USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
January 11, 2016
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | Quinnipiac University | 497 | (21) | 1 | 19-1-3 | 11 |
| 2 | University of North Dakota | 487 | (13) | 2 | 18-2-2 | 13 |
| 3 | Providence College | 401 | 3 | 13-3-4 | 13 | |
| 4 | Boston College | 376 | 7 | 14-4-2 | 13 | |
| 5 | St Cloud State University | 363 | 5 | 17-5-0 | 12 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan | 358 | 8 | 13-3-3 | 13 | |
| 7 | Cornell University | 301 | 9 | 11-2-2 | 6 | |
| 8 | Harvard University | 300 | 4 | 8-3-3 | 13 | |
| 9 | University of Nebraska Omaha | 245 | 6 | 14-5-1 | 13 | |
| 10 | Boston University | 192 | 11 | 11-6-3 | 13 | |
| 11 | UMass Lowell | 191 | 10 | 12-4-4 | 13 | |
| 12 | Yale University | 130 | 12 | 8-4-3 | 13 | |
| 13 | University of Notre Dame | 100 | 14 | 10-4-7 | 3 | |
| 14 | University of Denver | 59 | NR | 9-7-4 | 11 | |
| 15 | Penn State University | 58 | 15 | 13-4-3 | 3 |
Others receiving votes: Bowling Green State University 7, University of Minnesota Duluth 6, St. Lawrence University 6, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2, Michigan Tech University 1.
