USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
January 4, 2016
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | Quinnipiac University | 490 | (17) | 2 | 17-1-3 | 10 |
| 2 | University of North Dakota | 484 | (16) | 3 | 18-2-2 | 12 |
| 3 | Providence College | 420 | 1 | 13-2-3 | 12 | |
| 4 | Harvard University | 395 | (1) | 7 | 8-1-3 | 12 |
| 5 | St Cloud State University | 384 | 5 | 16-4-3 | 11 | |
| 6 | University of Nebraska Omaha | 357 | 6 | 14-3-1 | 12 | |
| 7 | Boston College | 289 | 4 | 13-4-1 | 12 | |
| 8 | University of Michigan | 266 | 10 | 11-3-3 | 12 | |
| 9 | Cornell University | 234 | 9 | 9-2-2 | 5 | |
| 10 | UMass Lowell | 201 | 8 | 11-4-4 | 12 | |
| 11 | Boston University | 147 | 11 | 9-6-3 | 12 | |
| 12 | Yale University | 121 | 12 | 6-4-2 | 12 | |
| 13 | St Lawrence University | 100 | 14 | 10-5-2 | 8 | |
| 14 | University of Notre Dame | 69 | NR | 9-4-6 | 2 | |
| 15 | Penn State University | 58 | 15 | 12-3-3 | 2 |
Others receiving votes: Bowling Green State University 37, University of Denver 14, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 7, Minnesota State University 5, Michigan Tech University 2.
