USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
January 7, 2002
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | St. Cloud State | University | 281 | (15) | 1 | 18-2-1 |
| 2. | University of | Denver | 267 | (3) | 2 | 18-2-0 |
| 3. | University of New | Hampshire | 248 | (1) | 4 | 15-3-2 |
| 4. | University of | Minnesota | 218 | 3 | 15-3-3 | |
| 5. | University of | Mass.-Lowell | 214 | 5 | 14-3-0 | |
| 6. | Michigan State | University | 196 | 6 | 15-4-2 | |
| 7. | Boston | University | 157 | 7 | 12-5-1 | |
| 8. | Northern Michigan | University | 137 | 9 | 12-6-2 | |
| 9. | University of | Michigan | 118 | 8 | 12-6-4 | |
| 10. | Boston | College | 115 | 10 | 11-6-2 | |
| 11. | University of | Maine | 100 | 11 | 11-6-3 | |
| 12. | Colorado | College | 85 | 13 | 11-7-2 | |
| 13. | Cornell | University | 67 | 12 | 8-4-1 | |
| 14. | University of | Alaska-Fairbanks | 34 | 14 | 12-7-1 | |
| 15. | Ohio State | University | 17 | NR | 12-7-1 |
Others receiving votes: Harvard University 15, University of North Dakota 10, University of Nebraska-Omaha 1.
