Preseason USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
October 5, 2015
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | Boston College | 469 | (18) | 14 | 21-14-3 | 1 |
| 2 | Boston University 436 | (5) | 2 | 28- | 8-5 | 1 |
| 3 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 422 | (7) | 7 | 21-16-3 | 1 |
| 4 | University of North Dakota | 373 | 3 | 29-10-3 | 1 | |
| 5 | Harvard University | 348 | 11 | 21-13-3 | 1 | |
| 6 | University of Denver | 318 | 5 | 24-14-2 | 1 | |
| 7 | Providence College | 262 | (3) | 1 | 26-13-2 | 1 |
| 8 | University of Minnesota | 242 | (1) | 10 | 23-13-3 | 1 |
| 9 | Minnesota State University 234 | 6 | 29- | 8-3 | 1 | |
| 10 | Miami University | 198 | 8 | 25-14-1 | 1 | |
| 11 | University of Nebraska Omaha | 160 | 4 | 20-13-6 | 1 | |
| 12 | Yale University | 144 | 15 | 18-10-5 | 1 | |
| 13 | University of Michigan | 142 | . | 22-15-0 | 1 | |
| 14 | UMass Lowell | 116 | . | 21-12-6 | 1 | |
| 15 | Michigan Tech University | 50 | 9 | 29-10-2 | 1 |
Others receiving votes: Bowling Green State University 39, Quinnipiac University 36, St. Cloud State University 35, St. Lawrence University 23, University of Notre Dame 15, Colgate University 12, Robert Morris University 5, Northeastern University 1.
