USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
October 30, 2006
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of Maine | 510 | (34) | 1 | 6-0-0 | 5 |
| 2 | University of Minnesota | 470 | 3 | 6-1-0 | 5 | |
| 3 | Boston College | 448 | 5 | 4-1-0 | 5 | |
| 4 | Miami (Ohio) | University | 394 | 7 | 6-2-0 | 5 |
| 5 | Michigan State University | 330 | 10 | 3-1-0 | 5 | |
| 6 | University of North Dakota | 320 | 9 | 5-3-0 | 5 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin | 300 | 2 | 3-3-2 | 5 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 281 | 4 | 2-1-1 | 5 | |
| 9 | University of Michigan | 244 | 6 | 4-2-0 | 5 | |
| 10 | University of Notre Dame | 211 | 11 | 5-1-0 | 2 | |
| 11 | Cornell University | 156 | 15 | 2-0-0 | 4 | |
| 12 | Dartmouth College | 148 | NR | 2-0-0 | 1 | |
| 13 | Clarkson University | 74 | 14 | 4-1-1 | 3 | |
| 14 | University of New Hampshire | 71 | 8 | 2-2-0 | 5 | |
| 15 | Michigan Tech University | 31 | NR | 5-1-0 | 1 |
Others receiving votes: Harvard University 30, University of Denver 29, St. Cloud State University 13, University of Nebraska Omaha 7, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 5, Northern Michigan University 4, Colgate University 2, University of Minnesota Duluth 1, College of the Holy Cross 1.
