USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
November 22, 2004
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of | Michigan | 505 | (30) | 2 | 9-2-1 |
| 2 | University of | Wisconsin | 453 | (1) | 4 | 9-3-0 |
| 3 | University of | Minnesota | 438 | (1) | 3 | 8-3-0 |
| 4 | Boston | College | 399 | (2) | 1 | 4-2-2 |
| 5 | Colorado | College | 395 | 5 | 8-2-0 | |
| 6 | University of New | Hampshire | 356 | 6 | 8-2-1 | |
| 7 | University of North | Dakota | 291 | 10 | 7-5-2 | |
| 8 | University of | Maine | 233 | 12 | 9-6-0 | |
| 9 | University of | Denver | 229 | 11 | 6-5-0 | |
| 10 | Boston | University | 186 | 15 | 7-3-0 | |
| 11 | The Ohio State | University | 181 | 8 | 9-4-1 | |
| 12 | University of Minnesota | Duluth | 154 | 7 | 6-4-2 | |
| 13 | Northern Michigan | University | 103 | 13 | 5-3-2 | |
| 14 | Cornell | University | 71 | 9 | 4-2-2 | |
| 15 | Colgate | University | 28 | 14 | 8-4-0 |
Others receiving votes: University of Nebraska-Omaha 26, University of Vermont 22, University of Massachusetts 2, Miami (Ohio) University 2, Union College 2, University of Alabama in Huntsville 1, Canisius College 1, University of Massachusetts Lowell 1, Michigan State University 1.
