Denver #1 in USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s College Hockey Poll Entering NCAA Tournament
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
2016-17 Men’s College Hockey Poll – Week #24
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank
School
Last Week’s Rank
2016-17 Record
Weeks in Top 15
1. University of Denver, 480 (13) 1 29-7-4 24
2. Harvard University, 475 (15) 2 26-5-2 24
3. University of Minnesota Duluth, 466 (5) 3 25-6-7 24
4. UMass Lowell, 403 (1) 5 26-10-3 24
5. University of Minnesota, 371 4 23-11-3 24
6. Boston University, 307 7 23-11-3 24
7. Union College, 306 6 25-9-3 16
8. Western Michigan University, 287 8 22-12-5 13
9. Cornell University, 232 10 21-8-5 9
10. University of North Dakota, 189 11 21-15-3 24
11. Penn State University, 168 14 24-11-2 20
12. University of Notre Dame, 151 9 21-11-5 21
13. Providence College, 82 12 22-11-5 13
14. Ohio State University, 80 13 21-11-6 22
15. United States Air Force Academy, 55 — 26-9-5 1
This Week’s Top 15
Matchups
Friday, March 24
No. 13 Providence
vs
No. 2 Harvard
No. 15 Air Force
vs
No. 8 Western Michigan
No. 10 North Dakota
vs
No. 6 Boston University
No. 14 Ohio State
vs
No. 3 Minnesota Duluth
Saturday, March 25
No. 11 Penn State
vs
No. 7 Union
No. 9 Cornell
vs
No. 4 UMass Lowell
No. 12 Notre Dame
vs
No. 5 Minnesota
Note: All games are NCAA Tournament first-round matchups
Others Receiving Votes: Boston College, 25; St. Lawrence University, 2; University of Wisconsin, 1.
Notes: University of Denver remains #1 entering the NCAA Tournament with 480 points … Air Force enters the top-15 for the first time this season … The Hockey East Association and NCHC each have four teams in the rankings while the Big Ten and ECAC each have three and Atlantic Hockey 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.
