USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
December 3, 2018
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | St. Cloud State University | 490 | (19) | 1 | 11-1-2 | 10 |
| 2 | University of Massachusetts | 483 | (14) | 3 | 12-1-0 | 6 |
| 3 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 439 | (1) | 2 | 10-3-1 | 10 |
| 4 | Minnesota State University | 417 | 4 | 12-2-0 | 10 | |
| 5 | University of Denver | 341 | 7 | 7-3-2 | 10 | |
| 6 | University of Notre Dame | 320 | 8 | 10-4-1 | 10 | |
| 7 | Ohio State University | 318 | 5 | 9-4-3 | 10 | |
| 8 | Quinnipiac University | 287 | 9 | 13-2-0 | 7 | |
| 9 | Penn State University | 237 | 6 | 10-4-1 | 9 | |
| 10 | Providence College | 198 | 10 | 8-4-3 | 10 | |
| 11 | Union College | 179 | 11 | 8-3-2 | 6 | |
| 12 | Northeastern University | 140 | 13 | 9-3-1 | 7 | |
| 13 | Bowling Green State University | 125 | 12 | 10-3-2 | 6 | |
| 14 | University of North Dakota | 55 | 15 | 8-6-1 | 7 | |
| 15 | Arizona State University | 23 | NR | 10-6-0 | 2 |
Others receiving votes: Clarkson University 7, University of Michigan 7, Cornell University 5, Yale University 3, Miami University 2, Western Michigan University 2, Bemidji State University 1.
