USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
December 12, 2016
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 508 | (32) | 1 | 11-3-2 | 11 |
| 2 | University of Denver | 474 | (1) | 2 | 12-3-3 | 11 |
| 3 | Penn State University | 424 | (1) | 4 | 13-1-1 | 7 |
| 4 | Boston College | 361 | 3 | 13-6-1 | 11 | |
| 5 | Harvard University | 356 | 6 | 8-2-1 | 11 | |
| 6 | Boston University | 349 | 5 | 9-5-2 | 11 | |
| 7 | UMass Lowell | 306 | 7 | 10-5-3 | 11 | |
| 8 | Ohio State University | 252 | 10 | 9-2-4 | 9 | |
| 9 | University of North Dakota | 228 | 9 | 9-6-3 | 11 | |
| 10 | University of Vermont | 190 | 12 | 10-4-2 | 3 | |
| 11 | University of Minnesota | 180 | 11 | 9-5-2 | 11 | |
| 12 | Union College | 113 | 14 | 12-3-2 | 3 | |
| 13 | Quinnipiac University | 102 | 8 | 10-7-2 | 11 | |
| 14 | University of Notre Dame | 95 | 13 | 9-6-2 | 11 | |
| 15 | Bemidji State University | 66 | 15 | 13-5-2 | 4 |
Others receiving votes: Western Michigan University 33, St. Lawrence University 24, St. Cloud State University 9, University of Nebraska Omaha 5, Minnesota State University 4, Cornell University 1.
