USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll
January 22, 2001
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | Michigan | St | (18) | (20-1-4) | 270 | 1 |
| 2. | Boston | College | (17-6-1) | 240 | 2 | |
| 3. | St. | Cloud | St | (19-4-1) | 223 | 4 |
| 4. | North | Dakota | (16-5-5) | 221 | 3 | |
| 5. | Colorado | College | (17-5-1) | 202 | 6 | |
| 6. | 6. | Michigan | (17-6-4) | 179 | 8 | |
| 7. | New | Hampshire | (16-5-5) | 174 | 5 | |
| 8. | Western | Michigan | (16-5-4) | 135 | 7 | |
| 9. | 9. | Minnesota | (16-7-2) | 132 | 9 | |
| 10. | 10. | Providence | (13-7-3) | 91 | 10 | |
| 11. | 11. | Maine | (10-7-6) | 82 | 12 | |
| 12. | 12. | Denver | (12-10-3) | 48 | 11 | |
| 13. | 13. | Wisconsin | (14-11-1) | 39 | 14 | |
| 14. | 14. | Nebraska-Omaha | (15-10-0) | 31 | NR | |
| 15. | 15. | Cornell | (8-5-4) | 25 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Harvard 23, Clarkson 19, Ohio St 11, Rensselaer 10, Minnesota-Mankato 2, Northern Michigan 2, Yale 1
