USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Women's College Hockey Poll
January 5, 2016
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | Boston College | 190 | (19) | 1 | 20-0-0 | 13 |
| 2 | University of Wisconsin | 171 | 2 | 18-1-1 | 13 | |
| 3 | University of Minnesota | 151 | 3 | 15-3-0 | 13 | |
| 4 | Quinnipiac University | 134 | 4 | 16-1-3 | 13 | |
| 5 | Bemidji State University | 101 | 5 | 13-5-2 | 13 | |
| 6 | Clarkson University | 93 | 6 | 15-3-2 | 13 | |
| 7 | University of North Dakota | 69 | 8 | 11-6-3 | 13 | |
| 8 | Northeastern University | 66 | 7 | 14-4-1 | 12 | |
| 9 | Harvard University | 39 | 9 | 8-4-1 | 13 | |
| 10 | Princeton University | 21 | 10 | 13-4-1 | 5 |
Others receiving votes: Colgate University 7, University of Minnesota Duluth 3.
