USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
January 10, 2005
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | Colorado College | 510 | (34) | 2 | 18-3-1 | 15 |
| 2 | Boston College | 467 | 3 | 11-3-3 | 15 | |
| 3 | University of Michigan | 433 | 4 | 16-5-1 | 15 | |
| 4 | University of Minnesota | 407 | 1 | 16-7-0 | 15 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin | 373 | 7 | 15-6-1 | 15 | |
| 6 | University of New Hampshire | 344 | 6 | 14-4-2 | 15 | |
| 7 | University of Denver | 300 | 5 | 14-6-1 | 15 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 231 | 13 | 13-7-0 | 7 | |
| 9 | Colgate University | 202 | 14 | 15-5-0 | 10 | |
| 10 | University of North Dakota | 195 | 8 | 14-8-2 | 15 | |
| 11 | University of Vermont | 177 | 12 | 13-6-3 | 6 | |
| 12 | The Ohio State University | 162 | 9 | 13-6-3 | 13 | |
| 13 | Cornell University | 118 | 10 | 9-4-2 | 13 | |
| 14 | Harvard University | 90 | 11 | 10-5-2 | 4 | |
| 15 | University of Maine | 39 | 15 | 11-8-3 | 15 |
Others receiving votes: University of Massachusetts-Lowell 16, University of Nebraska-Omaha 11, Canisius College 4, College of the Holy Cross 1.
