USA TODAY/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll
Colorado Springs, Colo. (Oct. 27, 1997)
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | North | Dakota | (10) | 0-0-0 | 100 | |
| 2. | Michigan | State | 2-0-2 | 86 | ||
| 3. | Boston | University | 2-0-0 | 67 | ||
| 4. | Colorado | College | 1-0-1 | 66 | ||
| 5. | New | Hampshire | 3-0-0 | 62 | ||
| 6. | 6. | Maine | 2-1-1 | 59 | ||
| 7. | Miami, | Ohio | 4-0-0 | 41 | ||
| 8. | 8. | Minnesota | 2-2-0 | 16 | ||
| 9. | Boston | College | 2-0-0 | 15 | ||
| 10. | 10. | Michigan | 2-2-0 | 14 |
