USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
October 9, 2017
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of Denver | 510 | (34) | 1 | 0-0-0 | 3 |
| 2 | Boston University | 467 | 2 | 2-0-0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Harvard University | 373 | 4 | 0-0-0 | 3 | |
| 4 | St Cloud State University | 353 | 6 | 1-0-0 | 3 | |
| 5 | Providence College | 338 | 5 | 2-0-0 | 3 | |
| 6 | University of Notre Dame | 316 | 8 | 2-0-0 | 3 | |
| 7 | University of Minnesota | 312 | 3 | 1-1-0 | 3 | |
| 8 | University of North Dakota | 246 | 7 | 1-0-1 | 3 | |
| 9 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 233 | 12 | 1-1-0 | 3 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin | 172 | 10 | 2-1-0 | 3 | |
| 11 | Penn State University | 126 | 11 | 1-1-0 | 3 | |
| 12 | UMass Lowell | 99 | 9 | 0-2-0 | 3 | |
| 13 | Michigan Tech University | 98 | NR | 2-1-0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Northeastern University | 93 | 13 | 2-0-0 | 3 | |
| 15 | Clarkson University | 77 | NR | 2-0-0 | 1 |
Others receiving votes: Boston College 71, Quinnipiac University 64, Cornell University 46, Ohio State University 39, University of New Hampshire 28, United States Air Force Academy 16, Army West Point 1, Colgate University 1 Miami University 1.
