# 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings

Two human polls made up the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings, the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports poll and the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll. As the 2015–16 season progressed, rankings were updated weekly.

## Legend

| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| Italics | Number of first place votes |
| (#-#) | Win–loss–tie record |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |

## USCHO

| | Preseason Sep 28 | Week 1 Oct 12 | Week 2 Oct 19 | Week 3 Oct 26 | Week 4 Nov 2 | Week 5 Nov 9 | Week 6 Nov 16 | Week 7 Nov 23 | Week 8 Nov 30 | Week 9 Dec 7 | Week 10 Dec 14 | Week 11 Jan 4 | Week 12 Jan 11 | Week 13 Jan 18 | Week 14 Jan 25 | Week 15 Feb 1 | Week 16 Feb 8 | Week 17 Feb 15 | Week 18 Feb 22 | Week 19 Feb 29 | Week 20 Mar 7 | Week 21 Mar 14 | Week 22 Mar 21 | Final Apr 11 | |
| 1. | Boston College (19) | North Dakota (1–0–1) (18) | North Dakota (2–0–2) (16) | North Dakota (4–0–2) (23) | North Dakota (6–0–2) (27) | Providence (6–0–1) (29) | Providence (6–0–3) (17) | Providence (8–0–3) (36) | Providence (9–0–3) (34) | Providence (11–0–3) (39) | Providence (12–0–3) (48) | North Dakota (18–2–2) (36) | North Dakota (18–2–2) (32) | Quinnipiac (19–1–3) (41) | Quinnipiac (19–1–5) (30) | Quinnipiac (20–1–5) (35) | Quinnipiac (21–1–6) (37) | Quinnipiac (22–2–6) (32) | Quinnipiac (23–2–7) (32) | Quinnipiac (25–2–7) (48) | Quinnipiac (25–2–7) (39) | North Dakota (30–5–3) (35) | Quinnipiac (29–3–7) (48) | North Dakota (34–6–4) (50) | 1. |
| 2. | Minnesota-Duluth (12) | Providence (1–0–1) (13) | Omaha (4–0–0) (15) | Omaha (6–0–0) (12) | Providence (6–0–1) (18) | Boston College (8–1–0) (17) | Boston College (9–1–0) (14) | Boston College (10–1–0) (9) | Boston College (12–1–0) (10) | Quinnipiac (15–0–2) (10) | North Dakota (16–2–2) (1) | Quinnipiac (17–1–3) (14) | Quinnipiac (19–1–3) (18) | North Dakota (19–3–2) (8) | North Dakota (20–3–3) (15) | North Dakota (22–3–3) (9) | North Dakota (22–3–3) (12) | Boston College (21–4–5) (14) | Boston College (23–4–5) (11) | North Dakota (26–5–3) (1) | North Dakota (28–5–3) (11) | Quinnipiac (27–3–7) (14) | St. Cloud State (31–8–1) (2) | Quinnipiac (32–4–7) | 2. |
| 3. | Boston University (6) | Omaha (2–0–0) (8) | Providence (2–0–1) (12) | Providence (4–0–1) (10) | Boston College (5–1–0) (4) | North Dakota (7–1–2) (1) | Quinnipiac (10–0–0) (12) | Quinnipiac (11–0–2) (5) | Quinnipiac (13–0–2) (6) | Boston College (13–1–1) | Quinnipiac (15–1–2) (1) | Providence (13–2–3) | Providence (13–3–4) | Providence (15–3–4) (1) | St. Cloud State (20–5–1) (4) | St. Cloud State (22–5–1) (5) | Boston College (19–4–4) (1) | St. Cloud State (23–6–1) (4) | St. Cloud State (25–6–1) (7) | Boston College (24–5–5) (1) | Boston College (24–5–5) | Providence (27–5–4) (1) | North Dakota (30–6–4) | Boston College (28–8–5) | 3. |
| 4. | North Dakota (1) | Boston College (1–1–0) (7) | Boston College (2–1–0) (4) | Boston College (4–1–0) (4) | UMass Lowell (4–1–2) | Quinnipiac (8–0–0) (3) | North Dakota (9–1–2) (7) | UMass Lowell (9–1–3) | North Dakota (12–2–2) | North Dakota (14–2–2) (1) | Boston College (13–2–1) | St. Cloud State (16–4–0) | Boston College (14–4–2) | Boston College (15–4–3) | Providence (16–4–4) (1) | Boston College (17–4–4) (1) | St. Cloud State (23–6–1) | North Dakota (22–5–3) | North Dakota (24–5–3) | Providence (25–5–4) | Providence (25–5–4) | St. Cloud State (29–8–1) | Providence (27–6–4) | Denver (25–10–6) | 4. |
| 5. | Denver | Denver (1–1–0) | Minnesota-Duluth (2–1–0) (1) | Denver (3–1–0) | Quinnipiac (6–0–0) (1) | UMass Lowell (6–1–2) | UMass Lowell (8–1–2) | North Dakota (10–2–2) | UMass Lowell (10–1–4) | Omaha (12–3–1) | St. Cloud State (14–4–0) | Harvard (8–1–3) | St. Cloud State (17–5–0) | St. Cloud State (18–5–1) | Boston College (16–4–4) | Michigan (16–3–4) | Providence (19–5–4) | Providence (21–5–4) | Providence (23–5–4) | St. Cloud State (25–8–1) | St. Cloud State (27–8–1) | Boston College (26–6–5) | Michigan (24–7–5) | St. Cloud State (31–9–1) | 5. |
| 6. | Minnesota State (1) | Boston University (0–1–0) | Denver (3–1–0) | Minnesota-Duluth (2–1–2) | Minnesota-Duluth (3–2–2) | Omaha (8–2–0) | Omaha (8–2–0) | Omaha (9–2–1) | Omaha (11–2–1) | St. Cloud State (12–4–0) | Omaha (12–3–1) | Omaha (14–3–1) | Michigan (13–3–3) | Michigan (14–3–4) | Michigan (14–3–4) | Providence (17–5–4) | Michigan (17–4–4) | Michigan (18–4–5) | Michigan (19–4–5) | Michigan (20–5–5) | Denver (21–8–5) | Denver (23–8–5) | Boston College (26–7–5) | Michigan (25–8–5) | 6. |
| 7. | Providence (6) | Minnesota-Duluth (0–1–0) | UMass Lowell (3–0–0) (1) | UMass Lowell (3–0–2) | Harvard (2–0–0) | Harvard (3–0–1) | St. Cloud State (8–2–0) | St. Cloud State (9–3–0) | St. Cloud State (11–3–0) | Harvard (6–1–3) | Harvard (6–1–3) | Boston College (13–4–1) | Harvard (8–3–3) | Omaha (15–6–1) | Harvard (11–4–3) | Harvard (12–4–3) | Boston University (16–7–4) | Notre Dame (18–5–7) | Yale (18–5–4) | Denver (19–8–5) | Yale (19–6–4) | Michigan (22–7–5) | Denver (23–9–6) | UMass Lowell (25–10–5) т | 7. |
| 8. | Harvard (1) | Harvard (0–0–0) (2) | Boston University (1–1–0) | Boston University (2–1–0) | Omaha (6–2–0) | Denver (5–3–0) | Harvard (4–1–1) | Harvard (4–1–1) | Harvard (6–1–1) | UMass Lowell (10–3–4) | UMass Lowell (10–3–4) | Michigan (11–3–3) | Cornell (11–2–2) | UMass Lowell (14–4–4) | UMass Lowell (15–5–4) | UMass Lowell (17–5–4) | Notre Dame (16–5–7) | Yale (16–5–4) | Denver (17–8–5) | Yale (19–6–4) | Boston University (21–10–5) | UMass Lowell (23–8–5) | UMass Lowell (24–9–5) | Providence (27–7–4) т | 8. |
| 9. | Minnesota (1) | UMass Lowell (1–0–0) (2) | Harvard (0–0–0) | Quinnipiac (6–0–0) (1) | Denver (3–3–0) | St. Cloud State (6–2–0) | Denver (6–3–1) | Denver (7–3–2) | Denver (7–3–2) | Michigan (8–2–3) | Cornell (8–1–2) | Cornell (9–2–2) | Omaha (14–5–1) | Harvard (9–4–3) | Boston University (13–7–4) | Boston University (14–7–4) | Harvard (13–6–3) | Boston University (17–9–4) | Boston University (18–9–5) | Boston University (19–10–5) | Michigan (20–7–5) | Harvard (18–9–4) | Northeastern (22–13–5) | Minnesota-Duluth (19–16–5) | 9. |
| 10. | Omaha | Bowling Green (2–0–0) | St. Cloud State (4–0–0) (1) | Michigan (3–0–1) | St. Cloud State (6–2–0) | Yale (3–0–1) | Boston University (5–3–2) | Yale (5–1–2) | Yale (5–2–2) | Cornell (8–1–2) | Michigan (9–3–3) | UMass Lowell (11–4–4) | Boston University (11–6–3) | Cornell (11–3–3) | Notre Dame (14–4–7) | Notre Dame (14–5–7) | Yale (14–5–4) | Denver (15–8–5) | Notre Dame (18–7–7) | Notre Dame (19–8–7) | Notre Dame (19–8–7) | Yale (19–8–4) | Harvard (19–10–4) | Harvard (19–11–4) | 10. |
| 11. | Miami (Ohio) (1) | Michigan (0–0–0) | Michigan (2–0–0) | Harvard (0–0–0) | Boston University (3–3–0) | Boston University (5–3–0) | Yale (4–1–1) | Boston University (6–4–2) | Boston University (7–4–3) | Denver (7–5–2) | Boston University (9–6–3) | Boston University (9–6–3) | UMass Lowell (12–4–4) | Boston University (11–7–4) | Yale (11–4–4) | Yale (12–5–4) | UMass Lowell (17–6–5) | UMass Lowell (18–7–5) | UMass Lowell (20–7–5) | UMass Lowell (21–8–5) | UMass Lowell (21–8–5) | Boston University (21–12–5) | Yale (19–8–4) | Yale (19–9–4) | 11. |
| 12. | Yale | St. Cloud State (2–0–0) | Bowling Green (3–1–1) | Bowling Green (3–1–1) | Yale (2–0–0) | Michigan (4–1–1) | Michigan (5–1–1) | Michigan (6–2–1) | Michigan (7–2–2) | Boston University (8–5–3) | Bowling Green (11–3–5) | Yale (6–4–2) | Yale (8–4–3) | Yale (10–4–3) | Omaha (15–8–1) | Omaha (16–9–1) | Omaha (16–9–1) | Omaha (18–9–1) | Harvard (15–8–4) | Harvard (16–9–4) | Harvard (16–9–4) | Michigan Tech (23–8–5) | Boston University (21–12–5) | Northeastern (22–14–5) | 12. |
| 13. | Michigan | Yale (0–0–0) | Yale (0–0–0) | Yale (0–0–0) | Michigan (4–1–1) | Minnesota-Duluth (3–4–2) | Merrimack (6–1–3) | Merrimack (6–1–4) | St. Lawrence (8–3–2) | St. Lawrence (9–4–2) | Yale (6–4–2) | St. Lawrence (10–5–2) | Notre Dame (10–4–7) | Notre Dame (12–4–7) | Denver (12–7–5) | Denver (13–8–5) | Denver (13–8–5) | Harvard (14–8–3) | Omaha (18–11–1) | Michigan Tech (19–8–5) | Michigan Tech (21–8–5) | Notre Dame (19–10–7) | Notre Dame (19–10–7) | Notre Dame (19–11–7) | 13. |
| 14. | UMass Lowell (2) | Minnesota State (0–2–0) | Quinnipiac (3–0–0) | St. Cloud State (4–2–0) | Bowling Green (4–2–1) | Merrimack (5–1–2) | St. Lawrence (7–3–1) | St. Lawrence (8–3–2) | Bowling Green (9–3–3) | Bowling Green (9–3–5) | Penn State (11–2–3) | Penn State (12–3–3) | Denver (9–7–4) | Penn State (15–4–3) | Cornell (11–5–3) | Rensselaer (14–8–6) | Michigan Tech (16–7–5) | Michigan Tech (16–7–5) | Michigan Tech (17–8–5) | Penn State (19–9–4) | Penn State (20–10–4) | Northeastern (20–13–5) | Minnesota-Duluth (18–15–5) | Boston University (21–13–5) | 14. |
| 15. | Michigan Tech | Minnesota (0–1–0) | Miami (Ohio) (2–1–1) | Miami (Ohio) (3–2–1) | St. Lawrence (5–2–1) | Bowling Green (4–2–3) т | Bowling Green (5–3–3) | Bowling Green (7–3–3) | Cornell (6–1–2) | Yale (5–4–2) | St. Lawrence (10–5–2) | Notre Dame (9–4–6) | Penn State (13–4–3) | Denver (10–7–5) | Penn State (16–5–3) | Michigan Tech (14–7–5) | Cornell (12–7–4) | Penn State (18–8–4) | Penn State (19–9–4) | Omaha (18–13–1) | Cornell (15–9–7) | Minnesota State (20–12–7) | Michigan Tech (23–9–5) | Ferris State (20–15–6) | 15. |
| 16. | Bowling Green | Michigan Tech (0–0–0) | Michigan Tech (1–1–0) | St. Lawrence (4–2–0) | Merrimack (3–1–2) | St. Lawrence (6–3–1) т | Notre Dame (5–2–3) | Cornell (6–1–1) | Merrimack (6–2–4) | Penn State (10–2–3) | Notre Dame (9–4–4) | Bowling Green (12–5–5) | Bowling Green (13–6–5) | Rensselaer (12–7–5) | Rensselaer (13–7–6) | Penn State (16–7–3) | Penn State (17–8–3) | Cornell (12–8–5) | Cornell (13–8–6) | Minnesota State (17–10–7) | Minnesota State (18–11–7) | Minnesota-Duluth (17–14–5) | Minnesota State (21–13–7) | Michigan Tech (23–9–5) | 16. |
| 17. | St. Cloud State | Quinnipiac (2–0–0) | St. Lawrence (3–1–0) | Merrimack (2–0–2) | Clarkson (5–1–0) | Miami (Ohio) (5–4–1) | Minnesota-Duluth (3–5–3) | Minnesota-Duluth (5–5–3) | Michigan Tech (9–4–1) т | Minnesota-Duluth (7–5–3) | Denver (7–7–2) | Denver (7–7–4) | Minnesota-Duluth (8–7–4) | Michigan Tech (13–7–4) | Michigan Tech (13–7–4) | Cornell (11–7–3) | Minnesota State (15–10–5) | Rensselaer (15–11–6) | Rensselaer (16–12–6) | Minnesota (17–14–0) | Omaha (18–15–1) | St. Lawrence (19–13–4) | St. Lawrence (19–14–4) | Minnesota State (21–13–7) | 17. |
| 18. | Quinnipiac | Miami (Ohio) (0–1–1) | Union (2–0–2) | Michigan Tech (2–2–0) | Notre Dame (3–1–2) | Notre Dame (4–2–2) | Cornell (5–1–0) | Notre Dame (5–3–4) | Minnesota Duluth (5–5–3) т | Notre Dame (8–4–4) | Minnesota State (10–6–4) | Minnesota State (10–6–4) | St. Lawrence (10–7–2) | Bowling Green (13–7–5) | Bowling Green (15–7–5) | Minnesota State (14–9–5) | Rensselaer (14–10–6) | St. Lawrence (16–11–3) | Minnesota State (15–10–7) | Cornell (13–9–7) | St. Lawrence (17–13–4) | Cornell (16–11–7) | Ferris State (19–14–6) | St. Lawrence (19–14–4) | 18. |
| 19. | St. Lawrence | St. Lawrence (2–0–0) | Merrimack (2–0–0) т | Clarkson (5–1–0) | Miami (Ohio) (3–4–1) | Clarkson (5–2–1) | Michigan Tech (6–4–0) | Michigan Tech (7–4–1) | Penn State (8–2–3) | Merrimack (6–4–4) | Minnesota-Duluth (7–7–3) | Minnesota-Duluth (7–7–3) | Minnesota State (11–7–4) | Minnesota-Duluth (8–8–5) | Minnesota State (13–8–5) | Bowling Green (15–8–6) | Bowling Green (16–9–6) | Minnesota State (15–10–7) | St. Lawrence (16–12–4) | St. Lawrence (17–13–4) | Minnesota (18–15–0) | Penn State (20–12–4) | Cornell (16–11–7) | Cornell (16–11–7) | 19. |
| 20. | Colgate | Vermont (1–0–0) | Minnesota (0–3–0) т | Minnesota (2–3–0) | Robert Morris (3–1–2) | Michigan Tech (5–3–0) | Clarkson (5–3–1) | Penn State (7–2–3) | Notre Dame (6–4–4) | Minnesota State (8–6–4) | Merrimack (6–4–5) | Rensselaer (11–7–3) | Rensselaer (11–7–4) | Minnesota State (11–8–5) | Minnesota (13–10–0) | Dartmouth (11–9–1) | Clarkson (15–10–3) | Clarkson (16–11–3) | Minnesota (16–13–0) | Robert Morris (21–9–4) | Minnesota-Duluth (15–14–5) | Minnesota (19–16–0) | Minnesota (20–17–0) | RIT (18–15–6) | 20. |
| | Preseason Sep 28 | Week 1 Oct 12 | Week 2 Oct 19 | Week 3 Oct 26 | Week 4 Nov 2 | Week 5 Nov 9 | Week 6 Nov 16 | Week 7 Nov 23 | Week 8 Nov 30 | Week 9 Dec 7 | Week 10 Dec 14 | Week 11 Jan 4 | Week 12 Jan 11 | Week 13 Jan 18 | Week 14 Jan 25 | Week 15 Feb 1 | Week 16 Feb 8 | Week 17 Feb 15 | Week 18 Feb 22 | Week 19 Feb 29 | Week 20 Mar 7 | Week 21 Mar 14 | Week 22 Mar 21 | Final Apr 11 | |
| | | Dropped: Colgate | Dropped: VermontMinnesota State | Dropped: Union | Dropped: MinnesotaMichigan Tech | Dropped: Robert Morris | Dropped: Miami (Ohio) | Dropped: Clarkson | None | Dropped: Michigan Tech | None | Dropped: Merrimack | None | Dropped: St. Lawrence | Dropped: Minnesota-Duluth | Dropped: Minnesota | Dropped: Dartmouth | Dropped: Bowling Green | Dropped: Clarkson | Dropped: Rensselaer | Dropped: Robert Morris | Dropped: Omaha | Dropped: Penn State | Dropped: Minnesota | |

## USA Today

| | Preseason Oct 5 | Week 1 Oct 12 | Week 2 Oct 19 | Week 3 Oct 26 | Week 4 Nov 2 | Week 5 Nov 9 | Week 6 Nov 16 | Week 7 Nov 23 | Week 8 Nov 30 | Week 9 Dec 7 | Week 10 Dec 14 | Week 11 Jan 4 | Week 12 Jan 11 | Week 13 Jan 18 | Week 14 Jan 25 | Week 15 Feb 1 | Week 16 Feb 8 | Week 17 Feb 15 | Week 18 Feb 22 | Week 19 Feb 29 | Week 20 Mar 7 | Week 21 Mar 14 | Week 22 Mar 21 | Week 23 Mar 28 | Final Apr 11 | |
| 1. | Boston College (18) | North Dakota (1–0–1) (16) | Omaha (4–0–0) (15) | Omaha (6–0–0) (16) | North Dakota (6–0–2) (21) | Providence (6–0–1) (18) | Providence (6–0–3) (12) | Providence (8–0–3) (18) | Providence (9–0–3) (21) | Providence (11–0–3) (20) | Providence (12–0–3) (34) | Quinnipiac (17–1–3) (17) | Quinnipiac (19–1–3) (21) | Quinnipiac (19–1–3) (30) | Quinnipiac (19–1–5) (28) | Quinnipiac (20–1–5) (28) | Quinnipiac (21–1–6) (30) | Quinnipiac (22–2–6) (25) | Quinnipiac (23–2–7) (25) | Quinnipiac (25–2–7) (34) | Quinnipiac (25–2–7) (29) | North Dakota (30–5–3) (17) | Quinnipiac (29–3–7) (34) | Quinnipiac (31–3–7) (22) | North Dakota (34–6–4) (34) | 1. |
| 2. | Boston University (5) | Providence (1–0–1) (7) | North Dakota (2–0–2) (8) | North Dakota (4–0–2) (12) | Providence (6–0–1) (11) | Boston College (8–0–1) (10) | Quinnipiac (10–0–0) (12) | Boston College (10–1–0) (6) | Quinnipiac (13–0–2) (11) | Quinnipiac (15–0–2) (14) | Quinnipiac (15–1–2) | North Dakota (18–2–2) (16) | North Dakota (18–2–2) (13) | North Dakota (19–3–2) (3) | North Dakota (20–3–3) (6) | North Dakota (22–3–3) (6) | North Dakota (22–3–3) (4) | Boston College (21–4–5) (9) | Boston College (23–4–5) (8) | North Dakota (26–5–3) | North Dakota (28–5–3) (5) | Quinnipiac (27–3–7) (17) | St. Cloud State (31–8–1) | North Dakota (32–6–4) (12) | Quinnipiac (32–4–7) | 2. |
| 3. | Minnesota-Duluth (7) | Boston College (1–1–0) (5) | Providence (2–0–1) (9) | Providence (4–0–1) (5) | Boston College (5–1–0) | Quinnipiac (8–0–0) (5) | Boston College (9–1–0) (7) | Quinnipiac (11–0–2) (10) | Boston College (12–1–0) (2) | Boston College (13–1–1) | North Dakota (16–2–2) | Providence (13–2–3) | Providence (13–3–4) | Providence (15–3–4) (1) | St. Cloud State (20–5–1) | St. Cloud State (22–5–1) | Boston College (19–4–4) | St. Cloud State (23–6–1) | St. Cloud State (25–6–1) (1) | Providence (25–5–4) | Boston College (24–5–5) | Providence (27–5–4) | North Dakota (30–6–4) | Boston College (28–7–5) | Denver (25–10–6) | 3. |
| 4. | North Dakota | Omaha (2–0–0) (1) | Boston College (2–1–0) | Boston College (4–1–0) | Quinnipiac (6–0–0) (2) | North Dakota (7–1–2) (1) | North Dakota (9–1–2) (3) | UMass Lowell (9–1–3) | North Dakota (12–2–2) | North Dakota (14–2–2) | Boston College (13–2–1) | Harvard (8–1–3) (1) | Boston College (14–4–2) | St. Cloud State (18–5–1) | Providence (16–4–4) | Boston College (17–4–4) | St. Cloud State (23–6–1) | North Dakota (22–5–3) | North Dakota (24–5–3) | Boston College (24–5–5) | Providence (25–5–4) | Boston College (26–6–5) | Providence (27–6–4) | Denver (25–9–6) | Boston College (28–8–5) | 4. |
| 5. | Harvard | Harvard (0–0–0) (3) | Minnesota-Duluth (2–1–0) | Denver (3–1–0) | UMass Lowell (4–1–2) | UMass Lowell (6–1–2) | UMass Lowell (8–1–2) | North Dakota (10–2–2) | UMass Lowell (10–1–4) | Omaha (12–3–1) | St. Cloud State (14–4–0) | St. Cloud State (16–4–0) | St. Cloud State (17–5–0) | Boston College (15–4–3) | Boston College (16–4–4) | Michigan (16–3–4) | Providence (19–5–4) | Providence (21–5–4) | Providence (23–5–4) | St. Cloud State (25–8–1) | St. Cloud State (27–8–1) | St. Cloud State (29–8–1) | Boston College (26–7–5) | Michigan (25–8–5) | St. Cloud State (31–9–1) | 5. |
| 6. | Denver | Boston University (0–1–0) | Denver (3–1–0) | Minnesota-Duluth (2–1–2) | Harvard (2–0–0) | Harvard (3–0–1) | Omaha (8–2–0) | Omaha (9–2–1) | Omaha (11–2–1) | St. Cloud State (12–4–0) | Omaha (12–3–1) | Omaha (14–3–1) | Michigan (13–3–3) | Michigan (14–3–4) | Michigan (14–3–4) | Providence (17–5–4) | Michigan (17–4–4) | Michigan (18–4–5) | Michigan (19–4–5) | Michigan (20–5–5) | Denver (21–8–5) | Denver (23–8–5) | Michigan (24–7–5) | St. Cloud State (31–9–5) | Michigan (25–8–5) | 6. |
| 7. | Providence (3) | Minnesota-Duluth (0–1–0) (1) | Boston University (1–1–0) | Boston University (2–1–0) | Minnesota-Duluth (3–2–2) | Omaha (8–2–0) | St. Cloud State (8–2–0) | St. Cloud (9–3–0) | St. Cloud State (11–3–0) | Harvard (6–1–3) | Harvard (6–1–3) | Boston College (13–4–1) | Cornell (11–2–2) | Omaha (15–6–1) | Harvard (11–4–3) | Harvard (12–4–3) | Boston University (16–7–4) | Notre Dame (18–5–7) | Yale (18–5–4) | Denver (19–8–5) | Yale (19–6–4) | Michigan (22–7–5) | Denver (23–9–6) | Providence (27–7–4) | Providence (27–7–4) | 7. |
| 8. | Minnesota (1) | Denver (0–1–0) | UMass Lowell (3–0–0) (1) | UMass Lowell (3–0–2) | Omaha (6–2–0) | Yale (3–0–1) | Harvard (4–1–1) | Harvard (4–1–1) | Harvard (6–1–1) | UMass Lowell (10–3–4) | UMass Lowell (10–3–4) | Michigan (11–3–3) | Harvard (8–3–3) | Harvard (9–4–3) | UMass Lowell (15–5–4) | UMass Lowell (17–5–4) | Notre Dame (16–5–7) | Yale (16–5–4) | Denver (17–8–5) | Yale (19–6–4) | Boston University (21–10–5) | UMass Lowell (23–8–5) | UMass Lowell (24–9–5) | UMass Lowell (25–10–5) | UMass Lowell (25–10–5) | 8. |
| 9. | Minnesota State | UMass Lowell (1–0–0) (1) | Harvard (0–0–0) | Quinnipiac (6–0–0) (1) | Yale (2–0–0) | St. Cloud State (6–2–0) | Denver (6–3–1) | Yale (5–1–2) | Denver (7–3–2) | Michigan (8–2–3) | Cornell (8–1–2) | Cornell (9–2–2) | Omaha (14–5–1) | UMass Lowell (14–4–4) | Notre Dame (14–4–7) | Boston University (14–7–4) | Harvard (13–6–3) | Boston University (17–9–4) | Boston University (18–9–5) | Boston University (19–10–5) | Michigan (20–7–5) | Harvard (18–9–4) | Harvard (19–10–4) | Harvard (19–11–4) | Harvard (19–11–4) | 9. |
| 10. | Miami (Ohio) | Bowling Green (2–0–0) | St. Cloud State (4–0–0) (1) | Michigan (3–0–1) | Boston University (3–3–0) | Denver (5–3–0) | Yale (4–1–1) | Denver (7–3–2) | Yale (5–2–2) | Cornell (8–1–2) | Michigan (9–3–3) | UMass Lowell (11–4–4) | Boston University (11–6–3) | Cornell (11–3–3) | Boston University (13–7–4) | Notre Dame (14–5–7) | Yale (14–5–4) | Denver (15–8–5) | Notre Dame (18–7–7) | Notre Dame (19–8–7) | Notre Dame (19–8–7) | Boston University (21–12–5) | Northeastern (22–13–5) | Minnesota-Duluth (19–16–5) | Yale (19–9–4) | 10. |
| 11. | Omaha | Michigan (0–0–0) | Michigan (2–0–0) | Harvard (0–0–0) | St. Cloud State (6–2–0) | Boston University (5–3–0) | Boston University (5–3–2) | Michigan (6–2–1) | Michigan (7–2–2) | Boston University (8–5–3) | Boston University (9–6–3) | Boston University (9–6–3) | UMass Lowell (12–4–4) | Boston University (11–7–4) | Omaha (15–8–1) | Yale (12–5–4) | UMass Lowell (17–6–5) | Omaha (18–9–1) | UMass Lowell (20–7–5) | UMass Lowell (21–8–5) | UMass Lowell (21–8–5) | Yale (19–8–4) | Boston University (21–12–5) | Yale (19–9–4) | Northeastern (22–14–5) | 11. |
| 12. | Yale | St. Cloud State (2–0–0) | Bowling Green (3–1–1) | Bowling Green (3–1–1) | Denver (3–3–0) | Michigan (4–1–1) | Michigan (5–1–1) | Boston University (6–4–2) | Boston University (7–4–3) | Denver (7–5–2) | Yale (6–4–2) | Yale (6–4–2) | Yale (8–4–3) | Yale (10–4–3) | Yale (11–4–4) | Omaha (16–9–1) | Omaha (16–9–1) | UMass Lowell (18–7–5) | Harvard (15–8–4) | Harvard (16–9–4) | Harvard (16–9–4) | Notre Dame (19–10–7) | Yale (19–8–4) | Northeastern (22–14–5) | Minnesota-Duluth (19–16–5) | 12. |
| 13. | Michigan | Minnesota (0–1–0) | Quinnipiac (3–0–0) | St. Cloud State (4–2–0) | Michigan (4–1–1) | Minnesota-Duluth (3–4–2) | Merrimack (6–1–3) | Merrimack (6–1–4) | St. Lawrence (8–3–2) | St. Lawrence (9–4–2) | Bowling Green (11–3–5) | St. Lawrence (10–5–2) | Notre Dame (10–4–7) | Notre Dame (12–4–7) | Cornell (11–5–3) | Denver (13–8–5) | Denver (13–8–5) | Harvard (14–8–3) | Omaha (18–11–1) | Michigan Tech (19–8–5) | Michigan Tech (21–8–5) | Michigan Tech (23–8–5) | Notre Dame (19–10–7) | Notre Dame (19–11–7) | Notre Dame (19–11–7) | 13. |
| 14. | UMass Lowell | Yale (0–0–0) | Miami (Ohio) (2–1–1) | Miami (Ohio) (3–2–1) | St. Lawrence (5–2–1) | Merrimack (5–1–2) | St. Lawrence (7–3–1) | St. Lawrence (8–3–2) | Cornell (6–1–2) | Bowling Green (9–3–5) | St. Lawrence (10–5–2) | Notre Dame (9–4–6) | Denver (9–7–4) | Penn State (15–4–3) | Denver (12–7–5) | Michigan Tech (14–7–5) | Michigan Tech (16–7–5) | Michigan Tech (16–7–5) | Michigan Tech (17–8–5) | Penn State (19–9–4) | Penn State (20–10–4) | Northeastern (20–13–5) | Minnesota-Duluth (18–15–5) | Ferris State (20–15–6) | Boston University (21–13–5) | 14. |
| 15. | Michigan Tech | Minnesota State (0–2–0) | Yale (0–0–0) | Yale (0–0–0) | Bowling Green (4–2–1) | St. Lawrence (6–3–1) | Notre Dame (5–2–3) | Cornell (6–1–1) | Bowling Green (9–3–3) | Yale (5–4–2) | Penn State (11–2–3) | Penn State (12–3–3) | Penn State (13–4–3) | Denver (10–7–5) | Penn State (16–5–3) | Rensselaer (14–8–6) | Cornell (12–7–4) | Penn State (18–8–4) | Penn State (19–9–4) | Omaha (18–13–1) | Minnesota-Duluth (15–14–5) | Minnesota-Duluth (17–14–5) | Michigan Tech (23–9–5) | Boston University (21–13–5) | Ferris State (20–15–6) | 15. |
| | Preseason Oct 5 | Week 1 Oct 12 | Week 2 Oct 19 | Week 3 Oct 26 | Week 4 Nov 2 | Week 5 Nov 9 | Week 6 Nov 16 | Week 7 Nov 23 | Week 8 Nov 30 | Week 9 Dec 7 | Week 10 Dec 14 | Week 11 Jan 4 | Week 12 Jan 11 | Week 13 Jan 18 | Week 14 Jan 25 | Week 15 Feb 1 | Week 16 Feb 8 | Week 17 Feb 15 | Week 18 Feb 22 | Week 19 Feb 29 | Week 20 Mar 7 | Week 21 Mar 14 | Week 22 Mar 21 | Week 23 Mar 28 | Final Apr 11 | |
| | | Dropped: Michigan TechMiami (Ohio) | Dropped: MinnesotaMinnesota State | None | Dropped: Miami (Ohio) | Dropped: Bowling Green | Dropped: Minnesota-Duluth | Dropped: Notre Dame | Dropped: Merrimack | None | Dropped: Denver | Dropped: Bowling Green | Dropped: St. Lawrence | None | None | Dropped: Penn StateCornell | Dropped: Rensselaer | Dropped: Cornell | None | None | Dropped: Omaha | Dropped: Penn State | None | Dropped: Michigan Tech | None | |