USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll
October 9, 2000
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | North | Dakota | (8) | (0-0-2) | 254 | 1 |
| 2. | Wisconsin | (4) | (2-0-0) | 243 | 3 | |
| 3. | New | Hampshire | (4) | (1-0-1) | 234 | 6 |
| 4. | Boston | College | (2) | (0-0-0) | 205 | 5 |
| 4. | 4. | Michigan | (0-0-2) | 205 | 2 | |
| 6. | Boston | University | (0-0-0) | 162 | 7 | |
| 7. | Michigan | St | (0-0-0) | 155 | 4 | |
| 8. | St. | Lawrence | (0-0-0) | 132 | 8 | |
| 9. | 9. | Minnesota | (1-0-0) | 124 | 12 | |
| 10. | 10. | Maine | (0-0-0) | 118 | 9 | |
| 11. | 11. | Colgate | (0-1-1) | 86 | NR | |
| 12. | St. | Cloud | St | (0-0-0) | 78 | 10 |
| 13. | 13. | Cornell | (0-0-0) | 50 | 11 | |
| 14. | 14. | Nebraska-Omaha | (0-0-0) | 40 | 14 | |
| 15. | Colorado | College | (0-0-0) | 31 | 15 |
Others receiving votes: Lake Superior State 29, Harvard 10, Northern Michigan 2, Minnesota State-Mankato 1, Quinnipiac 1
