USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
2015-16 Men’s College Hockey Poll – Week #23 (Postseason)
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank
School
Last Week’s Rank
2015-16 Record
Weeks in Top 15
1. Quinnipiac University, 510 (34) 2 29-3-7 21
2. St. Cloud State University, 458 5 31-8-1 22
3. University of North Dakota, 446 1 30-6-4 23
4. Providence College, 404 3 27-6-4 23
5. Boston College, 355 4 26-7-5 23
6. University of Michigan, 354 7 24-7-5 23
7. University of Denver, 282 6 23-9-6 21
8. UMass Lowell, 278 8 24-9-5 23
9. Harvard University, 212 9 19-10-4 23
10. Northeastern University, 209 14 22-13-5 2
11. Boston University, 171 10 21-12-5 23
12. Yale University, 169 11 19-8-4 23
13. University of Notre Dame, 112 12 19-10-7 13
14. University of Minnesota Duluth, 68 15 18-15-5 9
15. Michigan Tech University, 30 13 23-9-5 9
NCAA Tournament Regionals Schedule
Friday, March 25
No. 3 North Dakota
vs.
No. 10 Northeastern
No. 4 Providence
vs.
No. 14 Minnesota Duluth
No. 5 Boston College
vs.
No. 9 Harvard
No. 6 Michigan
vs.
No. 13 Notre Dame
Saturday, March 26
No. 1 Quinnipiac
vs.
RIT
No. 2 St Cloud
vs.
Ferris State
No. 7 Denver
vs.
No. 11 Boston University
No. 8 UMass Lowell
vs.
No. 12 Yale
Others Receiving Votes: Minnesota State University, 7; Ferris State University, 6; St. Lawrence University, 6; Cornell University, 3.
Notes: Conference tournaments concluded last weekend. Ferris State University (WCHA), Northeastern University (HEA), Quinnipiac University (ECAC), Rochester Institute of Technology (AHA), St. Cloud State University (NCHC) and University of Michigan (Big Ten) won their respective postseason titles … NCAA Tournament Regionals begin this weekend. North Dakota, Providence, Quinnipiac and St. Cloud State are the No. 1 seeds in the tournament … Quinnipiac has been ranked number one 11 times this season … Hockey East Association leads all conferences with six ranked teams, followed by the National Collegiate Hockey Conference with four teams, ECAC with three teams and the Big Ten Conference and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association with one team each … For past poll results, click here.
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.