USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
October 18, 2004
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | Boston | College | 487 | (18) | 1 | 1-0-0 |
| 2 | University of North | Dakota | 485 | (14) | 2 | 3-0-1 |
| 3 | University of | Minnesota-Duluth | 418 | (2) | 5 | 3-0-1 |
| 4 | University of | Michigan | 394 | 4 | 2-1-1 | |
| 5 | University of | Maine | 338 | 8 | 3-2-0 | |
| 6 | University of | Wisconsin | 331 | 6 | 2-0-0 | |
| 7 | University of | Minnesota | 299 | 3 | 2-1-0 | |
| 8 | Miami | (Ohio) | University | 297 | 9 | 4-0-0 |
| 9 | Michigan State | University | 209 | 10 | 1-1-0 | |
| 10 | University of New | Hampshire | 207 | 7 | 2-1-1 | |
| 11 | Colorado | College | 179 | 12 | 2-0-0 | |
| 12 | Dartmouth | College | 132 | 13 | 0-0-0 | |
| 13 | University of | Denver | 108 | 11 | 1-2-0 | |
| 14 | Colgate | University | 86 | NR | 4-0-0 | |
| 15 | University of | Massachusetts-Lowell | 40 | 14 | 1-0-0 |
Others receiving votes: Cornell University 36, The Ohio State University 19, University of Massachusetts 5, Providence 4, Quinnipiac University 4, St. Cloud State University 2.
