With eight first-place votes in the preseason coaches poll, Boston College as been picked to finish atop the Hockey East standings for the 2019-20 season.
Massachusetts (2) and Northeastern (1) garnered the other three first-place votes.
| School (First-place votes) | Points |
|---|---|
| 1. Boston College (8) | 97 |
| 2. Massachusetts (2) | 85 |
| 3. Providence | 78 |
| 4. Northeastern (1) | 73 |
| 5. Boston University | 72 |
| 6. UMass Lowell | 53 |
| 7. New Hampshire | 40 |
| 8. Maine | 39 |
| 9. UConn | 38 |
| 10. Vermont | 19 |
| 11. Merrimack | 11 |
