USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
December 31, 2001
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | St. Cloud State | University | 277 | (13) | 1 | 17-2-1 |
| 2. | University of | Denver | 261 | (6) | 3 | 16-2-0 |
| 3. | University of | Minnesota | 256 | 2 | 14-2-3 | |
| 4. | University of New | Hampshire | 212 | 6 | 13-3-2 | |
| 5. | University of | Mass.-Lowell | 211 | 5 | 13-3-0 | |
| 6. | Michigan State | University | 206 | 4 | 13-4-2 | |
| 7. | Boston | University | 159 | 7 | 11-4-1 | |
| 8. | University of | Michigan | 123 | 9 | 11-6-3 | |
| 9. | Northern Michigan | University | 119 | 12 | 11-6-1 | |
| 10. | Boston | College | 101 | 13 | 10-6-2 | |
| 11. | University of | Maine | 92 | 11 | 9-6-3 | |
| 12. | Cornell | University | 86 | 8 | 8-4-1 | |
| 13. | Colorado | College | 84 | 10 | 9-7-2 | |
| 14. | University of | Alaska-Fairbanks | 30 | 15 | 11-7-0 | |
| 15. | University of | Nebraska-Omaha | 24 | NR | 10-8-2 |
Others receiving votes: The Ohio State University 16, Harvard University 10, University of Wisconsin 6, Niagara University 4, University of North Dakota 3.
