USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll
November 27, 2000
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | Michigan | State | (14) | 10-1-2 | 265 | 2 |
| 2. | North | Dakota | (3) | 10-2-4 | 240 | 4 |
| 3. | Boston | College(1) | 11-3-0 | 235 | 3 | |
| 4. | Michigan | 10-3-2 | 207 | 7 | ||
| 5. | New | Hampshire | 10-3-1 | 196 | 5 | |
| 6. | Western | Michigan | 10-1-2 | 185 | 6 | |
| 7. | Minnesota | 9-3-2 | 167 | 1 | ||
| 8. | Providence | 7-2-3 | 127 | 9 | ||
| 9. | St. Cloud | State | 8-3-1 | 123 | 10 | |
| 10. | Colorado | College | 8-3-1 | 119 | 8 | |
| 11. | Union | 6-1-1 | 70 | 13 | ||
| 12. | Northern | Michigan | 7-4-4 | 48 | NR | |
| 13. | Harvard | 4-2-1 | 45 | NR | ||
| 14. | Maine | 5-4-3 | 44 | 11 | ||
| 15. | Yale | 5-3-0 | 32 | 15 |
Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 30, Alabama-Huntsville 6, Vermont 6, Ohio State 5, Rensselar Polytechnic Institute 5, Cornell 2, Miami (Ohio) 2, Mercyhurst 1
