USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
November 12, 2012
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | Boston College | 510 | (34) | 1 | 8-1-0 | 7 |
| 2 | University of Denver | 461 | 3 | 7-1-0 | 7 | |
| 3 | University of Minnesota | 441 | 2 | 6-2-1 | 7 | |
| 4 | Miami University | 402 | 5 | 6-2-2 | 7 | |
| 5 | University of North Dakota | 317 | 6 | 4-3-1 | 7 | |
| 6 | University of New Hampshire | 307 | 9 | 6-1-1 | 4 | |
| 7 | University of Notre Dame | 280 | 8 | 6-3-0 | 7 | |
| 8 | Union College | 275 | 7 | 6-2-1 | 7 | |
| 9 | Western Michigan University | 244 | 10 | 5-2-1 | 7 | |
| 10 | Cornell University | 192 | 4 | 3-2-1 | 7 | |
| 11 | Boston University | 172 | 12 | 5-3-0 | 7 | |
| 12 | Dartmouth College | 127 | NR | 5-0-1 | 1 | |
| 13 | University of Michigan | 126 | 11 | 4-4-1 | 7 | |
| 14 | Colorado College | 65 | NR | 7-3-0 | 1 | |
| 15 | St. Cloud State University | 58 | NR | 6-4-0 | 1 |
Others receiving votes: Harvard University 41, St. Lawrence University 34, University of Nebraska-Omaha 12, Northern Michigan University 7, College of the Holy Cross 3, UMass-Lowell 3, Ferris State University 1, Niagara University 1, Yale University 1.
