USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
March 4, 2002
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | University of New | Hampshire | 271 | (9) | 3 | 25-6-3 |
| 2. | University of | Denver | 263 | (6) | 1 | 28-7-1 |
| 3. | University of | Minnesota | 252 | (4) | 6 | 26-7-4 |
| 4. | St. Cloud State | University | 212 | 2 | 27-8-2 | |
| 5. | Michigan State | University | 193 | 4 | 24-7-5 | |
| 6. | University of | Michigan | 181 | 7 | 22-9-5 | |
| 7. | Boston | University | 178 | 5 | 23-8-3 | |
| 8. | Cornell | University | 157 | 8 | 21-6-2 | |
| 9. | University of | Maine | 139 | 9 | 20-9-7 | |
| 10. | Colorado | College | 123 | 10 | 22-11-3 | |
| 11. | Northern Michigan | University | 96 | 12 | 23-11-2 | |
| 12. | University of | Alaska-Fairbanks | 75 | 11 | 20-11-3 | |
| 13. | University of | Mass.-Lowell | 63 | 14 | 20-11-3 | |
| 14. | Western Michigan | University | 39 | 13 | 19-13-4 | |
| 15. | Northeastern | University | 23 | NR | 18-15-3 |
Others receiving votes: University of Nebraska-Omaha 10, Boston College 3, Clarkson University 1, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1.
