USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
2016-17 Men’s College Hockey Poll – Week #2
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank School
Last Week’s Rank
2016-17 Record
Weeks in Top 15
1. University of North Dakota, 504 (28) 1 2-0-0 2
2. Boston University, 457 (6) 3 1-0-0 2
3. Quinnipiac University, 441 2 1-0-1 2
4. University of Minnesota Duluth, 399 5 2-0-2 2
5. St. Cloud State University, 316 6 0-0-0 2
6. University of Notre Dame, 308 8 2-0-0 2
7. UMass Lowell, 303 7 0-0-2 2
8. University of Minnesota, 242 11 2-0-0 2
9. Boston College, 235 9 1-1-0 2
10. University of Denver, 193 4 0-2-0 2
11. Providence College, 178 10 1-1-0 2
12. Harvard University, 132 13 0-0-0 2
13. University of Michigan, 111 12 1-1-0 2
14. Northeastern University, 82 14 0-1-1 2
15. Ohio State University, 45 — 1-0-1 1
Others Receiving Votes: Minnesota State University, 42; St. Lawrence University, 41; Air Force, 21; Yale University, 19; Bowling Green State University, 4; University of Nebraska Omaha, 4; Miami University, 3.
Notes: Defending NCAA national champion, University of North Dakota, ranks first with 504 points and 28 first-place votes … The Hockey East Association has six teams in the rankings … The National Collegiate Hockey Conference follows with four teams, while the Big Ten has three teams and the ECAC has two.
About the Poll: The 22nd annual USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s College Hockey Poll is conducted each week in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association. The poll includes input from coaches and journalists representing each of the six NCAA Division I ice hockey conferences, as well as composite votes from officers of the AHCA and USA Hockey.
