USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll
January 15, 2001
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | Michigan | State | (18) | (18-1-4) | 270 | 1 |
| 2. | Boston | College | (15-5-1) | 245 | 4 | |
| 3. | North | Dakota | (15-5-4) | 219 | 2 | |
| 4. | St. | Cloud | State | (17-4-1) | 209 | 6 |
| 5. | New | Hampshire | (15-4-5) | 198 | 6 | |
| 6. | Colorado | College | (15-5-1) | 178 | 3 | |
| 7. | Western | Michigan | (16-4-2) | 163 | 5 | |
| 8. | 8. | Michigan | (16-4-3) | 147 | 8 | |
| 9. | 9. | Minnesota | (15-6-2) | 138 | 9 | |
| 10. | 10. | Providence | (13-5-3) | 117 | 10 | |
| 11. | 11. | Denver | (12-9-3) | 73 | NR | |
| 12. | 12. | Maine | (10-7-6) | 71 | 14 | |
| 13. | 13. | Rensselaer | (11-6-1) | 40 | 12 | |
| 14. | 14. | Wisconsin | (13-10-1) | 36 | 11 | |
| 15. | 15. | Harvard | (9-8-1) | 14 | 13 |
Others receiving votes: Ohio State 10; Cornell 9; Northern Michigan 6; Minnesota-Mankato 5; Nebraska-Omaha 4; Clarkson 3; Quinnipiac 3; Vermont 1; Yale 1
