Monday, September 19, 2016

Preseason Polls Released for 2016-17

Favorites identified in each conference as the start of the season looms.

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USCHO.COM NATIONAL POLL

1.	North Dakota (43)	993
2.	Quinnipiac (1)	856
3.	Denver	848
4.	Boston University (5)	774
5.	Boston College (1)	641
6.	Minnesota Duluth	621
7.	St. Cloud State	569
8.	UMass Lowell	535
9.	Notre Dame	502
10.	Providence	476
11.	Michigan	470
12.	Harvard	422
13.	Minnesota	404
14.	Bowling Green	370
15.	Northeastern	361
16.	St. Lawrence	336
17.	Michigan Tech	285
18.	Yale	283
19.	Minnesota State	153
20.	Ferris State	126

Others receiving votes: Cornell 92, Omaha 85, Penn State 63, Clarkson 62, RIT 62, Ohio State 33, Air Force 17, Vermont 16, Miami 11, Wisconsin 10, Dartmouth 6, Robert Morris 6, Michigan State 5.

USA TODAY/USA HOCKEY MAGAZINE PRESEASON POLL

1.	North Dakota (28)	504
2.	Quinnipiac	435
3.	Boston University (6)	424
4.	Denver	413
5.	Minnesota Duluth	352
6.	St. Cloud State	293
7.	UMass Lowell	260
8.	Notre Dame	230
9.	Boston College	221
10.	Providence	188
11.	Minnesota	166
12.	Michigan	143
13.	Harvard	136
14.	Northeastern	107
15.	Bowling Green	64

Others receiving votes: St. Lawrence 53, Yale 36, Ohio State 30, Clarkson 6, Omaha 6, Minnesota State 4, Cornell 3, RIT 3, Ferris State 1, Penn State 1, Wisconsin 1.

ATLANTIC HOCKEY

Coaches’ Poll
1.	RIT (8)	95
2.	Air Force (2)	88
3.	Holy Cross (1)	72
4.	Mercyhurst	70
	Army West Point	70
6.	Robert Morris	60
7.	Sacred Heart	48
8.	Bentley	43
9.	Canisius	27
10.	Niagara	17
11.	AIC	15

Media Poll
1.	RIT (12)	198
2.	Air Force (4)	188
3.	Holy Cross (2)	149
4.	Mercyhurst (1)	142
5.	Robert Morris	137
6.	Army West Point	132
7.	Bentley	86
8.	Sacred Heart	79
9.	Canisius	75
10.	Niagara	40
11.	AIC	28

BIG TEN

Coaches’ Poll
1.	Minnesota
2.	Ohio State
3.	Michigan
4.	Penn State
5.	Wisconsin
6.	Michigan State

ECAC HOCKEY

Coaches’ Poll
1.	Quinnipiac (6)	110
2.	St. Lawrence (4)	102
3.	Harvard	96
4.	Clarkson	88
5.	Yale (1)	84
6.	Cornell (1)	75
7.	Union	71
8.	Rensselaer	51
9.	Dartmouth	41
10.	Brown	31
11.	Colgate	22
12.	Princeton	21

Media Poll
1.	Quinnipiac (12)	288
2.	St. Lawrence (8)	280
3.	Harvard (3)	257
4.	Yale	222
5.	Cornell (1)	216
6.	Clarkson (3)	214
7.	Rensselaer	166
8.	Union	160
9.	Dartmouth	110
10.	Colgate	85
11.	Brown	62
12.	Princeton	59

HOCKEY EAST

Coaches’ Poll
1.	Boston University (10)	130
2.	Northeastern (1)	108
	Notre Dame	108
4.	UMass Lowell (1)	105
5.	Providence	98
6.	Boston College	91
7.	Connecticut	63
8.	Vermont	57
9.	Merrimack	53
10.	New Hampshire	49
11.	Massachusetts	32
12.	Maine	30

NCHC

Media Poll
1.	North Dakota (25)	235
2.	Denver (3)	200
3.	Minnesota Duluth (2)	173
4.	St. Cloud State	155
5.	Omaha	119
6.	Miami	96
7.	Western Michigan	65
8.	Colorado College	37

WCHA

Coaches’ Poll
1.	Bowling Green (8)	89
2.	Michigan Tech (2)	79
3.	Minnesota State	71
4.	Ferris State	70
5.	Northern Michigan	54
6.	Bemidji State	48
7.	Lake Superior State	44
8.	Alaska Anchorage	29
9.	Alabama Huntsville	23
10.	Alaska	21

Media Poll
1.	Bowling Green (15)	251
2.	Michigan Tech (6)	239
3.	Minnesota State (5)	236
4.	Ferris State (2)	218
5.	Northern Michigan	161
6.	Bemidji State	144
7.	Lake Superior State	106
8.	Alaska	68
9.	Alabama Huntsville	66
10.	Alaska Anchorage	50