USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
October 3, 2005
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of | Minnesota | 464 | (17) | 4 | 28-15-1 |
| 2 | University of Denver | 449 | (14) | 1 | 32- | 9-2 |
| 3 | The Ohio State | University | 380 | (2) | 9 | 27-11-4 |
| 5 | Boston College | 375 | (1) | 7 | 26- | 7-7 |
| 6 | University of North | Dakota | 323 | 3 | 25-15-5 | |
| 7 | Colorado College | 318 | 2 | 31- | 9-3 | |
| 8 | University of Michigan | 284 | 6 | 31- | 8-3 | |
| 9 | University of New | Hampshire | 263 | 8 | 26-11-5 | |
| 10 | University of | Wisconsin | 184 | 13 | 23-14-4 | |
| 11 | University of | Maine | 147 | 11 | 20-13-7 | |
| 12 | Boston | University | 99 | 12 | 23-14-4 | |
| 13 | Northern Michigan | University | 98 | NR | 22-11-7 | |
| 14 | Dartmouth | College | 73 | NR | 20-13-2 | |
| 15 | Harvard | University | 65 | 10 | 21-10-3 | |
| 9, | College of the Holy Cross 6, University | of | Nebraska | Omaha | 4, | |
| 1, | St. | Lawrence | University | 1. |
Cornell University 380 5 27- 5-3 Others receiving votes: University of Massachusetts Lowell 60, Michigan State University 54, Colgate University 20, University of Vermont 12, Mercyhurst College 10, University of Minnesota Duluth University of Massachusetts Amherst 1, St. Cloud State University
