USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll
March 12, 2001
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | Michigan | St | (18) | (30-4-4) | 270 | 1 |
| 2. | Boston | College | (28-8-2) | 249 | 2 | |
| 3. | North | Dakota | (26-6-9) | 227 | 3 | |
| 4. | St | Cloud | (29-8-1) | 222 | 4 | |
| 5. | 5. | Minnesota | (27-10-2) | 198 | 5 | |
| 6. | 6. | Michigan | (24-11-5) | 177 | 6 | |
| 7. | Colorado | Coll | (242-11-1) | 159 | 8 | |
| 8. | 8. | Maine | (19-10-7) | 143 | 10 | |
| 9. | 9. | Providence | (21-11-5) | 131 | 11 | |
| 10. | 10. | Wisconsin | (21-13-4) | 108 | 12 | |
| 11. | 11. | Nebraska-Omaha | (24-14-3) | 84 | 13 | |
| 12. | New | Hampshire | (21-12-6) | 54 | 7 | |
| 13. | 13. | Clarkson | (21-11-3) | 42 | 9 | |
| 14. | St | Lawrence | (18-12-4) | 33 | NR | |
| 15. | Northern | Michigan | (18-12-7) | 26 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Massachusetts-Lowell 20, Cornell 8, Harvard 6, Mercyhurst 3
