USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll
February 12, 2001
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | Michigan | State | (18) | 24-3-4 | 270 | T-1 |
| 2. | Boston | College | 21-7-1 | 241 | T-1 | |
| 3. | North | Dakota | 20-5-7 | 240 | 3 | |
| 4. | Minnesota | 22-7-2 | 210 | 6 | ||
| 5. | Michigan | 21-8-4 | 186 | 5 | ||
| 6. | St. Cloud | State | 22-7-1 | 179 | 7 | |
| 7. | Colorado | College | 20-7-1 | 177 | 4 | |
| 8. | New | Hampshire | 18-8-6 | 140 | 9 | |
| 9. | Providence | College | 16-8-4 | 131 | 8 | |
| 10. | Wisconsin | 15-11-4 | 80 | 15 | ||
| 11. | Maine | 13-9-6 | 72 | NR | ||
| 12. | Western | Michigan | 16-9-6 | 44 | T-12 | |
| 13. | Clarkson | 14-9-3 | 41 | T-12 | ||
| 14. | Nebraska-Omaha | 17-12-3 | 37 | NR | ||
| 15. | St. | Lawrence | 13-9-4 | 35 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Minnesota State-Mankato 31; Denver 16; Cornell 14; Miami (Ohio) 8; Northern Michigan 5; UMass-Lowell 3
