USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
January 9, 2017
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of Denver | 476 | (18) | 4 | 14-4-4 | 14 |
| 2 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 445 | (3) | 1 | 12-4-4 | 14 |
| 3 | Harvard University | 444 | (5) | 3 | 11-2-1 | 14 |
| 4 | Penn State University | 442 | (8) | 2 | 14-2-1 | 10 |
| 5 | Boston University | 383 | 5 | 12-5-2 | 14 | |
| 6 | UMass Lowell | 342 | 6 | 14-5-3 | 14 | |
| 7 | University of North Dakota | 310 | 7 | 12-6-3 | 14 | |
| 8 | Boston College | 269 | 8 | 14-7-2 | 14 | |
| 9 | University of Minnesota | 233 | 9 | 11-5-2 | 14 | |
| 10 | Ohio State University | 185 | 11 | 10-4-4 | 12 | |
| 11 | Union College | 178 | 10 | 14-5-2 | 6 | |
| 12 | University of Vermont | 161 | 13 | 14-6-2 | 6 | |
| 13 | University of Notre Dame | 85 | 12 | 12-7-2 | 14 | |
| 14 | Western Michigan University | 82 | 14 | 10-5-3 | 3 |
T15 Quinnipiac University 18 15 12-9-2 14 T15 St Lawrence University 18 NR 11-6-2 2 Others receiving votes: United States Air Force Academy 3, Bemidji State University 2, Cornell University 2, Minnesota State University 2.
