USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
January 4, 2010
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | Miami University | 509 | (33) | 1 | 13-2-5 | 13 |
| 2 | University of Denver | 477 | (1) | 2 | 13-5-2 | 13 |
| 3 | Colorado College | 409 | 3 | 12-5-3 | 10 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin | 377 | 7 | 12-5-3 | 6 | |
| 5 | University of North Dakota | 344 | 6 | 10-6-4 | 13 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 328 | 8 | 8-3-3 | 13 | |
| 7 | Cornell University | 297 | 4 | 8-4-2 | 13 | |
| 8 | Boston College | 265 | 5 | 10-5-2 | 10 | |
| 9 | Michigan State University | 262 | 13 | 14-6-2 | 8 | |
| 10 | Bemidji State University | 227 | 9 | 14-4-2 | 10 | |
| 11 | Quinnipiac University | 157 | 10 | 13-4-1 | 7 | |
| 12 | Ferris State University | 145 | 11 | 14-4-2 | 4 | |
| 13 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 111 | 14 | 12-7-1 | 7 | |
| 14 | University of Massachusetts Lowell | 65 | 12 | 11-7-1 | 13 | |
| 15 | St. Cloud State University | 27 | NR | 10-7-3 | 2 |
Others receiving votes: University of Maine 20, University of Vermont 19, University of Massachusetts 14, Union College 8, University of Alaska 8, University of New Hampshire 6, Lake Superior State University 3, University of Notre Dame 2.
