USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
November 1, 2004
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | Boston | College | 502 | (27) | 2 | 3-1-0 |
| 2 | University of | Minnesota-Duluth | 435 | (3) | 1 | 5-1-2 |
| 3 | University of | Michigan | 411 | (1) | 4 | 5-2-1 |
| 4 | University of | Minnesota | 402 | (2) | 6 | 5-2-0 |
| 5 | University of | Wisconsin | 399 | (1) | 5 | 5-1-0 |
| 6 | University of North | Dakota | 345 | 3 | 4-2-2 | |
| 7 | University of New | Hampshire | 288 | 7 | 3-1-1 | |
| 8 | Colorado | College | 285 | 8 | 4-0-0 | |
| 9 | University of | Maine | 214 | 9 | 5-4-0 | |
| 10 | University of | Denver | 207 | 11 | 4-3-0 | |
| 11 | Northern Michigan | University | 166 | 15 | 4-1-1 | |
| 12 | Cornell | University | 133 | NR | 2-0-0 | |
| 13 | St. Lawrence | University | 85 | NR | 4-3-1 | |
| 14 | The Ohio State | University | 83 | 13 | 5-3-0 | |
| 15 | Dartmouth | College | 35 | 12 | 1-1-0 |
Others receiving votes: University of Nebraska-Omaha 25, Miami University (Ohio) 18, Boston University 13, Colgate University 10, Michigan State University 9, University of Massachusetts-Lowell 6, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 4, Sacred Heart University 4, Northeastern University 1.
