University of Denver Takes Over Top Ranking in
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s College Hockey Poll
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
2016-17 Men’s College Hockey Poll – Week #7
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank
School
Last Week’s Rank
2016-17 Record
Weeks in Top 15
1. University of Denver, 492 (19) 2 7-2-1 7
2. University of Minnesota Duluth, 485 (13) 1 8-2-2 7
3. Boston College, 449 (2) 3 10-2-1 7
4. Boston University, 390 4 5-3-1 7
5. UMass Lowell, 354 5 7-3-2 7
6. Quinnipiac University, 326 8 7-3-1 7
7. University of Minnesota, 292 7 4-2-2 7
8. University of North Dakota, 267 6 5-4-2 7
9. University of Notre Dame, 214 9 5-3-1 7
10. Harvard University, 192 10 4-1-1 7
11. Penn State University, 174 12 9-1-1 3
12. St. Cloud State University, 121 13 6-4-0 7
13. Ohio State University, 103 14 6-1-4 5
14. Bemidji State University, 102 — 9-2-1 1
15. Minnesota State University, 43 11 7-4-1 5
This Week’s Top 15
Matchups
Thursday, Nov. 17
No. 5 UMass Lowell
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No. 9 Notre Dame
Friday, Nov. 18
No. 5 UMass Lowell
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No. 9 Notre Dame
No. 8 North Dakota
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No. 12 St. Cloud State
No. 3 Boston College
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No. 10 Harvard
No. 7 Minnesota
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No. 15 Minnesota State
Saturday, Nov. 19
No. 8 North Dakota
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No. 12 St. Cloud State
No. 15 Minnesota State
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No. 7 Minnesota
Others Receiving Votes: Western Michigan University, 35; Union College, 15; Providence College, 11; University of Michigan, 10; St. Lawrence University, 3; University of Nebraska Omaha, 2.
Notes: University of Denver takes over the top ranking for the first time this season with 492 points and 19 of 34 first-place votes … Bemidji State University enters the rankings for the first time this season … The Hockey East Association and National Collegiate Hockey Conference each have four teams in the rankings. The Big Ten Conference has three teams, while the ECAC and WCHA follow with two teams each … For past poll results, click here.
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.
