Defending ECAC Hockey regular-season champion Cornell has been picked to finish first in the 20th annual ECAC Hockey Media Association preseason poll and in the coaches poll.
The Big Red collected 16 of 21 first-place votes and earned 246 points in the media poll and eight first-place votes and 117 points in the coaches poll.
Media Poll
| School (First-place votes) | Points |
|---|---|
| 1. Cornell (16) | 246 |
| 2. Princeton (4) | 217 |
| 3. Clarkson | 200 |
| 4. Union | 193 |
| 5. Harvard (1) | 180 |
| 6. Dartmouth | 126 |
| 7. Yale | 124 |
| 8. Quinnipiac | 119 |
| 9. Colgate | 92 |
| 10. Rensselaer | 56 |
| 11. Brown | 47 |
| 12. St. Lawrence | 40 |
Coaches Poll
| School (First-place votes) | Points |
|---|---|
| 1. Cornell (8) | 117 |
| 2. Princeton (4) | 106 |
| 3. Union | 97 |
| 4. Clarkson | 92 |
| 5. Harvard | 89 |
| 6. Yale | 64 |
| 7. Quinnipiac | 63 |
| 8. Dartmouth | 54 |
| 9. Colgate | 36 |
| 10 (tie). Rensselaer | 28 |
| 10 (tie). St. Lawrence | 28 |
| 12. Brown | 18 |
The media poll was conducted by Ken Schott, associate sports editor of the (Schenectady, N.Y.) Daily Gazette and chairman of the ECAC Hockey Media Association.
