USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
February 20, 2017
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of Denver | 494 | (21) | 2 | 22-6-4 | 20 |
| 2 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 485 | (13) | 1 | 19-5-6 | 20 |
| 3 | Harvard University | 445 | 3 | 20-5-2 | 20 | |
| 4 | University of Minnesota | 403 | 5 | 20-8-2 | 20 | |
| 5 | Boston University | 353 | 4 | 20-9-3 | 20 | |
| 6 | Western Michigan University | 316 | 9 | 18-8-4 | 9 | |
| 7 | UMass Lowell | 305 | 6 | 20-9-3 | 20 | |
| 8 | Union College | 303 | 7 | 22-8-2 | 12 | |
| 9 | Cornell University | 201 | 13 | 17-6-4 | 5 | |
| 10 | Providence College | 187 | 10 | 18-9-5 | 9 | |
| 11 | Penn State University | 163 | 8 | 18-8-2 | 16 | |
| 12 | Ohio State University | 140 | 14 | 16-8-6 | 18 | |
| 13 | Boston College | 97 | 11 | 18-12-4 | 20 | |
| 14 | University of Notre Dame | 73 | NR | 18-9-5 | 17 | |
| 15 | University of North Dakota | 49 | 12 | 15-13-3 | 20 |
Others receiving votes: St. Cloud State University 29, University of Vermont 19, United States Air Force Academy 12, St. Lawrence University 4, Bemidji State University 1, University of Wisconsin 1.
