USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
October 18, 2010
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | Boston College | 510 | (34) | 1 | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 2 | University of North Dakota | 473 | 2 | 3-0-1 | 3 | |
| 3 | University of Michigan | 413 | 3 | 2-0-2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Miami University | 409 | 4 | 2-1-1 | 3 | |
| 5 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 333 | 7 | 3-0-1 | 3 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 324 | 5 | 0-0-0 | 3 | |
| 7 | University of New Hampshire | 250 | 9 | 1-1-1 | 3 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 236 | T-10 | 2-0-1 | 3 | |
| 9 | University of Alaska | 172 | 14 | 3-1-0 | 3 | |
| 10 | University of Nebraska Omaha | 164 | NR | 4-0-0 | 1 | |
| 11 | University of Maine | 134 | 6 | 1-1-2 | 3 | |
| 12 | Cornell University | 113 | 12 | 0-0-0 | 3 | |
| 13 | University of Denver | 107 | 8 | 1-2-1 | 3 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin | 102 | 15 | 3-1-0 | 3 | |
| 15 | St. Cloud State University | 71 | T-10 | 1-2-1 | 3 |
Others receiving votes: Union College 63, University of Minnesota 59, Michigan State University 53, University of Notre Dame 38, Michigan Tech University 27, Colorado College 16, Robert Morris University 7, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 4, Ferris State University 1, Rochester Institute of Technology 1.
