USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll
December 5, 2000
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | Michigan | State | (14) | 11-1-3 | 264 | 1 |
| 2. | North | Dakota, | (4) | 12-2-4 | 251 | 2 |
| 3. | Boston | College | 11-3-0 | 238 | 3 | |
| 4. | Michigan | 11-3-3 | 212 | 4 | ||
| 5. | New | Hampshire | 10-3-3 | 197 | 5 | |
| 6. | Western | Michigan | 11-2-2 | 163 | 6 | |
| 7. | Colorado | College | 10-3-1 | 157 | 10 | |
| 8. | St. Cloud | State | 10-3-1 | 149 | 9 | |
| 9. | Providence | 8-3-3 | 119 | 8 | ||
| 10. | Maine | 6-4-4 | 99 | 14 | ||
| 11. | Minnesota | 9-5-2 | 87 | 7 | ||
| 12. | Union | 6-2-2 | 51 | 11 | ||
| 13. | Wisconsin | 10-8-0 | 50 | NR | ||
| 14. | Harvard | 5-3-1 | 45 | 13 | ||
| 15. | Northern | Michigan | 7-5-5 | 26 | 12 |
Others receiving votes: Ohio State University 20, Cornell University 15, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 12, Boston University 4, Yale University 1
