USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
December 16, 2002
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | University of | Maine | 246 | (9) | 1 | 13-1-2 |
| 2. | University of North | Dakota | 245 | (8) | 2 | 16-1-1 |
| 3. | Cornell | University | 207 | 4 | 10-1-0 | |
| 4. | University of New | Hampshire | 199 | 5 | 10-3-2 | |
| 5. | Colorado | College | 198 | 3 | 14-2-2 | |
| 6. | Boston | College | 165 | 6 | 9-3-3 | |
| 7. | University of | Minnesota | 136 | 8 | 9-4-4 | |
| 8. | University of | Denver | 125 | 7 | 12-5-3 | |
| 9. | University of | Michigan | 120 | T-9 | 11-4-1 | |
| 10. | Ferris State | University | 111 | T-9 | 12-4-0 | |
| 11. | The Ohio State | University | 102 | 12 | 12-4-1 | |
| 12. | Harvard | University | 73 | 11 | 9-4-1 | |
| 13. | Boston | University | 42 | 15 | 9-6-2 | |
| 14. | Miami | University | (Ohio) | 26 | 13 | 12-5-1 |
| 15. | Northern Michigan | University | 23 | 14 | 9-6-1 |
Others receiving votes: University of Massachusetts 9, Yale University 8, Providence College 3, Dartmouth College 1, St. Cloud State University 1.
