USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Women's College Hockey Poll
November 1, 2016
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of Wisconsin | 190 | (19) | 1 | 9-0-1 | 6 |
| 2 | University of Minnesota | 171 | 2 | 9-1-0 | 6 | |
| 3 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 144 | 3 | 6-2-2 | 5 | |
| 4 | Boston College | 119 | 5 | 6-2-2 | 6 | |
| 5 | Quinnipiac University | 109 | 4 | 7-2-1 | 6 | |
| 6 | Colgate University | 96 | 7 | 7-0-1 | 6 | |
| 6 | St Lawrence University | 96 | 6 | 7-0-1 | 4 | |
| 8 | Clarkson University | 49 | 8 | 6-3-1 | 6 | |
| 9 | University of North Dakota | 39 | NR | 5-3-1 | 5 | |
| 10 | Princeton University | 26 | 9 | 3-0-1 | 4 |
Others receiving votes: Bemidji State University 4, Robert Morris University 2.
