USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll
January 29, 2001
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | Michigan | St | (16) | (21-2-4) | 268 | 1 |
| 2. | Boston | College | (19-6-1) | 244 | 2 | |
| 3. | North | Dakota | (18-5-5) | 235 | 4 | |
| 4. | Colorado | College | (19-5-1) | 215 | 5 | |
| 5. | 5. | Michigan | (19-6-4) | 203 | 6 | |
| 6. | St. | Cloud | St | (19-6-1) | 174 | 3 |
| 7. | 7. | Minnesota | (18-7-2) | 159 | 9 | |
| 8. | New | Hampshire | (16-7-5) | 137 | 7 | |
| 9. | Western | Michigan | (16-6-5) | 132 | 8 | |
| 10. | 10. | Providence | (13-7-4) | 91 | 10 | |
| 11. | 11. | Denver | (14-10-3) | 84 | 12 | |
| 12. | 12. | Wisconsin | (14-11-1) | 55 | 13 | |
| 13. | 13. | Cornell | (9-6-4) | 36 | 15 | |
| 14. | 14. | Nebraska-Omaha | (15-11-2) | 35 | 14 | |
| 15. | 15. | Clarkson | (11-7-3) | 32 | NR | |
| 15, | St. Lawrence 4, Miami | (Ohio) | 3, | Northern | Michigan | 2 |
Others receiving votes: Harvard 20, Minnesota-Mankato 16, Maine
