USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
November 16, 2009
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | Miami University | 507 | (31) | 1 | 8-1-3 | 7 |
| 2 | University of North Dakota | 448 | (1) | 2 | 7-2-1 | 7 |
| 3 | University of Denver | 429 | (1) | 3 | 6-3-1 | 7 |
| 4 | University of Massachusetts Lowell | 405 | (1) | 5 | 7-2-1 | 7 |
| 5 | Cornell University | 342 | 4 | 4-1-0 | 7 | |
| 6 | Michigan State University | 329 | 14 | 9-2-1 | 2 | |
| 7 | Colorado College | 311 | 13 | 7-2-1 | 4 | |
| 8 | Bemidji State University | 271 | 7 | 8-1-1 | 4 | |
| 9 | Yale University | 218 | 11 | 2-1-2 | 7 | |
| 10 | University of Alaska | 176 | 9 | 7-2-1 | 3 | |
| 11 | University of Massachusetts | 141 | 10 | 7-2-0 | 2 | |
| 12 | University of Nebraska Omaha | 107 | 12 | 5-2-3 | 6 | |
| 13 | Quinnipiac University | 102 | NR | 8-1-0 | 1 | |
| 14 | University of Notre Dame | 54 | 8 | 5-5-2 | 7 | |
| 15 | University of Michigan | 52 | 6 | 4-6-0 | 7 |
Others receiving votes: University of Wisconsin 47, University of Vermont 34, Boston College 30, Ferris State University 24, Princeton University 22, University of Minnesota Duluth 15, Colgate University 4, Lake Superior State University 4, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 3, Merrimack College 2, Rochester Institute of Technology 2, Boston University 1.
