USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
March 6, 2006
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of Minnesota 510 (34) � | 1 | 25- | 6-5 | � | 22 |
| 2 | Miami (Ohio) University 472 � � | 2 | 23- | 7-4 | � | 18 |
| 3 | Boston University 432 � 3�� | 21- | 9-4 | � | 12 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin 394 6 | 23- | 9-3 | � | 22 | |
| 5 | Michigan State University 384 � � | 5 | ��20-10-8 | � | 13 | |
| 6 | University of Maine 325 � | �7 | ��24-10-2 | � | 22 | |
| 7 | University of Denver 262 | � | �11� | �20-13-3 | �19 | |
| 8 | Cornell University 258 � � 8 � | 18- | 7-4 | � | 22 | |
| 9 | Colorado College 233 � | �4 | ��23-13-2 | � | 22 | |
| 10 | University of North Dakota 212 � | 10� | �23-14-1 | � | 22 | |
| 11 | University of Nebraska Omaha 161 | 15 | � | 20-12-6 | 4 | |
| 12 | University of New Hampshire 125 | 12 | � | 18-11-7� | 20 | |
| 13 | Boston College | 119 | 9� | �20-11-3 | �22 | |
| 14 | University of Michigan | 71 | 13� | �18-13-5 | �22 | |
| 15 | Harvard University 66 � | 14 | �17-10-2 | � | 8 |
Others receiving votes: University of Vermont 22, St. Cloud State University 6, Dartmouth College 4, Sacred Heart University 3, Northern Michigan University 1.
