USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll
October 30, 2000
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | Michigan | (5) | (6-0-2) | 258 | 4 | |
| 2. | Wisconsin | (6) | (7-1-0) | 246 | 1 | |
| 3. | Boston | College | (3) | (5-1-0) | 241 | 2 |
| 4. | New | Hampshire | (4) | (5-0-1) | 217 | 3 |
| 5. | 5. | Minnesota | (5-0-1) | 193 | 6 | |
| 6. | Michigan | State | (4-1-1) | 175 | 9 | |
| 7. | Colorado | College | (4-0-0) | 149 | 10 | |
| 8. | North | Dakota | (3-2-3) | 142 | 5 | |
| 9. | 9. | Maine | (2-2-1) | 115 | 7 | |
| 10. | St. | Cloud | St | (4-1-1) | 104 | 8 |
| 11. | Boston | University | (1-1-1) | 101 | 11 | |
| 12. | 12. | Nebraska-Omaha | (4-2-0) | 75 | 12 | |
| 13. | 13. | Northeastern | (4-1-0) | 50 | NR | |
| 14. | 14. | Providence | (2-0-1) | 23 | T15 | |
| 15. | 15. | Cornell | (0-0-0) | 17 | 13 |
Others receiving votes: Northern Michigan 14, Colgate 12, Rensselaer Polytechnical 9, Western Michigan 5, St. Lawrence 3, Quinnipiac 3, Denver 2
