Denver Maintains Top Spot in This Week’s USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s College Hockey Poll
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
2016-17 Men’s College Hockey Poll – Week #23
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank
School
Last Week’s Rank
2016-17 Record
Weeks in Top 15
1. University of Denver, 509 (33) 1 28-6-4 23
2. Harvard University, 466 (1) 2 24-5-2 23
3. University of Minnesota Duluth, 452 3 23-6-7 23
4. University of Minnesota, 375 5 23-10-3 23
5. UMass Lowell, 359 4 24-10-3 23
6. Union College, 332 7 25-8-3 15
7. Boston University, 322 6 23-10-3 23
8. Western Michigan University, 303 8 22-10-5 12
9. University of Notre Dame, 221 12 21-10-5 20
10. Cornell University, 215 9 20-7-5 8
11. University of North Dakota, 150 13 20-14-3 23
12. Providence College, 121 10 22-11-5 12
13. Ohio State University, 110 15 20-10-6 21
14. Penn State University, 79 11 21-11-2 19
15. Boston College, 40 — 20-14-4 21
This Week’s Top 15
Matchups
Friday, March 17
No. 10 Cornell
vs
No. 6 Union
(ECAC Tournament)
No. 15 Boston College
vs
No. 7 Boston University
(HEA Tournament)
No. 9 Notre Dame
vs
No. 5 UMass Lowell
(HEA Tournament)
No. 11 North Dakota
vs
No. 1 Denver
(NCHC Tournament)
No. 8 Western Michigan
vs
No. 3 Minnesota Duluth
(NCHC Tournament)
Others Receiving Votes: United States Air Force Academy, 16; University of Vermont, 7; Quinnipiac University, 3.
Notes: University of Denver remains #1 with 509 points and 33-of-34 first-place votes … The Hockey East Association has five teams in the rankings while the NCHC has four teams and the Big Ten and ECAC each have three … 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.
