USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
December 17, 2001
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | St. Cloud State | University | 279 | (16) | 1 | 15-2-1 |
| 2. | University of | Minnesota | 257 | (1) | 2 | 12-2-3 |
| 3. | University of | Denver | 248 | (1) | 3 | 14-2-0 |
| 4. | Michigan State | University | 224 | 4 | 12-3-2 | |
| 5. | University of | Mass.-Lowell | 216 | (1) | 5 | 12-2-0 |
| 6. | University of New | Hampshire | 196 | 6 | 11-3-2 | |
| 7. | Boston | University | 167 | 7 | 10-3-1 | |
| 8. | Cornell | University | 148 | 8 | 8-2-1 | |
| 9. | University of | Michigan | 132 | 9 | 10-5-3 | |
| 10. | Colorado | College | 119 | 10 | 9-6-1 | |
| 11. | University of | Maine | 83 | 13 | 8-5-3 | |
| 12. | Northern Michigan | University | 57 | 11 | 9-6-1 | |
| 13. | Boston | College | 47 | 14 | 8-6-2 | |
| 14. | Harvard | University | 39 | NR | 5-4-3 | |
| 15. | University of | Alaska-Fairbanks | 24 | NR | 11-7-0 |
Others receiving votes: University of Nebraska-Omaha 22, The Ohio State University 9, University of Wisconsin 7, Western Michigan University 4, Miami University (Ohio) 2.
