USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
January 30, 2017
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 506 | (30) | 1 | 17-5-4 | 17 |
| 2 | University of Denver | 472 | (4) | 3 | 18-6-4 | 17 |
| 3 | Boston University | 437 | 2 | 17-7-2 | 17 | |
| 4 | Penn State University | 363 | 4 | 16-4-2 | 13 | |
| 5 | Union College | 349 | 5 | 18-6-2 | 9 | |
| 6 | Harvard University | 329 | 9 | 14-5-2 | 17 | |
| 7 | University of Minnesota | 321 | 6 | 15-7-2 | 17 | |
| 8 | Boston College | 249 | 11 | 17-9-2 | 17 | |
| 9 | Western Michigan University | 244 | 10 | 14-7-3 | 6 | |
| 10 | UMass Lowell | 198 | 7 | 15-9-3 | 17 | |
| 11 | Ohio State University | 176 | 8 | 12-6-6 | 15 | |
| 12 | University of North Dakota | 135 | 12 | 14-10-3 | 17 | |
| 13 | University of Vermont | 111 | 13 | 16-8-2 | 9 | |
| 14 | St Lawrence University | 97 | NR | 15-7-6 | 3 | |
| 15 | Providence College | 51 | NR | 14-8-4 | 6 |
Others receiving votes: Cornell University 19, University of Notre Dame 16, St. Cloud State University 3, University of Wisconsin 2, Quinnipiac University 1.
