Michigan Unanimous No. 1 in Week 5 USA Hockey Men’s College Hockey Poll
Wisconsin, Denver, Michigan State and Western Michigan round out top five
USA Hockey
2026-27 Men’s College Hockey Poll – Week 5
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Rank School Last Week’s Rank 2026-27 Record Weeks in Top 20
1. University of Michigan, 680 (34) 1 7-0-0 5
2. University of Wisconsin, 596 6 4-0-0 5
3. University of Denver, 588 4 3-2-1 5
4. Michigan State University, 568 2 4-1-0 5
5. Western Michigan University, 529 5 4-1-0 5
6. Providence College, 509 9 5-0-0 5
7. University of Minnesota Duluth, 508 8 5-1-2 5
8. University of North Dakota, 454 3 4-2-0 5
9. Quinnipiac University, 381 7 4-2-0 5
10. Colorado College, 352 11 5-1-0 4
11. Augustana University, 348 15 5-0-1 3
12. Dartmouth College, 314 10 0-0-0 5
T-13. Cornell University, 227 12 0-0-0 5
T-13. Boston University, 227 14 4-2-0 5
15. Michigan Tech University, 225 13 6-2-0 5
16. Merrimack College, 149 18 4-1-1 3
17. University of Connecticut, 118 16 3-3-0 5
18. University of Minnesota, 94 RV 2-3-1 3
19. University of Massachusetts, 71 19 3-3-1 5
20. Boston College, 48 17 1-3-1 5
Others Receiving Votes: University of Maine, 35; Miami University (OH), 35; Northeastern University, 34; University of New Hampshire, 12; Harvard University, 11; Bowling Green State University, 9; Minnesota State University, 9; Arizona State University, 4; Union College, 3; United States Military Academy, 1; College of the Holy Cross, 1.
Top 20 Matchups
(All times listed in local time zone)
Date Matchup Time TV/Stream
Fri., Oct. 30 No. 7 Minnesota Duluth at No. 10 Colorado College 7:00 p.m. MT NCHC.tv
No. 17 UConn at No. 16 Merrimack 7:00 p.m. ET ESPN+
Sat., Oct. 31 No. 4 Michigan State vs. No. 8 North Dakota* 7:07 p.m. CT NCHC.tv
No. 6 Providence at No. 9 Quinnipiac 12:00 p.m. ET ESPN+
No. 7 Minnesota Duluth at No. 10 Colorado College 7:00 p.m. MT NCHC.tv
No. 17 UConn at No. 16 Merrimack 4:30 p.m. ET ESPN+
* – at Cedar Park, Texas
Notes: Hockey East leads the nation with six ranked teams. The NCHC follows with five, the Big Ten has four, ECAC Hockey has three and the CCHA has two ranked programs … Team records are listed in W-L-T.
About the Poll: The 32nd annual USA Hockey 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.
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