USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
January 23, 2012
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 507 | (31) | 1 | 17-4-3 | 16 |
| 2 | Boston University | 479 | (3) | 3 | 15-6-1 | 13 |
| 3 | University of Minnesota | 420 | 2 | 17-9-1 | 15 | |
| 4 | University of Notre Dame | 375 | 6 | 14-9-3 | 16 | |
| 5 | Merrimack College | 333 | 7 | 13-5-5 | 15 | |
| 6 | Cornell University | 320 | 9 | 11-4-4 | 6 | |
| 7 | Ohio State University | 292 | 5 | 14-7-4 | 10 | |
| 8 | Boston College | 261 | 4 | 14-10-1 | 16 | |
| 9 | University of Michigan | 239 | 10 | 15-9-4 | 12 | |
| 10 | Colorado College | 199 | 11 | 14-9-1 | 16 | |
| 11 | UMass Lowell | 183 | 13 | 14-6-0 | 4 | |
| 12 | Ferris State University | 154 | 14 | 15-8-3 | 11 | |
| 13 | Union College | 104 | 12 | 13-6-6 | 14 | |
| 14 | Western Michigan University | 103 | 8 | 12-9-5 | 16 | |
| 15 | University of Denver | 51 | 15 | 13-8-3 | 15 |
Others receiving votes: Miami University 30, Michigan State University 12, University of Maine 10, Northern Michigan University 6, Rochester Institute of Technology 1, University of North Dakota 1.
