USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
October 22, 2018
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of Notre Dame | 490 | (17) | 3 | 3-0-1 | 4 |
| 2 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 458 | (6) | 2 | 4-1-1 | 4 |
| 3 | St. Cloud State University | 446 | (9) | 4 | 4-0-0 | 4 |
| 4 | Ohio State University | 419 | (1) | 1 | 3-1-0 | 4 |
| 5 | University of Minnesota | 338 | (1) | 6 | 1-0-1 | 4 |
| 6 | Providence College | 324 | 5 | 3-1-1 | 4 | |
| 7 | Minnesota State University | 290 | 8 | 3-1-0 | 4 | |
| 8 | Cornell University | 272 | 7 | 0-0-0 | 4 | |
| 9 | Penn State University | 241 | 11 | 4-0-0 | 3 | |
| 10 | University of Denver | 214 | 9 | 3-0-1 | 4 | |
| 11 | Union College | 134 | NR | 4-0-1 | 1 | |
| 12 | University of Michigan | 115 | 10 | 1-2-0 | 4 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin | 89 | 13 | 3-1-0 | 2 | |
| 14 | Princeton University | 71 | 14 | 0-0-0 | 4 | |
| 15 | Quinnipiac University | 44 | NR | 3-0-0 | 1 |
Others receiving votes: University of Massachusetts 30, University of North Dakota 25, Western Michigan University 20, Bowling Green State University 18, Colorado College 15, Northeastern University 9, Boston College 5, Boston University 5, Harvard University 4, Clarkson University 3, Rochester Institute of Technology 1.
