) November 4, 2019
Former No. 1 @BadgerWHockey gets the other first-place nod in this week’s rankings. pic.twitter.com/5UZqnNhKvx
The Badgers had a tough weekend against Minnesota and the Gophers rightfully switched spots with Wisconsin and laid claim to the No. 1 ranking. UW sits at No. 2 and still received a first place vote. Nicole Haase says it wasn’t her, but we are going to FOIA her ballot just to be sure.
Fellow WCHA conference member, Minnesota Duluth, moved up one spot to No. 9 in the poll. The Badgers are off this weekend and resume play on Saturday, Nov. 16th against Minnesota State.
Men’s hockey
The men’s hockey team had an ever worse weekend than the women’s hockey team, getting swept soundly at Penn State this past Thursday and Friday. That dropped the Badgers to 4-4-0 on the season and to the No. 12 spot in the USCHO.com poll.
With 49 first-place votes, @DU_Hockey stays No. 1 in this week’s https://t.co/2QgdyNoa0Z Division I Men’s Poll.@UMassHockey sits No. 2 and garnered the other first-place vote in this week’s rankings. pic.twitter.com/8s826hqTwR
— USCHO.com (@USCHO) November 4, 2019
Penn State jumped all the way up to No. 6, one spot behind B1G leader No. 5 Notre Dame. Ohio State as at No. 9 and Minnesota received two votes in this week’s poll.
The Badgers travel to Omaha to take on UNO this weekend.
Volleyball
The newest AVCA poll has the Badgers holding strong at No. 4 behind No. 1 Texas, No. 2 Pitt and No. 3 Baylor.
AVCA Top-25:
— AVCA (@AVCAVolleyball) November 4, 2019
1. Texas
2. Pitt
3. Baylor
4. Wisconsin
5. Stanford
6. Minn
7. Neb
8. Penn St
9. Creighton
10. Marquette
11. BYU
12. Florida
13. Colo. St
14. Wash
15. Purdue
16. Utah
17. Rice
18. Kentucky
19. Hawai'i
20. Cal
21. Illinois
22. WKU
23. UCLA
24. Wash St
25. Texas A&M
The B1G is still packing the top of the poll with the Badgers, No. 6 Minnesota, No. 7 Nebraska and No. 8 Penn State all in the top-ten. Purdue checks in at No. 15 and Illinois is the final conference team in the poll at No. 21. Michigan is just outside the rankings, sitting at No. 27.
Steady as the beating drum.
— Wisconsin Volleyball (@BadgerVB) November 4, 2019
Wisconsin remains #4 in the nation. pic.twitter.com/Fm1N7bS0HF
The Badgers incredibly hot play since the conference season started (they literally haven’t lost to a B1G team yet) has them at No. 3 in the RPI, one spot higher than their AVCA ranking.
Baylor, Texas, Wisconsin maintain their top 3 spots in the @NCAAVolleyball RPI
— NCAA Stats (@NCAAStats) November 4, 2019
https://t.co/8S9048f1wl pic.twitter.com/tOeCS33PHL
The Badgers continue their road swing with matches next weekend at Ohio State and Maryland.