USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
October 7, 2002
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | University of | Minnesota | 248 | (12) | 1 | 0-0-0 |
| 2. | University of | Denver | 237 | (4) | 3 | 0-0-0 |
| 3. | University of | Michigan | 209 | 2 | 0-0-0 | |
| 4. | University of New | Hampshire | 194 | 4 | 0-0-0 | |
| 5. | Boston | University | 180 | 5 | 0-0-0 | |
| 8. | Cornell | University | 128 | 8 | 0-0-0 | |
| 9. | Boston | College | 104 | T-12 | 0-0-0 | |
| 10. | St. Cloud State | University | 99 | 9 | 0-0-0 | |
| 11. | Northern Michigan | University | 90 | (1) | 11 | 1-0-0 |
| 12. | Colorado | College | 80 | 10 | 0-0-0 | |
| 13. | University of North | Dakota | 50 | T-12 | 0-0-0 | |
| 14. | Harvard | University | 40 | 14 | 0-0-0 | |
| 15. | Ohio State | University | 28 | 15 | 0-0-0 |
T-6. University of Maine 156 6 0-0-0 Michigan State University 156 7 0-0-0 Others receiving votes: Providence College 11, University of Wisconsin 8, University of Alaska-Fairbanks 4, University of Nebraska-Omaha 4, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 4, Clarkson University 3, Miami University (Ohio) 3, Yale University 3, University of Notre Dame 1.
