USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
February 18, 2002
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | University of | Denver | 275 | (10) | 3 | 26-5-1 |
| 2. | St. Cloud State | University | 271 | (8) | T-1 | 26-5-2 |
| 3. | University of New | Hampshire | 234 | T-1 | 21-6-3 | |
| 4. | Michigan State | University | 212 | 5 | 21-6-5 | |
| 5. | Boston | University | 209 | (1) | 8 | 21-7-2 |
| 6. | University of | Minnesota | 199 | 4 | 22-7-4 | |
| 7. | Colorado | College | 173 | 6 | 20-9-3 | |
| 8. | Cornell | University | 151 | 7 | 18-6-1 | |
| 9. | University of | Michigan | 127 | 9 | 18-9-5 | |
| 10. | University of | Maine | 125 | 10 | 17-9-6 | |
| 11. | University of | Alaska-Fairbanks | 84 | 11 | 18-10-2 | |
| 12. | Northern Michigan | University | 80 | 14 | 20-10-2 | |
| 13. | Northeastern | University | 46 | 13 | 17-12-3 | |
| 14. | University of | Nebraska-Omaha | 33 | NR | 19-12-3 | |
| 15. | University of | Mass.-Lowell | 30 | 12 | 17-10-3 |
Others receiving votes: Western Michigan University 18, The Ohio State University 6, Dartmouth College 4, Mercyhurst College 2, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1.
