USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
October 8, 2001
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | Michigan State | University | 273 | (10) | 1 | 0-0-1 |
| 2. | University of | Minnesota | 270 | (7) | 3 | 1-0-0 |
| 3. | University of | Michigan | 221 | 4 | 0-0-1 | |
| 4. | Colorado | College | 204 | 6 | 0-0-0 | |
| 5. | University of North | Dakota | 186 | 2 | 0-1-0 | |
| 6. | Providence | College | 183 | 5 | 0-0-0 | |
| 7. | Boston | College | 169 | (2) | 7 | 1-0-0 |
| 8. | University of | Maine | 154 | 10 | 0-0-0 | |
| 9. | University of New | Hampshire | 111 | 11 | 0-0-0 | |
| 10. | Harvard | University | 104 | 8 | 0-0-0 | |
| 11. | St. Cloud State | University | 102 | 9 | 0-0-0 | |
| 12. | University of | Nebraska-Omaha | 72 | 12 | 0-0-0 | |
| 13. | Clarkson | University | 46 | 13 | 0-0-0 | |
| 14. | Dartmouth | College | 39 | 15 | 0-0-0 | |
| 15. | Ohio State | University | 30 | NR | 0-0-0 |
Others receiving votes: University of Wisconsin 26, Boston University 25, Miami University (Ohio) 19, St. Lawrence University 19, University of Denver 17, Cornell University 6, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 4.
