USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
October 10, 2011
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | Boston College | 495 | (27) | 5 | 2-0-0 | 2 |
| 2 | University of Notre Dame | 428 | (3) | 2 | 1-1-0 | 2 |
| 3 | University of Denver | 399 | (2) | 4 | 0-0-0 | 2 |
| 4 | Miami University | 384 | 1 | 1-1-0 | 2 | |
| 5 | University of Michigan | 338 | 9 | 3-0-0 | 2 | |
| 6 | University of North Dakota | 328 | 3 | 1-1-0 | 2 | |
| 7 | Boston University | 314 | (1) | 6 | 1-0-0 | 2 |
| 8 | Colorado College | 306 | 7 | 0-0-0 | 2 | |
| 9 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 252 | 10 | 1-1-0 | 2 | |
| 10 | Yale University | 234 | (1) | 8 | 0-0-0 | 2 |
| 11 | Union College | 163 | 11 | 1-0-0 | 2 | |
| 12 | Western Michigan University | 146 | 13 | 2-0-0 | 2 | |
| 13 | Merrimack College | 61 | NR | 1-0-0 | 1 | |
| 14 | University of Minnesota | 60 | NR | 2-0-0 | 1 | |
| 15 | University of Nebraska Omaha | 47 | 14 | 1-1-0 | 2 |
Others receiving votes: University of New Hampshire 43, University of Maine 21, University of Wisconsin 15, Colgate University 10, Cornell University 7, Ferris State University 6, Northern Michigan University 6, University of Alaska 5, Dartmouth College 5, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 3, St. Cloud State University 2 Bemidji State University 1, Rochester Institute of Technology 1.
