USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
January 16, 2012
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 510 | (34) | 1 | 15-4-3 | 15 |
| 2 | University of Minnesota | 435 | 5 | 16-8-1 | 14 | |
| 3 | Boston University | 422 | 6 | 13-6-1 | 12 | |
| 4 | Boston College | 406 | 4 | 14-8-1 | 15 | |
| 5 | Ohio State University | 363 | 2 | 14-6-3 | 9 | |
| 6 | University of Notre Dame | 335 | 3 | 13-8-3 | 15 | |
| 7 | Merrimack College | 321 | 7 | 12-4-5 | 14 | |
| 8 | Western Michigan University | 275 | 11 | 12-7-5 | 15 | |
| 9 | Cornell University | 232 | 9 | 10-4-3 | 5 | |
| 10 | University of Michigan | 191 | 15 | 14-8-4 | 11 | |
| 11 | Colorado College | 165 | 8 | 13-8-1 | 15 | |
| 12 | Union College | 152 | 13 | 12-5-6 | 13 | |
| 13 | UMass Lowell | 97 | 10 | 12-6-0 | 3 | |
| 14 | Ferris State University | 84 | 12 | 14-8-2 | 10 | |
| 15 | University of Denver | 60 | NR | 13-8-3 | 14 |
Others receiving votes: University of North Dakota 8, Colgate University 7, Northern Michigan University 7, Michigan State University 5, University of Nebraska Omaha 3, Miami University 1, Quinnipiac University 1.
