USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
October 10, 2005
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of | Minnesota | 487 | (19) | 1 | 0-0-0 |
| 2 | University of | Denver | 465 | (15) | 2 | 0-0-0 |
| 3 | The Ohio State | University | 403 | T-3 | 0-0-0 | |
| 4 | Cornell | University | 389 | T-3 | 0-0-0 | |
| 5 | Boston | College | 386 | 5 | 0-0-0 | |
| 6 | Colorado | College | 340 | 7 | 2-0-0 | |
| 7 | University of | Michigan | 308 | 8 | 2-0-0 | |
| 8 | University of New | Hampshire | 262 | 9 | 0-0-0 | |
| 9 | University of North | Dakota | 210 | 6 | 1-1-0 | |
| 10 | Boston | University | 146 | 12 | 0-0-0 | |
| 11 | University of | Wisconsin | 145 | 10 | 1-1-0 | |
| 12 | Northern Michigan | University | 129 | 13 | 0-0-0 | |
| 13 | Michigan State | University | 127 | NR | 2-0-0 | |
| 14 | University of | Maine | 122 | 11 | 1-1-0 | |
| 15 | Harvard | University | 40 | 15 | 0-0-0 |
Others receiving votes: Colgate University 38, Dartmouth College 34, University of Massachusetts Lowell 14, Miami (Ohio) University 10, Bemidji State University 8, St. Lawrence University 8, University of Vermont 6, Mercyhurst College 2, Canisius College 1.
