USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
October 28, 2002
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | University of New | Hampshire | 234 | (7) | 1 | 2-0-2 |
| 2. | University of | Denver | 229 | (4) | 3 | 5-1-0 |
| 3. | Boston | College | 226 | (4) | 4 | 5-0-0 |
| 4. | University of | Minnesota | 202 | (1) | 2 | 2-1-2 |
| 7. | Cornell | University | 131 | 9 | 0-0-0 | |
| 8. | Colorado | College | 116 | 8 | 4-1-1 | |
| 9. | University of | Maine | 115 | 10 | 3-1-1 | |
| 10. | Boston | University | 113 | 6 | 2-1-2 | |
| 11. | Providence | College | 103 | 11 | 5-0-0 | |
| 12. | Michigan State | University | 64 | 13 | 4-2-0 | |
| 13. | Ferris State | University | 51 | NR | 5-1-0 | |
| 14. | Harvard | University | 38 | 12 | 0-0-0 | |
| 15. | St Cloud State | University | 35 | NR | 2-1-1 |
T-5. University of Michigan 178 5 5-1-0 University of North Dakota 178 (1) 7 4-0-0 Others receiving votes: Miami University (Ohio) 16, University of Notre Dame 4, The Ohio State University 4, University of Massachusetts-Lowell 2, Wayne State University 1.
