Minnesota Duluth Maintains Top Spot
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s College Hockey Poll
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
2016-17 Men’s College Hockey Poll – Week #9
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank
School
Last Week’s Rank
2016-17 Record
Weeks in Top 15
1. University of Minnesota Duluth, 510 (34) 1 10-2-2 9
2. University of Denver, 474 2 9-2-3 9
3. UMass Lowell, 401 6 8-4-2 9
4. Boston College, 387 3 11-4-1 9
5. Boston University, 341 7 7-4-1 9
6. Penn State University, 323 10 11-1-1 5
7. Quinnipiac University, 321 4 9-4-2 9
8. Harvard University, 262 9 6-2-1 9
9. University of Minnesota, 220 8 6-4-2 9
10. University of North Dakota, 214 5 7-5-3 9
11. Ohio State University, 181 13 8-1-4 7
12. University of Notre Dame, 116 11 7-5-2 9
13. Western Michigan University, 79 — 7-3-2 1
14. University of Vermont, 74 — 9-3-2 1
15. Minnesota State University, 46 14 8-5-1 7
This Week’s Top 15
Matchups
Friday, Dec. 2
No. 11 Ohio State
at
No. 9 Minnesota
Saturday, Dec. 3
No. 11 Ohio State
at
No. 9 Minnesota
No. 4 Boston College
vs
No. 10 North Dakota
Others Receiving Votes: Bemidji State University, 40; St. Lawrence University, 36; Union College, 27; St. Cloud State University, 19; Clarkson University, 4; University of Nebraska Omaha, 4; University of Michigan, 1.
Notes: University of Minnesota Duluth maintains the top ranking with 510 points and all 34 first-place votes … Western Michigan and Vermont both enter the rankings for the first time this season … The Hockey East Association has five teams in the rankings, while the NCHC has four, the Big Ten Conference has three, the ECAC has two and the WCHA has one … 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.
