USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
December 9, 2002
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | University of | Maine | 237 | (5) | 1 | 11-1-2 |
| 2. | University of North | Dakota | 236 | (7) | T-3 | 14-1-1 |
| 3. | Colorado | College | 226 | (4) | 5 | 13-1-2 |
| 4. | Cornell | University | 199 | (1) | 7 | 10-1-0 |
| 5. | University of New | Hampshire | 181 | 2 | 10-3-2 | |
| 6. | Boston | College | 172 | T-3 | 9-3-2 | |
| 7. | University of | Denver | 154 | 6 | 12-4-2 | |
| 8. | University of | Minnesota | 119 | 10 | 9-4-4 | |
| 11. | Harvard | University | 99 | 12 | 9-3-0 | |
| 12. | Ohio State | University | 79 | 14 | 10-4-1 | |
| 13. | Miami | University | (Ohio) | 41 | 11 | 12-5-1 |
| 14. | Northern Michigan | University | 30 | NR | 9-5-1 | |
| 15. | Boston | University | 21 | 13 | 8-6-2 |
T-9. Ferris State University 108 9 12-4-0 University of Michigan 108 8 11-4-1 Others receiving votes: Yale University 12, University of Massachusetts 7, Providence College 7, Dartmouth College 4.
