USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
October 17, 2016
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of North Dakota | 510 | (34) | 1 | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 2 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 435 | 4 | 3-1-2 | 3 | |
| 3 | Quinnipiac University | 396 | 3 | 2-1-1 | 3 | |
| 4 | University of Notre Dame | 392 | 6 | 3-1-0 | 3 | |
| 5 | UMass Lowell | 361 | 7 | 2-0-2 | 3 | |
| 6 | University of Denver | 316 | 10 | 2-2-0 | 3 | |
| 7 | University of Minnesota | 298 | 8 | 2-0-0 | 3 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 279 | 2 | 1-2-0 | 3 | |
| 9 | Minnesota State University | 198 | NR | 4-0-0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Boston College | 190 | 9 | 2-2-0 | 3 | |
| 11 | Harvard University | 145 | 12 | 0-0-0 | 3 | |
| 12 | University of Michigan | 133 | 13 | 2-1-0 | 3 | |
| 13 | St Lawrence University | 128 | NR | 3-1-0 | 1 | |
| 14 | St Cloud State University | 71 | 5 | 0-2-0 | 3 | |
| 15 | Providence College | 54 | 11 | 1-2-0 | 3 |
Others receiving votes: Northeastern University 44, Ohio State University 39, Bemidji State University 34, Yale University 17, Penn State University 12, University of Nebraska Omaha 11, Western Michigan University 11, University of Maine 3, Lake Superior State University 1.
