USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
October 2, 2006
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | Boston | College | 478 | (19) | 2 | 26-13-3 |
| 2 | University of Minnesota | 438 | (2) | 8 | 27- | 9-5 |
| 3 | University of | Wisconsin | 430 | (11) | �1 | 30-10-3 |
| 4 | Michigan State | University | 387 | 6 | 25-12-8 | |
| 5 | Boston | University | 367 | (2) | 5 | 26-10-4 |
| 6 | University of | Michigan | 349 | ��12 | 21-15-5 | |
| 7 | University of North | Dakota | 332 | 3 | 29-16-1 | |
| 8 | Miami (Ohio) | University | 272 | 9 | 26- | 9-4 |
| 9 | University of | Denver | 226 | NR | 21-15-3 | |
| 10 | University of New Hampshire | 162 | � | 13 | 20-13-7 | |
| 11 | University of Maine | 140 | � | 4 | �28-12-2 | |
| 12 | Harvard | University | 110 | �10 | �21-12-2 | |
| 13 | Colorado | College | 77 | �11 | 24-16-2 | |
| 14 | Colgate | University | 73 | �NR | �20-13-6 | |
| 15 | Cornell University 55 | � | 7 | �22- | 9-4 |
Others receiving votes: The Ohio State University 51, St. Cloud State University 35, Dartmouth College 15, Bemidji State University 12, University of Minnesota Duluth 12, University of Nebraska Omaha 12, Northern Michigan University 12, Mercyhurst College 11, Clarkson University 7, Providence College 7, University of Vermont 4, Ferris State University 4, Holy Cross 2.
