Minnesota Duluth Regains Top Spot in
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s College Hockey Poll
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
2016-17 Men’s College Hockey Poll – Week #8
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank
School
Last Week’s Rank
2016-17 Record
Weeks in Top 15
1. University of Minnesota Duluth, 509 (33) 2 10-2-2 8
2. University of Denver, 474 (1) 1 7-2-3 8
3. Boston College, 389 3 10-3-1 8
4. Quinnipiac University, 388 6 9-3-1 8
5. University of North Dakota, 343 8 7-4-2 8
6. UMass Lowell, 326 5 8-4-2 8
7. Boston University, 287 4 6-4-1 8
8. University of Minnesota, 256 7 5-3-2 8
9. Harvard University, 229 10 5-1-1 8
10. Penn State University, 223 11 11-1-1 4
11. University of Notre Dame, 192 9 6-4-2 8
12. Bemidji State University, 163 14 11-2-1 2
13. Ohio State University, 123 13 8-1-4 6
14. Minnesota State University, 54 15 8-5-1 6
15. St. Cloud State University, 30 12 6-6-0 8
This Week’s Top 15
Matchups
Tuesday, Nov. 22
No. 9 Harvard
at
No. 7 Boston University
Sunday, Nov. 27
No. 8 Minnesota
at
No. 3 Boston College
Others Receiving Votes: St. Lawrence University, 28; Western Michigan University, 27; Union College, 18; Providence College, 11; University of Michigan, 7; University of Vermont, 2, University of Nebraska Omaha, 1.
Notes: University of Minnesota Duluth regains the top ranking with 509 points and 33 first-place votes. The Bulldogs previously held the number one ranking in weeks five and six … The Hockey East Association and National Collegiate Hockey Conference each have four teams in the rankings. The Big Ten Conference has three teams, while the ECAC and WCHA follow with two teams each … 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.
