Minnesota Duluth Remains #1 in USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s College Hockey Poll
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
2016-17 Men’s College Hockey Poll – Week #17
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank
School
Last Week’s Rank
2016-17 Record
Weeks in Top 15
1. University of Minnesota Duluth, 506 (30) 1 17-5-4 17
2. University of Denver, 472 (4) 3 18-6-4 17
3. Boston University, 437 2 17-7-2 17
4. Penn State University, 363 4 16-4-2 13
5. Union College, 349 5 18-6-2 9
6. Harvard University, 329 9 14-5-2 17
7. University of Minnesota, 321 6 15-7-2 17
8. Boston College, 249 11 17-9-2 17
9. Western Michigan University, 244 10 14-7-3 6
10. UMass Lowell, 198 7 15-9-3 17
11. Ohio State University, 176 8 12-6-6 15
12. University of North Dakota, 135 12 14-10-3 17
13. University of Vermont, 111 13 16-8-2 9
14. St. Lawrence University, 97 – 15-7-6 3
15. Providence College, 51 – 14-8-4 6
This Week’s Top 15
Matchups
Friday, Feb. 3
No. 4 Penn State
at
No. 7 Minnesota
Saturday, Feb. 4
No. 4 Penn State
at
No. 7 Minnesota
Others Receiving Votes: Cornell University, 19; University of Notre Dame, 16; St. Cloud State University, 3; University of Wisconsin, 2; Quinnipiac University, 1.
Notes: University of Minnesota Duluth retains the #1 ranking with 506 points and 30-of-34 first-place votes … St. Lawrence University returns to the rankings for the first time since being tied for 15th in week 14. Providence College returns to the top-15 after being ranked 14th in week five. The Hockey East Association has five teams in the rankings, while the NCHC follows with four teams and the Big Ten Conference and ECAC each have three teams… 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.
