USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
November 7, 2016
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 510 | (34) | 1 | 7-1-2 | 6 |
| 2 | University of Denver | 466 | 2 | 6-2-0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Boston College | 416 | 5 | 8-2-1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Boston University | 410 | 4 | 4-2-1 | 6 | |
| 5 | UMass Lowell | 358 | 6 | 6-2-2 | 6 | |
| 6 | University of North Dakota | 338 | 3 | 5-3-1 | 6 | |
| 7 | University of Minnesota | 256 | 13 | 4-2-2 | 6 | |
| 8 | Quinnipiac University | 250 | 7 | 6-3-1 | 6 | |
| 9 | University of Notre Dame | 203 | 9 | 4-3-1 | 6 | |
| 10 | Harvard University | 200 | 12 | 3-0-1 | 6 | |
| 11 | Minnesota State University | 152 | 10 | 7-3-0 | 4 | |
| 12 | Penn State University | 141 | 15 | 7-1-1 | 2 | |
| 13 | St Cloud State University | 122 | 8 | 4-4-0 | 6 | |
| 14 | Ohio State University | 78 | 11 | 5-1-3 | 4 | |
| 15 | Union College | 69 | NR | 8-2-1 | 1 |
Others receiving votes: Bemidji State University 47, Providence College 16, Yale University 13, Dartmouth College 10, Lake Superior State University 9, University of Michigan 9, Western Michigan University 5, University of Nebraska Omaha 2.
