USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
October 25, 2004
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of | Minnesota-Duluth | 491 | (26) | 3 | 5-0-1 |
| 2 | Boston | College | 444 | (3) | 1 | 2-1-0 |
| 3 | University of North | Dakota | 439 | (2) | 2 | 4-1-1 |
| 4 | University of | Michigan | 410 | (1) | 4 | 4-1-1 |
| 5 | University of | Wisconsin | 391 | (1) | 6 | 4-0-0 |
| 6 | University of | Minnesota | 333 | 7 | 3-2-0 | |
| 7 | University of New | Hampshire | 278 | 10 | 3-1-1 | |
| 8 | Colorado | College | 276 | 11 | 4-0-0 | |
| 9 | University of | Maine | 231 | 5 | 4-3-0 | |
| 10 | Miami | (Ohio) | University | 168 | 8 | 4-2-0 |
| 11 | University of | Denver | 161 | 13 | 3-2-0 | |
| 12 | Dartmouth | College | 158 | 12 | 0-0-0 | |
| 13 | The Ohio State | University | 111 | NR | 4-2-0 | |
| 14 | Michigan State | University | 42 | 9 | 1-3-0 | |
| 15 | Northern Michigan | University | 40 | NR | 3-1-0 |
Others receiving votes: Colgate University 38, Cornell University 37, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 9, St. Lawrence University 9, University of Nebraska-Omaha 5, Sacred Heart University 4, Boston University 2, University of Notre Dame 2, University of Massachusetts 1.
