Minnesota Duluth Remains No. 1 in USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s College Hockey Poll
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
2016-17 Men’s College Hockey Poll – Week #12
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank
School
Last Week’s Rank
2016-17 Record
Weeks in Top 15
1. University of Minnesota Duluth, 503 (30) 1 12-3-3 12
2. University of Denver, 478 (3) 2 12-3-3 12
3. Penn State University, 412 (1) 3 13-1-1 8
4. Harvard University, 386 5 8-2-1 12
5. Boston College, 370 4 13-6-1 12
6. Boston University, 350 6 10-5-2 12
7. UMass Lowell, 287 7 10-5-3 12
8. University of North Dakota, 241 9 9-6-3 12
9. Union College, 239 12 14-3-2 4
10. Ohio State University, 234 8 9-2-4 10
11. University of Minnesota, 164 11 9-5-2 12
12. University of Notre Dame, 101 14 9-6-2 12
13. Quinnipiac University, 78 13 10-7-2 12
14. University of Vermont, 77 10 10-6-2 4
15. Bemidji State University, 55 15 13-6-3 5
Others Receiving Votes: St. Lawrence University, 43; Western Michigan University, 30; St. Cloud State University, 13; Cornell University, 10; Minnesota State University, 6; University of Nebraska Omaha, 2; Michigan Tech University, 1.
Notes: University of Minnesota Duluth tops the poll for the fifth straight week with 503 points and 30 first-place votes … The Hockey East Association has five teams in the rankings, the Big Ten Conference, ECAC and NCHC each have three, and the WCHA has one … The next edition of the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s College Hockey Poll will be released on Mon., Jan. 2, 2017 … 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.
