USA TODAY/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll
November 16, 1998
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | North | Dakota | (10) | 5-0-1 | 100 | 2 |
| 2. | Boston | College | 5-1-1 | 86 | 1 | |
| 3. | Colorado | College | 7-1-0 | 72 | 3 | |
| 4. | Notre | Dame | 8-1-2 | 69 | 6 | |
| 5. | Michigan | State | 6-1-2 | 53 | 5 | |
| 6. | Maine | 5-1-1 | 49 | 4 | ||
| 7. | New | Hampshire | 6-1-1 | 40 | 8 | |
| 8. | Michigan | 6-2-1 | 38 | 7 | ||
| 9. | Northern | Michigan | 9-3-0 | 23 | 9 | |
| 10. | Denver | 6-2-0 | 14 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Cornell 3, St. Lawrence 2, Vermont 1
