USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
2015-16 Men’s College Hockey Poll – Week #3
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank School
Last Week’s Rank
2015-16 Record
Weeks in Top 15
1. University of Nebraska Omaha, 474 (15) 4 4-0-0 3
2. University of North Dakota, 464 (8) 1 2-0-0 3
3. Providence College, 441 (9) 2 2-0-1 3
4. Boston College, 376 3 2-1-0 3
5. University of Minnesota Duluth, 328 7 2-1-0 3
6. University of Denver, 319 8 3-1-0 3
7. Boston University, 274 6 1-1-0 3
8. University of Massachusetts Lowell, 273 (1) 9 3-0-0 3
9. Harvard University, 273 5 0-0-0 3
10. St. Cloud State University, 243 (1) 12 4-0-0 2
11. University of Michigan, 177 11 2-0-0 3
12. Bowling Green State University, 91 10 3-1-1 2
13. Quinnipiac University, 87 — 3-0-0 1
14. Miami University, 85 — 2-1-1 2
15. Yale University, 84 14 0-0-0 3
Others Receiving Votes: St. Lawrence University, 24; Michigan Tech University, 18; Union College, 17; University of Massachusetts, 10; Merrimack College, 8; University of Minnesota, 6; Western Michigan University, 4; University of Notre Dame, 2; Penn State University, 1; University of Vermont, 1.
Notes: 25 teams received votes in this week’s poll, with five different teams receiving a first-place vote … The National Collegiate Hockey Conference has six teams in the rankings, while the Hockey East Association has four, ECAC has three, and the Big Ten Conference and Western Collegiate Hockey Association each have one.
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.
