USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
October 31, 2005
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | Colorado College | 499 | (27) | 2 | 7-1-0 | 5 |
| 2 | University of Maine | 462 | (2) | 5 | 7-1-0 | 5 |
| 3 | University of Michigan | 432 | (4) | 1 | 5-1-1 | 5 |
| 4 | Cornell University | 378 | (1) | 3 | 1-1-0 | 5 |
| 5 | University of North Dakota | 355 | 6 | 5-2-1 | 5 | |
| 6 | University of Minnesota | 274 | 7 | 3-2-1 | 5 | |
| 7 | University of Vermont | 267 | 11 | 6-0-0 | 3 | |
| 8 | Michigan State University | 244 | 8 | 3-1-1 | 4 | |
| 9 | University of Denver | 242 | 9 | 3-3-0 | 5 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin | 238 | 12 | 4-1-1 | 5 | |
| 11 | Boston College | 192 | 10 | 2-2-1 | 5 | |
| 12 | University of New Hampshire | 130 | 13 | 2-2-1 | 5 | |
| 13 | Northern Michigan University | 125 | 14 | 5-1-0 | 4 | |
| 14 | The Ohio State University | 121 | 4 | 2-3-1 | 5 | |
| 15 | Miami (Ohio) | University | 44 | NR | 3-1-0 | 1 |
Others receiving votes: Harvard University 34, Bemidji State University 14, University of Alaska Fairbanks 10, College of the Holy Cross 6, Boston University 5, Mercyhurst College 4, Dartmouth College 2, St. Lawrence University 2.
