After an exciting week of Division I hockey, we see a new #1 at the top of the Penn Monto/NFHCA Coaches Poll. Connecticut edged out North Carolina by just 1 vote to secure the top spot this week. The top 4 teams were incredibly close, all receiving over 800 votes a piece, with North Carolina receiving the most #1 votes with 18. Former #1 Syracuse bumped down to the #4 spot after falling to North Carolina in Chapel Hill 3-2 in double overtime on Friday. The biggest mover of the week is Northwestern, up 5 spots to the #6 ranking after defeating top 10 teams Penn State and Maryland over the weekend. [Click here to view a recap of the weekend’s Top 20 match-ups]
| Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I Coaches Poll | |||||
| Tuesday, September 27, 2016 | |||||
| Rank | School | Record |    Points     (1st Votes) | Last Week | Change |
| 1 | Connecticut | (9-0) | 860 (14) | 3 | +2 |
| 2 | North Carolina | (8-2) | 859 (18) | 5 | +3 |
| 3 | Duke | (8-1) | 848 (10) | 2 | -1 |
| 4 | Syracuse | (8-1) | 842 (5) | 1 | -3 |
| 5 | Penn State | (9-1) | 718 | 4 | -1 |
| 6 | Northwestern | (8-2) | 653 | 11 | +5 |
| 7 | Louisville | (9-1) | 635 | 7 | |
| 8 | Maryland | (7-3) | 597 | 6 | -2 |
| 9 | Michigan | (7-2) | 504 | 8 | -1 |
| 10 | Delaware | (8-2) | 468 | 12 | +2 |
| 11 | Princeton | (5-3) | 439 | 13 | +2 |
| 12 | Virginia | (6-4) | 365 | 16 | +4 |
| 13 | Boston University | (7-2) | 326 | 9 | -4 |
| 14 | Old Dominion | (5-3) | 298 | 17 | +3 |
| 15 | Boston College | (4-5) | 281 | 9 | -6 |
| 16 | Wake Forest | (5-4) | 279 | 14 | -2 |
| 17 | Stanford | (4-4) | 251 | 18 | +1 |
| 18 | Iowa | (6-4) | 177 | 15 | -3 |
| 19 | James Madison | (6-2) | 121 | NR | + |
| 20 | Maine | (7-3) | 99 | 19 | -1 |
