North Dakota 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 #4
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank School
Last Week’s Rank
2016-17 Record
Weeks in Top 15
1. University of North Dakota, 510 (34) 1 5-0-0 4
2. University of Minnesota Duluth, 462 2 3-1-2 4
3. University of Denver, 417 6 4-2-0 4
4. Boston University, 377 8 3-2-0 4
5. UMass Lowell, 355 5 3-1-2 4
6. University of Notre Dame, 325 4 3-2-1 4
7. Quinnipiac University, 299 3 3-2-1 4
8. Boston College, 239 10 4-2-0 4
9. Minnesota State University, 198 9 5-1-0 2
10. St. Cloud State University, 186 14 2-2-0 4
11. University of Michigan, 178 12 3-1-1 4
12. University of Minnesota, 124 7 2-2-0 4
13. Harvard University, 100 11 0-0-0 4
14. Ohio State University, 84 — 3-0-2 2
15. Providence College, 69 15 2-2-1 4
Others Receiving Votes: Northeastern University, 50; Penn State University, 37; Lake Superior State University, 16; Yale University, 14; St. Lawrence University, 13; Union College, 7; Bemidji State University, 5; University of Connecticut, 5; Western Michigan University, 5; Michigan Tech University, 4; Clarkson University, 1.
Notes: Defending NCAA national champion, University of North Dakota, ranks first with 510 points and all 34 first-place votes … The Hockey East Association has five teams in the rankings … The National Collegiate Hockey Conference follows with four teams, while the Big Ten has three teams, the ECAC has two teams and the WCHA has one.
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.
