Minnesota Duluth No. 1 in USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s College Hockey Poll For Fourth Straight Week
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
2016-17 Men’s College Hockey Poll – Week #11
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank
School
Last Week’s Rank
2016-17 Record
Weeks in Top 15
1. University of Minnesota Duluth, 508 (32) 1 11-3-2 11
2. University of Denver, 474 (1) 2 12-3-3 11
3. Penn State University, 424 (1) 4 13-1-1 7
4. Boston College, 361 3 13-6-1 11
5. Harvard University, 356 6 8-2-1 11
6. Boston University, 349 5 9-5-2 11
7. UMass Lowell, 306 7 10-5-3 11
8. Ohio State University, 252 10 9-2-4 9
9. University of North Dakota, 228 9 9-6-3 11
10. University of Vermont, 190 12 10-4-2 3
11. University of Minnesota, 180 11 9-5-2 11
12. Union College, 113 14 12-3-2 3
13. Quinnipiac University, 102 8 10-7-2 11
14. University of Notre Dame, 95 13 9-6-2 11
15. Bemidji State University, 66 15 13-5-2 4
This Week’s Top 15
Matchups
Friday, Dec. 16
No. 15 Bemidji State
at
No. 1 Minnesota Duluth
Saturday, Dec. 17
No. 1 Minnesota Duluth
at
No. 15 Bemidji State
No. 12 Union
at
No. 10 Vermont
Sunday, Dec. 18
No. 12 Union
at
No. 10 Vermont
Others Receiving Votes: Western Michigan University, 33; St. Lawrence University, 24; St. Cloud State University, 9; University of Nebraska Omaha, 5; Minnesota State University, 4; Cornell University, 1.
Notes: University of Minnesota Duluth tops the poll for the fourth straight week with 508 points and 32 first-place votes … The Hockey East Association has five teams in the rankings, the Big Ten Conference, ECAC and NCHC each have three, 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.
