USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
2015-16 Men’s College Hockey Poll – Preseason #1
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank School
Final 2014-15 Rank
2014-15 Record
Weeks in Top 15
1. Boston College, 469 (18) 14 21-14-3 1
2. Boston University, 436 (5) 2 28-8-5 1
3. University of Minnesota Duluth, 422 (7) 7 21-16-3 1
4. University of North Dakota, 373 3 29-10-3 1
5. Harvard University, 348 11 21-13-3 1
6. University of Denver, 318 5 24-14-2 1
7. Providence College, 262 (3) 1 26-13-2 1
8. University of Minnesota, 242 (1) 10 23-13-3 1
9. Minnesota State University, 234 6 29-8-3 1
10. Miami University, 198 8 25-14-1 1
11. University of Nebraska Omaha, 160 4 20-13-6 1
12. Yale University, 144 15 18-10-5 1
13. University of Michigan, 142 — 22-15-0 1
14. UMass Lowell, 116 — 21-12-6 1
15. Michigan Tech University, 50 9 29-10-2 1
Others Receiving Votes: Bowling Green State University, 39; Quinnipiac University, 36; St. Cloud State University, 35; St. Lawrence University, 23; University of Notre Dame, 15; Colgate University, 12; Robert Morris University, 5; Northeastern University, 1.
Notes:The National Collegiate Hockey Conference has five teams in the rankings … The Hockey East Association follows with four teams, while the Big Ten, ECAC and Western Collegiate Hockey Conference each have two.
About the Poll: The 21st 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.
