USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
February 25, 2002
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | University of | Denver | 277 | (14) | 1 | 27-6-1 |
| 2. | St. Cloud State | University | 262 | (1) | 2 | 27-6-2 |
| 3. | University of New | Hampshire | 238 | (2) | 3 | 22-6-3 |
| 4. | Michigan State | University | 213 | 4 | 23-6-5 | |
| 5. | Boston | University | 211 | (2) | 5 | 23-7-2 |
| 6. | University of | Minnesota | 208 | 6 | 24-7-4 | |
| 7. | University of | Michigan | 152 | 9 | 20-9-5 | |
| 8. | Cornell | University | 148 | 8 | 19-6-2 | |
| 9. | University of | Maine | 137 | 10 | 19-9-6 | |
| 10. | Colorado | College | 115 | 7 | 20-11-3 | |
| 11. | University of | Alaska-Fairbanks | 101 | 11 | 19-10-3 | |
| 12. | Northern Michigan | University | 71 | 12 | 21-11-2 | |
| 13. | Western Michigan | University | 44 | NR | 19-11-4 | |
| 14. | University of | Mass.-Lowell | 38 | 15 | 18-11-3 | |
| 15. | University of | Nebraska-Omaha | 20 | 14 | 19-13-4 |
Others receiving votes: Northeastern University 14, University of Alaska-Anchorage 11, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 9, Boston College 8, Brown University 3.
