Defending National Champion North Dakota Earns Top Spot in First USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s College Hockey Poll
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
2016-17 Men’s College Hockey Poll – Week #1
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank School
Final 2015-16 Rank
2015-16 Record
Weeks in Top 15
1. University of North Dakota, 504 (28) 1 34-6-4 1
2. Quinnipiac University, 435 2 32-4-7 1
3. Boston University, 424 (6) 14 21-13-5 1
4. University of Denver, 413 3 25-10-6 1
5. University of Minnesota Duluth, 352 12 19-16-5 1
6. St. Cloud State University, 293 5 31-9-1 1
7. UMass Lowell, 260 8 25-10-5 1
8. University of Notre Dame, 230 13 19-11-7 1
9. Boston College, 221 4 28-8-5 1
10. Providence College, 188 7 27-7-4 1
11. University of Minnesota, 166 — 20-17-0 1
12. University of Michigan, 143 6 25-8-5 1
13. Harvard University, 136 9 19-11-4 1
14. Northeastern University, 107 11 22-14-5 1
15. Bowling Green State University, 64 — 22-14-6 1
Others Receiving Votes: St. Lawrence University, 53; Yale University, 36; Ohio State University, 30; Clarkson University, 6; University of Nebraska Omaha, 6; Minnesota State University, 4; Cornell University, 3; Rochester Institute of Technology, 3; Ferris State University, 1; Penn State University, 1; University of Wisconsin, 1.
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 and ECAC each have two teams and the Western College Hockey Conference has one. The University of Minnesota Duluth is the only ranked team that has played non-exhibition games. The Bulldogs are currently 2-0-0 after sweeping Michigan Tech University this past weekend in Duluth.
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.
