USA Hockey/The Rink Live 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 NCAA Division I ice hockey conferences, as well as composite votes from officers of the AHCA and USA Hockey.

HISTORY
USA Hockey debuted its men’s college hockey poll during the 1995-96 season, then known as the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine College Hockey Poll, and began a women’s college hockey poll for the 1999-2000 season, then known as the American Hockey Magazine Women’s College Hockey Poll.

Both the men’s and women’s polls rebranded to the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll at the start of the 2004-05 season before becoming the USA Hockey/The Rink Live College Hockey ahead of the 2023-24 season.