USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
October 23, 2006
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of Maine | 507 | (31) | 4 | 5-0-0 | 4 |
| 2 | University of Wisconsin | 461 | (2) | 2 | 3-1-2 | 4 |
| 3 | University of Minnesota | 430 | 7 | 4-1-0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Boston University | 397 | 6 | 2-0-1 | 4 | |
| 5 | Boston College | 340 | 1 | 2-1-0 | 4 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan | 331 | 5 | 3-1-0 | 4 | |
| 7 | Miami (Ohio) | University | 293 | 9 | 4-2-0 | 4 |
| 8 | University of New Hampshire | 267 | 12 | 2-0-0 | 4 | |
| 9 | University of North Dakota | 234 | 3 | 3-3-0 | 4 | |
| 10 | Michigan State University | 220 | 8 | 1-1-0 | 4 | |
| 11 | University of Notre Dame | 136 | NR | 3-1-0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Harvard University | 123 | 13 | 0-0-0 | 4 | |
| 13 | University of Denver | 85 | 11 | 3-3-0 | 4 | |
| 14 | Clarkson University | 79 | 14 | 4-1-1 | 2 | |
| 15 | Cornell University | 63 | NR | 0-0-0 | 3 |
Others receiving votes: Dartmouth College 30, St. Cloud State University 30, Michigan Tech University 11, University of Alaska Anchorage 6, Northern Michigan University 6, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 6, Colgate University 5, Lake Superior State University 5, University of Nebraska Omaha 5, University of Vermont 5, University of Minnesota Duluth 4, U.S. Military Academy (Army) 1.
