USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
October 16, 2017
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of Denver | 510 | (34) | 1 | 1-0-1 | 4 |
| 2 | St Cloud State University | 418 | 4 | 3-0-0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Harvard University | 404 | 3 | 0-0-0 | 4 | |
| 4 | University of North Dakota | 390 | 8 | 3-0-1 | 4 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin | 364 | 10 | 4-1-0 | 4 | |
| 6 | University of Notre Dame | 291 | 6 | 2-1-1 | 4 | |
| 7 | University of Minnesota | 280 | 7 | 2-2-0 | 4 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 252 | 2 | 2-2-0 | 4 | |
| 9 | Providence College | 232 | 5 | 2-1-0 | 4 | |
| 10 | Clarkson University | 156 | 15 | 3-0-1 | 2 | |
| 11 | Penn State University | 138 | 11 | 2-2-0 | 4 | |
| 12 | Minnesota State University | 122 | NR | 2-1-0 | 3 | |
| 13 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 111 | 9 | 1-2-1 | 4 | |
| 14 | Northeastern University | 107 | 14 | 2-0-1 | 4 | |
| 15 | Boston College | 67 | NR | 1-1-1 | 1 |
Others receiving votes: University of New Hampshire 65, Michigan Tech University 41, UMass Lowell 37, Quinnipiac University 34, Cornell University 22, United States Air Force Academy 15, University of Massachusetts Amherst 10, Northern Michigan University 6, Colorado College 4, Ohio State University 4.
