USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
October 31, 2016
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 509 | (33) | 2 | 5-1-2 | 5 |
| 2 | University of Denver | 461 | (1) | 3 | 6-2-0 | 5 |
| 3 | University of North Dakota | 449 | 1 | 5-2-0 | 5 | |
| 4 | Boston University | 398 | 4 | 3-2-0 | 5 | |
| 5 | Boston College | 329 | 8 | 6-2-1 | 5 | |
| 6 | UMass Lowell | 328 | 5 | 4-2-2 | 5 | |
| 7 | Quinnipiac University | 321 | 7 | 4-2-1 | 5 | |
| 8 | St Cloud State University | 256 | 10 | 4-2-0 | 5 | |
| 9 | University of Notre Dame | 221 | 6 | 4-3-1 | 5 | |
| 10 | Minnesota State University | 189 | 9 | 6-2-0 | 3 | |
| 11 | Ohio State University | 184 | 14 | 5-0-2 | 3 | |
| 12 | Harvard University | 130 | 13 | 2-0-0 | 5 | |
| 13 | University of Minnesota | 125 | 12 | 3-2-1 | 5 | |
| 14 | Providence College | 60 | 15 | 3-3-1 | 5 | |
| 15 | Penn State University | 32 | NR | 5-1-1 | 1 |
Others receiving votes: Union College 25, University of Michigan 14, Yale University 13, University of Vermont 11, Bemidji State University 9, University of Wisconsin 7, Northeastern University 5, University of Nebraska Omaha 3, Lake Superior State University 1.
