College Hockey America announced its preseason coaches’ poll Monday and with three first-place votes, Syracuse was chosen to win the conference during the 2015-16 season.
Mercyhurst (two) and Rochester Institute of Technology (one) earned the other first-place choices.
| School (First-place votes) | Points |
|---|---|
| 1. Syracuse (3) | 23 |
| 2. Mercyhurst (2) | 21 |
| 3. RIT (1) | 16 |
| 4. Penn State | 12 |
| 5. (tie) Lindenwood | 9 |
| 5. (tie) Robert Morris | 9 |