USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
October 17, 2011
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | Boston College | 463 | (15) | 1 | 3-1-0 | 3 |
| 2 | University of Michigan | 446 | (12) | 5 | 4-0-0 | 3 |
| 3 | University of Denver | 411 | (2) | 3 | 1-1-0 | 3 |
| 4 | Colorado College | 396 | (3) | 8 | 2-0-0 | 3 |
| 5 | University of Notre Dame | 334 | 2 | 2-2-0 | 3 | |
| 6 | University of North Dakota | 320 | 6 | 2-1-1 | 3 | |
| 7 | Miami University | 275 | 4 | 2-2-0 | 3 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 273 | (1) | 7 | 2-1-0 | 3 |
| 9 | Yale University | 266 | (1) | 10 | 0-0-0 | 3 |
| 10 | University of Minnesota | 243 | 14 | 4-0-0 | 3 | |
| 11 | Union College | 184 | 11 | 1-0-2 | 3 | |
| 12 | Western Michigan University | 149 | 12 | 2-0-2 | 3 | |
| 13 | Merrimack College | 98 | 13 | 2-0-0 | 2 | |
| 14 | Colgate University | 61 | NR | 3-1-0 | 1 | |
| 15 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 45 | 9 | 1-3-0 | 3 |
Others receiving votes: Ferris State University 24, Providence College 19, Northern Michigan University 16, University of Maine 15, Cornell University 12, Michigan Technological University 10, University of Alaska Anchorage 6, Dartmouth College 5, University of Alaska 3, University of Nebraska Omaha 2, Air Force Academy 1, Lake Superior State University 1, Quinnipiac University 1, Rochester Institute of Technology 1.
