USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
January 6, 2003
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | University of North | Dakota | 247 | (10) | 2 | 18-1-3 |
| 2. | Colorado | College | 236 | (6) | 3 | 16-2-4 |
| 3. | University of | Maine | 222 | (1) | 1 | 16-2-2 |
| 4. | Cornell | University | 205 | 6 | 12-3-0 | |
| 5. | University of New | Hampshire | 178 | 7 | 13-4-2 | |
| 6. | University of | Denver | 154 | 5 | 14-5-3 | |
| 7. | University of | Minnesota | 134 | 4 | 11-5-5 | |
| 8. | University of | Michigan | 130 | 10 | 14-5-1 | |
| 9. | The Ohio State | University | 124 | 9 | 14-4-2 | |
| 10. | Boston | University | 106 | 11 | 13-6-2 | |
| 11. | Ferris State | University | 94 | 12 | 15-5-0 | |
| 12. | Boston | College | 74 | 8 | 10-5-3 | |
| 13. | Harvard | University | 56 | 15 | 11-5-1 | |
| 14. | University of | Massachusetts | 22 | NR | 12-7-1 | |
| 15. | St. Cloud State | University | 18 | NR | 8-7-3 |
Others receiving votes: Northern Michigan University 17, Dartmouth College 14, Miami University (Ohio) 7, Quinnipiac College 2.
