USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
January 7, 2019
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | St. Cloud State University | 496 | (21) | 1 | 14-2-2 | 14 |
| 2 | University of Massachusetts | 485 | (12) | 2 | 15-3-0 | 10 |
| 3 | Ohio State University | 414 | 4 | 12-4-4 | 14 | |
| 4 | University of Denver | 389 | 7 | 12-4-2 | 14 | |
| 5 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 366 | 5 | 11-5-2 | 14 | |
| 6 | Quinnipiac University | 352 | 3 | 15-4-1 | 11 | |
| 7 | Minnesota State University | 296 | (1) | 12 | 16-5-1 | 14 |
| 8 | Providence College | 276 | 10 | 12-4-4 | 14 | |
| 9 | University of Notre Dame | 251 | 6 | 12-6-1 | 14 | |
| 10 | Penn State University | 207 | 9 | 12-6-2 | 13 | |
| 11 | Northeastern University | 157 | 11 | 12-4-1 | 11 | |
| 12 | Bowling Green State University | 141 | 8 | 14-4-3 | 10 | |
| 13 | Arizona State University | 103 | 13 | 16-7-1 | 6 | |
| 14 | Western Michigan University | 64 | NR | 11-6-1 | 1 | |
| 15 | Union College | 37 | NR | 10-5-4 | 9 |
Others receiving votes: Clarkson University 35, Yale University 9, Cornell University 2.
