USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll
March 19, 2001
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | Michigan | St | (18) | (32-4-4) | 270 | 1 |
| 2. | Boston | College | (30-8-2) | 252 | 2 | |
| 3. | St. | Cloud | State | (31-8-1) | 234 | 4 |
| 4. | North | Dakota | (27-7-9) | 216 | 3 | |
| 5. | 5. | Michigan | (25-12-5) | 192 | 6 | |
| 6. | Colorado | College | (26-12-1) | 170 | 7 | |
| 7. | 7. | Minnesota | (27-12-5) | 164 | 5 | |
| 8. | Providence | College | (22-12-5) | 148 | 9 | |
| 9. | 9. | Maine | (19-11-7) | 122 | 8 | |
| 10. | St. | Lawrence | (20-12-4) | 101 | 14 | |
| 11. | 11. | Wisconsin | (21-14-4) | 99 | 10 | |
| 12. | 12. | Nebraska-Omaha | (24-15-3) | 77 | 11 | |
| 13. | New | Hampshire | (21-12-6) | 46 | 12 | |
| 14. | 14. | Clarkson | (21-11-3) | 22 | NR | |
| 15. | 15. | Cornell | (16-12-5) | 17 | NR | |
| 6, | Massachusetts-Lowell 6, | Denver | 5, | Harvard | 4 |
Others receiving votes: Mercyhurst 9, Northern Michigan
