USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll
January 2, 2001
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | Michigan | State | (17) | (14-1-4) | 269 | 1 |
| 2. | Boston | College | (1) | (13-4-1) | 253 | 2 |
| 3. | North | Dakota | (14-4-4) | 232 | 3 | |
| 4. | Colorado | College | (13-4-1) | 199 | 6 | |
| 5. | Western | Michigan | (14-3-2) | 196 | 8 | |
| 6. | New | Hampshire | (13-4-1) | 179 | 5 | |
| 7. | 7. | Michigan | (13-5-3) | 177 | 4 | |
| 8. | St. | Cloud | State | (13-4-1) | 143 | 7 |
| 9. | 9. | Minnesota | (12-5-2) | 134 | 9 | |
| 10. | 10. | Wisconsin | (13-9-0) | 92 | 14 | |
| 11. | 11. | Providence | (9-5-3) | 89 | 10 | |
| 12. | 12. | Rensselaer | (9-4-1) | 51 | 11 | |
| 13. | 13. | Vermont | (9-4-0) | 47 | NR | |
| 14. | 14. | Denver | (11-7-2) | 29 | NR | |
| 15. | 15. | Maine | (9-6-4) | 28 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Northern Michigan 27, Harvard 8, Ohio State 4, Cornell 3
