USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
April 11, 2005
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of Denver 510 | (34) | 1 | 32- | 9-2 | 27 |
| 2 | Colorado College 444 | 2 | 31- | 9-3 | 27 | |
| 3 | University of North Dakota | 443 | 3 | 25-15-5 | 26 | |
| 4 | University of Minnesota | 406 | 4 | 28-15-1 | 27 | |
| 5 | Cornell University 389 | 5 | 27- | 5-3 | 25 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan 339 | 6 | 31- | 8-3 | 27 | |
| 7 | Boston College 319 | 7 | 26- | 7-7 | 27 | |
| 8 | University of New Hampshire | 274 | 8 | 26-11-5 | 27 | |
| 9 | The Ohio State University | 225 | 9 | 27-11-4 | 25 | |
| 10 | Harvard University | 214 | 10 | 21-10-3 | 16 | |
| 11 | University of Maine | 161 | 11 | 20-13-7 | 26 | |
| 12 | Boston University | 126 | 12 | 23-14-4 | 19 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin | 105 | 13 | 23-14-4 | 27 | |
| 14 | Colgate University | 89 | 14 | 25-11-3 | 20 | |
| 15 | Bemidji State University | 10 | 15 | 23-13-1 | 2 |
Others receiving votes: Mercyhurst College 9, Dartmouth College 6, University of Alaska Fairbanks 5, University of Vermont 5, University of Massachusetts Lowell 1.
