USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
October 4, 2004
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of | Michigan | 463 | (17) | 2 | 0-0-0 |
| 2 | Boston | College | 457 | (11) | 1 | 0-0-0 |
| 3 | University of | Maine | 442 | (2) | 4 | 1-0-0 |
| 4 | University of | Minnesota-Duluth | 390 | 5 | 0-0-0 | |
| 5 | University of North | Dakota | 375 | 3 | 0-0-0 | |
| 6 | University of | Denver | 301 | (4) | 7 | 0-0-0 |
| 7 | University of | Minnesota | 294 | 8 | 0-0-0 | |
| 8 | University of | Wisconsin | 285 | 6 | 0-0-0 | |
| 9 | Michigan State | University | 207 | 9 | 0-0-0 | |
| 10 | University of New | Hampshire | 197 | 10 | 0-0-0 | |
| 11 | Dartmouth | College | 163 | 11 | 0-0-0 | |
| 12 | Colorado | College | 105 | 12 | 0-0-0 | |
| 13 | Ohio State | University | 103 | 13 | 0-0-0 | |
| 14 | Cornell | University | 81 | 14 | 0-0-0 | |
| 15 | Miami | (Ohio) | University | 66 | NR | 0-0-0 |
Others receiving votes: University of Massachusetts-Lowell 54, Boston University 18, St. Cloud State University 14, Brown University 12, Colgate University 12, Northern Michigan University 10, Harvard University 8, University of Notre Dame 8, Sacred Heart University 6, Mercyhurst College 3, Niagara University 3, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 3.
