USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll
December 18, 2000
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | Michigan | State | (16) | (12-1-4) | 266 | 1 |
| 2. | Boston | College | (12-3-1) | 240 | 2 | |
| 3. | North | Dakota | (13-3-4) | (1) | 233 | 3 |
| 4. | Michigan | (13-3-3) | (1) | 228 | 4 | |
| 5. | New | Hampshire | (12-3-3) | 202 | 5 | |
| 6. | Colorado | College | (11-4-1) | 169 | 7 | |
| 7. | St. | Cloud | State | (13-4-1) | 160 | 8 |
| 8. | Western | Michigan | (12-3-2) | 153 | 6 | |
| 9. | 9. | Minnesota | (10-5-2) | 124 | 9 | |
| 10. | 10. | Providence | (8-4-3) | 98 | 10 | |
| 11. | 11. | Rensselaer | (8-3-1) | 63 | 11 | |
| 12. | Northern | Michigan | (9-5-5) | 56 | 13 | |
| 13. | Ohio | State | (10-5-1) | 52 | NR | |
| 14. | 14. | Wisconsin | (11-9-0) | 48 | 12 | |
| 15. | 15. | Cornell | (5-3-2) | 18 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Vermont 14, Miami (Ohio) 13, Maine 8, Harvard 5, Boston 4, Denver 3, Mercyhurst 1, Quinnipac 1, Union 1
