USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll
December 11, 2000
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | Michigan | State | (14) | 12-1-4 | 265 | 1 |
| 2. | Boston | College | (4) | 12-3-1 | 240 | 3 |
| 3. | North | Dakota | 13-3-4 | 237 | 2 | |
| 4. | Michigan | 13-3-3 | 227 | 4 | ||
| 5. | New | Hampshire | 10-3-3 | 185 | 5 | |
| 6. | Western | Michigan | 11-2-2 | 177 | 6 | |
| 7. | Colorado | College | 11-4-1 | 160 | 7 | |
| 8. | St. | Cloud | 11-4-1 | 137 | 8 | |
| 9. | Minnesota | 10-5-2 | 131 | 11 | ||
| 10. | Providence | 8-4-3 | 96 | 9 | ||
| 11. | RPI | 8-3-1 | 60 | NR | ||
| 12. | Wisconsin | 9-5-5 | 57 | 13 | ||
| 13. | Northern | Michigan | 9-5-5 | 47 | 15 | |
| 14. | Harvard | 6-4-1 | 32 | 14 | ||
| 15. | Vermont | 7-4-0 | 30 | NR |
Cornell University 15, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 12, Boston University 4, Yale University 1 —>
