USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll
November 6, 2000
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | Boston | College | (10) | (7-1-0) | 259 | 3 |
| 2. | Minnesota | (7) | (7-0-1) | 251 | 5 | |
| 3. | Michigan | (1) | (6-1-2) | 228 | 1 | |
| 4. | Michigan | State | (5-1-1) | 210 | 6 | |
| 5. | Colorado | College | (6-0-0) | 188 | 7 | |
| 6. | 6. | Wisconsin | (7-3-0) | 185 | 2 | |
| 7. | North | Dakota | (5-2-3) | 165 | 8 | |
| 8. | New | Hampshire | (5-2-1) | 153 | 4 | |
| 9. | St. | Cloud | State | (4-1-1) | 112 | 10 |
| 10. | Boston | University | (2-2-1) | 102 | 11 | |
| 11. | 11. | Maine | (2-3-2) | 70 | 9 | |
| 12. | Northern | Michigan | (5-1-3) | 67 | NR | |
| 13. | Western | Michigan | (6-1-1) | 48 | NR | |
| 14. | 14. | Northeastern | (4-2-1) | 46 | 13 | |
| 15. | 15. | Providence | (4-1-1) | 37 | 14 |
Others receiving votes: Harvard 10, Union College 6, Cornell 5, Nebraska-Omaha 4, Alabama-Huntsville 3, Denver 3, Lake Superior State 2, Massachusetts-Amherst 2, St. Lawrence 2, Rensselaer 1, Yale 1
