USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
December 2, 2002
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | University of | Maine | 220 | (4) | 4 | 10-1-1 |
| 2. | University of New | Hampshire | 218 | (4) | 2 | 9-2-2 |
| 5. | Colorado | College | 193 | (1) | 6 | 11-1-2 |
| 6. | University of | Denver | 180 | 5 | 12-2-2 | |
| 7. | Cornell | University | 169 | (1) | 7 | 8-1-0 |
| 8. | University of | Michigan | 158 | 8 | 11-2-1 | |
| 9. | Ferris State | University | 105 | 10 | 11-3-0 | |
| 10. | University of | Minnesota | 98 | 9 | 7-4-4 | |
| 11. | Miami | University | (Ohio) | 78 | 11 | 12-3-1 |
| 12. | Harvard | University | 66 | 13 | 7-3-0 | |
| 13. | Boston | University | 46 | 12 | 7-5-2 | |
| 14. | The Ohio State | University | 34 | 14 | 8-4-1 | |
| 15. | Yale | University | 17 | NR | 6-3-0 |
T-3. Boston College 213 (3) 1 9-2-1 University of North Dakota 213 (4) 3 12-1-1 Others receiving votes: Dartmouth College 9, Providence College 9, University of Massachusetts-Amherst 8, University of Massachusetts-Lowell 2, Northern Michigan University 2, St. Cloud State University 2.
