Minnesota Duluth No. 1 in USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s College Hockey Poll For Sixth Straight Week
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
2016-17 Men’s College Hockey Poll – Week #13
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank
School
Last Week’s Rank
2016-17 Record
Weeks in Top 15
1. University of Minnesota Duluth, 509 (33) 1 12-3-3 13
2. Penn State University, 443 (1) 3 13-1-1 9
3. Harvard University, 416 4 9-2-1 13
4. University of Denver, 402 2 12-4-4 13
5. Boston University, 372 6 10-5-2 13
6. UMass Lowell, 349 7 12-5-3 13
7. University of North Dakota, 294 8 10-6-3 13
8. Boston College, 257 5 13-7-2 13
9. University of Minnesota, 221 11 11-5-2 13
10. Union College, 178 9 14-4-2 5
11. Ohio State University, 160 10 9-3-4 11
12. University of Notre Dame, 155 12 11-6-2 13
13. University of Vermont, 118 14 12-6-2 5
14. Western Michigan University, 93 — 10-5-3 2
15. Quinnipiac University, 44 13 11-8-2 13
This Week’s Top 15
Matchups
Thursday, Jan. 5
No. 10 Union
at
No. 5 Boston University
Friday, Jan. 6
No. 2 Penn State
at
No. 11 Ohio State
No. 15 Quinnipiac
at
No. 3 Harvard
Saturday, Jan. 7
No. 2 Penn State
at
No. 11 Ohio State
Others Receiving Votes: St. Lawrence University, 27; University of Nebraska Omaha, 19; Bemidji State University, 17; St. Cloud State University, 4; Robert Morris University, 2.
Notes: University of Minnesota Duluth tops the poll for the sixth straight week with 509 points and 33 first-place votes … Western Michigan returns to the top-15 after being ranked 13th in Week 9 … The Hockey East Association has five teams in the rankings, while the NCHC follows with four teams and the Big Ten Conference and ECAC each have three teams… For past poll results, click here.
About the Poll: The 22nd annual USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men’s College Hockey Poll is conducted each week in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association. The poll includes input from coaches and journalists representing each of the six NCAA Division I ice hockey conferences, as well as composite votes from officers of the AHCA and USA Hockey.
