USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
February 29, 2016
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | Quinnipiac University | 510 | (34) | 1 | 25-2-7 | 18 |
| 2 | University of North Dakota | 467 | 4 | 26-5-3 | 20 | |
| 3 | Providence College | 442 | 5 | 25-5-4 | 20 | |
| 4 | Boston College | 412 | 2 | 24-5-5 | 20 | |
| 5 | St Cloud State University | 362 | 3 | 25-8-1 | 19 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan | 338 | 6 | 20-5-5 | 20 | |
| 7 | University of Denver | 296 | 8 | 19-8-5 | 18 | |
| 8 | Yale University | 274 | 7 | 19-6-4 | 20 | |
| 9 | Boston University | 225 | 9 | 19-10-5 | 20 | |
| 10 | University of Notre Dame | 219 | 10 | 19-8-7 | 10 | |
| 11 | UMass Lowell | 176 | 11 | 21-8-5 | 20 | |
| 12 | Harvard University | 135 | 12 | 16-9-4 | 20 | |
| 13 | Michigan Tech University | 97 | 14 | 19-8-5 | 6 | |
| 14 | Penn State University | 65 | 15 | 19-9-4 | 8 | |
| 15 | University of Nebraska Omaha | 37 | 13 | 18-13-1 | 20 |
Others receiving votes: Minnesota State University 8, University of Minnesota 7, St. Lawrence University 4, University of Minnesota Duluth 3, Bowling Green State University 1, Clarkson University 1, Northeastern University 1.
