USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
March 18, 2002
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | University of New | Hampshire | 285 | (19) | 1 | 29-6-3 |
| 2. | University of | Denver | 266 | 2 | 32-7-1 | |
| 3. | University of | Minnesota | 237 | 3 | 29-8-4 | |
| 4. | Boston | University | 198 | 6 | 25-9-3 | |
| 5. | University of | Maine | 192 | 7 | 23-10-7 | |
| 6. | Michigan State | University | 183 | 4 | 27-8-5 | |
| 7. | University of | Michigan | 182 | 10 | 26-10-5 | |
| 8. | St. Cloud State | University | 159 | 5 | 29-10-2 | |
| 9. | Cornell | University | 138 | 8 | 24-7-2 | |
| 10. | Colorado | College | 133 | 9 | 26-12-3 | |
| 11. | Northern Michigan | University | 87 | 12 | 26-12-2 | |
| 12. | University of | Alaska-Fairbanks | 78 | 11 | 22-12-3 | |
| 13. | University of | Mass.-Lowell | 55 | 13 | 22-13-3 | |
| 14. | The Ohio State | University | 33 | 14 | 20-16-4 | |
| 15. | Harvard | University | 27 | NR | 15-14-4 |
Others receiving votes: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 12, Western Michigan University 8, University of Nebraska-Omaha 3, Quinnipiac University 2, Mercyhurst College 1, Northeastern University 1.
