USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
January 2, 2012
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 509 | (33) | 1 | 12-3-3 | 13 |
| 2 | Ohio State University | 459 | (1) | 4 | 14-4-1 | 7 |
| 3 | University of Notre Dame | 415 | 6 | 12-6-3 | 13 | |
| 4 | Boston College | 405 | 3 | 13-7-0 | 13 | |
| 5 | University of Minnesota | 395 | 2 | 15-6-1 | 12 | |
| 6 | Merrimack College | 325 | 7 | 11-3-3 | 12 | |
| 7 | Colgate University | 279 | 11 | 12-4-2 | 7 | |
| 8 | Colorado College | 248 | 5 | 12-6-0 | 13 | |
| 9 | Western Michigan University | 238 | 8 | 10-5-5 | 13 | |
| 10 | University of Denver | 198 | 15 | 10-7-3 | 13 | |
| 11 | Boston University | 158 | 9 | 10-6-1 | 10 | |
| 12 | UMass Lowell | 136 | NR | 12-5-0 | 1 | |
| 13 | University of Michigan | 90 | NR | 11-8-3 | 9 | |
| 14 | Cornell University | 80 | 13 | 8-4-1 | 3 | |
| 15 | Michigan State University | 46 | 14 | 11-7-2 | 4 |
Others receiving votes: Union College 42, Ferris State University 24, Yale University 15, Lake Superior State University 8, Northeastern University 5, Rochester Institute of Technology 2, Northern Michigan University 1, University of Nebraska Omaha 1, University of North Dakota 1.
