USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
December 20, 2004
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of Minnesota | 501 | (29) | �1 | ��13-4-0 | ��13 |
| 2 | Colorado College 479 | (5) | �� | 2� | �15-3-0� | �13 |
| 3 | University of Michigan 429 � � | �� | 3�� | 13-4-1�� | 13 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin 398 � � | � | 4 | ��13-5-0 | ��13 | |
| 5 | Boston College 386 � | � | � | 5� | �7-3-3���13 | |
| 6 | University of New Hampshire 329 | � | 6 | ��11-3-2� | �13 | |
| 7 | University of Denver 328 � � | �� | 7� | �11-5-1�� | 13 | |
| 8 | University of North Dakota 226 �� | 8�� | 13-7-2 | � | 13 | |
| 9 | Cornell University 166 � | � | � | 10 | ��7-2-2���11 | |
| 10 | The Ohio State University 161 � | � | 9� | �11-5-2� | �11 | |
| 11 | Harvard University 156 � | � | � | 13�� | 9-3-1����2 | |
| 12 | University of Vermont 141 � | ��� | 11 | ��10-5-3�� | 4 | |
| 13 | Boston University 126 � � � | 15� | �10-6-0� | � | 5 | |
| 14 | Colgate University 125 � � | � | 12�� | 12-4-0�� | �8 | |
| 15 | University of Maine 67 � � | � | 14�� | 10-7-2� | �13 |
Others receiving votes: Northern Michigan University 61, University of Nebraska-Omaha 1.
