USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
September 27, 2004
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1�Boston | College | 449 | (9) | �� | 3� | 29-9-4�� |
| 2�University | of | Michigan | 441 | (16)�� | 7� | 27-14-2 |
| 3�University | of North | Dakota | 379 | (1) | 5� | 30-8-3 |
| 4�University | of Maine 374 | �� | ��� | 2� | 33-8-3 | |
| 5�University | of | Minnesota-Duluth | 348 | (2) | 4� | 28-13-4 |
| 6�University | of | Wisconsin | 289 | (2)��� | 8� | 22-13-8 |
| 7�University | of | Denver | 280 | (4)��� | 1� | 27-12-5 |
| 8�University | of Minnesota | 260��� | ��� | 6�� | 27-14-3 | |
| 9�Michigan | State University | 240� | 14 | � | 20-16-3 | |
| 10 | University of New Hampshire 197� | �� | 11 | � | 20-15-6 | |
| 11 | Dartmouth College 172� | ���� | NR | � | 14-11-9 | |
| 12 | Colorado College 108�� | ��� | 15 | � | 20-16-3 | |
| 13 | Ohio State University 107� | ����� | 9 | � | 26-16-0 | |
| 14 | Cornell University | 104 | ����� | NR�� | 16-10-6 | |
| 15 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 76� | NR | � | 10-23-7 |
Others receiving votes: Miami University (Ohio) 68, Boston University 62, Harvard University 28, University of Notre Dame 27, Colgate University 27, Brown University 15, University of Massachusetts 10, Northern Michigan University 10, Mercyhurst College 3, Niagara University 3, Sacred Heart� University 3.
