USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll
October 16, 2000
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | North | Dakota | (11) | (1-0-3) | 259 | 1 |
| 2. | Wisconsin | (3) | (4-0-0) | 242 | 2 | |
| 3. | Boston | College | (2) | (2-0-0) | 233 | T4 |
| 4. | New | Hampshire | (1) | (2-0-1) | 222 | 3 |
| 5. | Michigan | (1) | (2-0-2) | 208 | T4 | |
| 6. | 6. | Minnesota | (2-0-0) | 154 | 9 | |
| 7. | Michigan | St | (1-0-1) | 148 | 7 | |
| 8. | 8. | Maine | (0-1-1) | 134 | 10 | |
| 9. | St. | Cloud | St | (1-0-1) | 107 | 12 |
| 10. | Boston | University | (0-1-0) | 88 | 6 | |
| 11. | Colorado | College | (2-0-0) | 81 | 15 | |
| 12. | 12. | Colgate | (1-1-1) | 71 | 11 | |
| 13. | St. | Lawrence | (0-1-0) | 64 | 8 | |
| 14. | 14. | Cornell | (0-0-0) | 48 | 13 | |
| 15. | 15. | Nebraska-Omaha | (1-1-0) | 37 | 14 |
Others receiving votes: Lake Superior State 29, Rensselaer Polythechnic Institute 23, Northeastern 5, Harvard 3, Quinnipiac 2, Miami University 1, Northern Michigan 1
