USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
December 10, 2001
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | St. Cloud State | University | 278 | (16) | 1 | 13-2-1 |
| 2 | University of | Minnesota | 263 | (1) | T-2 | 12-2-3 |
| 3. | University of | Denver | 245 | (1) | T-2 | 12-2-0 |
| 4. | Michigan State | University | 219 | 6 | 12-3-2 | |
| 5. | University of | Mass.-Lowell | 215 | (1) | 5 | 12-2-0 |
| 6 | University of New | Hampshire | 190 | 4 | 10-3-2 | |
| 7. | Boston | University | 164 | 7 | 10-3-1 | |
| 8. | Cornell | University | 152 | 9 | 8-2-1 | |
| 9. | University of | Michigan | 129 | 11 | 10-5-2 | |
| 10. | Colorado | College | 102 | 10 | 9-6-1 | |
| 11. | Northern Michigan | University | 79 | 8 | 8-5-1 | |
| 12. | Ohio State | University | 74 | 13 | 9-4-1 | |
| 13. | University of | Maine | 63 | 15 | 8-5-3 | |
| 14. | Boston | College | 43 | 14 | 8-6-2 | |
| 15. | University of | Nebraska-Omaha | 25 | 12 | 9-7-2 |
Others receiving votes: University of Wisconsin 13, Harvard University 12, Univ. of Alaska-Fairbanks 5, Western Michigan University 4, Clarkson University 2, Miami University (Ohio) 2, Niagara University 1.
