USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
January 24, 2005
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | Boston College | 502 | (27) | 2 | 15-3-3 | 17 |
| 2 | Colorado College | 463 | (6) | 1 | 20-4-2 | 17 |
| 3 | University of Wisconsin | 448 | 5 | 19-6-1 | 17 | |
| 4 | University of Michigan | 404 | (1) | 3 | 19-6-1 | 17 |
| 5 | University of Denver | 373 | 6 | 16-6-1 | 17 | |
| 6 | University of New Hampshire | 338 | 7 | 16-5-2 | 17 | |
| 7 | University of Minnesota | 292 | 4 | 18-9-0 | 17 | |
| 8 | Cornell University | 281 | 8 | 13-4-2 | 15 | |
| 9 | The Ohio State University | 219 | 10 | 16-7-3 | 15 | |
| 10 | Colgate University | 210 | 9 | 18-6-0 | 12 | |
| 11 | Harvard University | 149 | 13 | 10-5-2 | 6 | |
| 12 | University of North Dakota | 100 | 12 | 14-10-2 | 17 | |
| 13 | Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell | 95 | 15 | 14-5-3 | 5 | |
| 14 | Boston University | 88 | 11 | 13-10-1 | 9 | |
| 15 | University of Maine | 85 | NR | 13-8-5 | 16 |
Others receiving votes: Northern Michigan University 16, University of Vermont 14, College of the Holy Cross 1, University of Nebraska Omaha 1, Michigan Tech University 1.
