USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
January 16, 2017
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of Denver | 480 | (18) | 1 | 15-5-4 | 15 |
| 2 | Penn State University | 470 | (16) | 4 | 16-2-1 | 11 |
| 3 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 436 | 2 | 13-5-4 | 15 | |
| 4 | Boston University | 425 | 5 | 13-5-2 | 15 | |
| 5 | UMass Lowell | 381 | 6 | 15-5-3 | 15 | |
| 6 | Harvard University | 296 | 3 | 11-4-1 | 15 | |
| 7 | University of Minnesota | 281 | 9 | 13-5-2 | 15 | |
| 8 | University of North Dakota | 277 | 7 | 13-7-3 | 15 | |
| 9 | Union College | 246 | 11 | 16-5-2 | 7 | |
| 10 | Boston College | 218 | 8 | 14-8-2 | 15 | |
| 11 | Ohio State University | 150 | 10 | 11-4-5 | 13 | |
| 12 | Western Michigan University | 141 | 14 | 11-6-3 | 4 | |
| 13 | University of Vermont | 132 | 12 | 15-7-2 | 7 | |
| 14 | Cornell University | 61 | NR | 11-4-1 | 1 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 40 | 13 | 13-8-2 | 15 |
Others receiving votes: St. Lawrence University 28, Quinnipiac University 9, St. Cloud State University 5, Minnesota State University 3, Robert Morris University 1.
