USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
December 19, 2016
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 503 | (30) | 1 | 12-3-3 | 12 |
| 2 | University of Denver | 478 | (3) | 2 | 12-3-3 | 12 |
| 3 | Penn State University | 412 | (1) | 3 | 13-1-1 | 8 |
| 4 | Harvard University | 386 | 5 | 8-2-1 | 12 | |
| 5 | Boston College | 370 | 4 | 13-6-1 | 12 | |
| 6 | Boston University | 350 | 6 | 10-5-2 | 12 | |
| 7 | UMass Lowell | 287 | 7 | 10-5-3 | 12 | |
| 8 | University of North Dakota | 241 | 9 | 9-6-3 | 12 | |
| 9 | Union College | 239 | 12 | 14-3-2 | 4 | |
| 10 | Ohio State University | 234 | 8 | 9-2-4 | 10 | |
| 11 | University of Minnesota | 164 | 11 | 9-5-2 | 12 | |
| 12 | University of Notre Dame | 101 | 14 | 9-6-2 | 12 | |
| 13 | Quinnipiac University | 78 | 13 | 10-7-2 | 12 | |
| 14 | University of Vermont | 77 | 10 | 10-6-2 | 4 | |
| 15 | Bemidji State University | 55 | 15 | 13-6-3 | 5 |
Others receiving votes: St. Lawrence University 43, Western Michigan University 30, St. Cloud State University 13, Cornell University 10, Minnesota State University 6, University of Nebraska Omaha 2, Michigan Tech University 1.
