USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
January 5, 2004
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of North | Dakota | 509 | (33) | 1 | 14-2-1 |
| 2 | Boston | College | 457 | (1) | 2 | 13-3-3 |
| 3 | University of | Wisconsin | 442 | 3 | 13-4-5 | |
| 4 | University of | Maine | 398 | 5 | 13-4-1 | |
| 5 | Colorado | College | 362 | 4 | 11-4-3 | |
| 6 | University of | Denver | 351 | 6 | 13-6-3 | |
| 7 | St. Cloud State | University | 280 | 8 | 12-7-3 | |
| 8 | University of | Michigan | 241 | 9 | 12-7-1 | |
| 9 | Cornell | University | 238 | 10 | 6-2-5 | |
| 10 | The Ohio State | University | 189 | 12 | 12-8-0 | |
| 11 | University of New | Hampshire | 188 | 7 | 11-7-2 | |
| 12 | Dartmouth | College | 140 | 13 | 6-2-5 | |
| 13 | University of | Minnesota | 100 | 15 | 9-8-3 | |
| 14 | Miami | University | (Ohio) | 74 | 14 | 11-7-2 |
| 15 | University of | Massachusetts | 37 | 11 | 9-6-5 |
Others receiving votes: Brown University 36, Michigan State University 9, University of Notre Dame 9, Boston University 6, College of the Holy Cross 5, University of Minnesota-Duluth 5, University of Massachusetts-Lowell 3, Bemidji State University 1.
