The 2013 & 2014 NCAA Champions, UConn, now appear to be the favorite as we enter the month of October. The undefeated 11-0 Huskies maintained their #1 spot on the Penn Monto/NFHCA Coaches Poll this week and also move ahead of Duke to the #1 spot on this week’s NCAA RPI Rankings. 10-1 Duke occupy the #2 spot on both rankings, while Syracuse, North Carolina and Penn State fill the #3-5 spots.
View the latest Division I Coaches Poll & NCAA RPI Rankings below!
| Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I Coaches Poll | |||||
| Tuesday, October 4, 2016 | |||||
| Rank | School | Record |   Points   (1st Votes) | Last Week | Change |
| 1 | Connecticut | (11-0) | 952 (29) | 1 | |
| 2 | Duke | (10-1) | 921 (9) | 3 | +1 |
| 3 | North Carolina | (9-2) | 906 (9) | 2 | -1 |
| 4 | Syracuse | (10-1) | 871 (3) | 4 | |
| 5 | Penn State | (11-1) | 788 | 5 | |
| 6 | Northwestern | (10-2) | 732 | 6 | |
| 7 | Maryland | (8-3) | 668 | 8 | +1 |
| 8 | Louisville | (10-2) | 634 | 7 | -1 |
| 9 | Delaware | (10-2) | 566 | 10 | +1 |
| 10T | Michigan | (7-4) | 493 | 9 | -1 |
| 10T | Virginia | (8-4) | 493 | 12 | +2 |
| 12 | Princeton | (6-4) | 473 | 11 | -1 |
| 13 | Old Dominion | (6-4) | 338 | 14 | +1 |
| 14 | Boston College | (4-6) | 281 | 15 | +1 |
| 15 | Boston University | (7-4) | 280 | 13 | -2 |
| 16 | Iowa | (7-5) | 222 | 18 | +2 |
| 17 | Wake Forest | (5-5) | 221 | 16 | -1 |
| 18 | Stanford | (5-4) | 187 | 17 | -1 |
| 19 | Albany | (7-4) | 111 | NR | + |
| 20 | American | (7-3) | 93 | NR | + |
| NCAA Division I RPI RANKINGS Tuesday, October 4, 2016 |
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| RANK | SCHOOL | CONFERENCE | RECORD |
| 1 | UConn | Big East | 11-0-0 |
| 2 | Duke | Atlantic Coast | 10-1-0 |
| 3 | Syracuse | Atlantic Coast | 10-1-0 |
| 4 | North Carolina | Atlantic Coast | 9-2-0 |
| 5 | Penn St. | Big Ten | 11-1-0 |
| 6 | Maryland | Big Ten | 8-3-0 |
| 7 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 10-2-0 |
| 8 | Delaware | Colonial | 10-2-0 |
| 9 | Virginia | Atlantic Coast | 8-4-0 |
| 10 | Princeton | Ivy League | 6-4-0 |
| 11 | Louisville | Atlantic Coast | 10-2-0 |
| 12 | Old Dominion | Big East | 6-4-0 |
| 13 | Boston U. | Patriot | 7-4-0 |
| 14 | Harvard | Ivy League | 6-4-0 |
| 15 | Monmouth | Metro Atlantic | 9-2-0 |
| 16 | Boston College | Atlantic Coast | 4-6-0 |
| 17 | Penn | Ivy League | 6-3-0 |
| 18 | Iowa | Big Ten | 7-5-0 |
| 19 | Michigan | Big Ten | 7-4-0 |
| 20 | Stanford | America East | 5-4-0 |
| 21 | Massachusetts | Atlantic 10 | 6-5-0 |
| 22 | Albany (NY) | America East | 7-4-0 |
| 23 | American | Patriot | 7-3-0 |
| 24 | Wake Forest | Atlantic Coast | 5-5-0 |
| 25 | James Madison | Colonial | 7-3-0 |
| 26 | Drexel | Colonial | 6-6-0 |
| 27 | Bucknell | Patriot | 4-6-0 |
| 28 | Saint Joseph’s | Atlantic 10 | 8-4-0 |
| 29 | Maine | America East | 8-4-0 |
| 30 | Temple | Big East | 4-8-0 |
| 31 | Lafayette | Patriot | 7-3-0 |
| 32 | Ohio St. | Big Ten | 5-7-0 |
| 33 | Kent St. | Mid-American | 7-5-0 |
| 34 | Rutgers | Big Ten | 6-4-0 |
| 35 | Providence | Big East | 9-3-0 |
| 36 | Northeastern | Colonial | 6-5-0 |
| 37 | Hofstra | Colonial | 8-4-0 |
| 38 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 7-5-0 |
| 39 | Richmond | Atlantic 10 | 5-6-0 |
| 40 | Pacific | America East | 9-3-0 |
| 41 | Indiana | Big Ten | 6-6-0 |
| 42 | Cornell | Ivy League | 5-5-0 |
| 43 | Liberty | Big East | 3-6-0 |
| 44 | Brown | Ivy League | 6-2-0 |
| 45 | New Hampshire | America East | 3-7-0 |
| 46 | Columbia | Ivy League | 6-4-0 |
| 47 | Michigan St. | Big Ten | 5-6-0 |
| 48 | William & Mary | Colonial | 4-6-0 |
| 49 | Ball St. | Mid-American | 5-7-0 |
| 50 | Rider | Metro Atlantic | 6-5-0 |
| 51 | Yale | Ivy League | 4-5-0 |
| 52 | VCU | Atlantic 10 | 3-7-0 |
| 53 | Lock Haven | Atlantic 10 | 6-4-0 |
| 54 | Dartmouth | Ivy League | 3-6-0 |
| 55 | Lehigh | Patriot | 3-8-0 |
| 56 | Saint Francis (PA) | Atlantic 10 | 7-5-0 |
| 57 | Vermont | America East | 6-5-0 |
| 58 | California | America East | 3-6-0 |
| 59 | Longwood | Mid-American | 6-5-0 |
| 60 | La Salle | Atlantic 10 | 5-6-0 |
| 61 | Fairfield | Metro Atlantic | 1-10-0 |
| 62 | UMass Lowell | America East | 4-6-0 |
| 63 | Holy Cross | Patriot | 5-5-0 |
| 64 | Ohio | Mid-American | 4-6-0 |
| 65 | UC Davis | America East | 3-8-0 |
| 66 | Georgetown | Big East | 4-8-0 |
| 67 | Villanova | Big East | 3-9-0 |
| 68 | Central Mich. | Mid-American | 1-10-0 |
| 69 | Colgate | Patriot | 1-11-0 |
| 70 | Towson | Colonial | 2-9-0 |
| 71 | Bryant | Metro Atlantic | 0-10-0 |
| 72 | Saint Louis | Atlantic 10 | 1-9-0 |
| 73 | Sacred Heart | Metro Atlantic | 0-10-0 |
| 74 | Quinnipiac | Big East | 2-9-0 |
| 75 | Appalachian St. | DI Independent | 1-9-0 |
| 76 | Davidson | Atlantic 10 | 2-9-0 |
| 77 | Siena | Metro Atlantic | 1-7-0 |
| 78 | Missouri St. | Mid-American | 1-7-0 |
| 79 | LIU Brooklyn | Metro Atlantic | 0-8-0 |
