USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
November 19, 2012
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | Boston College | 509 | (33) | 1 | 9-1-0 | 8 |
| 2 | University of Denver | 475 | (1) | 2 | 9-1-0 | 8 |
| 3 | University of New Hampshire | 420 | 6 | 8-1-1 | 5 | |
| 4 | University of Minnesota | 405 | 3 | 7-2-2 | 8 | |
| 5 | Miami University | 376 | 4 | 6-4-2 | 8 | |
| 6 | University of Notre Dame | 331 | 7 | 8-3-0 | 8 | |
| 7 | University of North Dakota | 310 | 5 | 5-3-2 | 8 | |
| 8 | Union College | 281 | 8 | 6-2-1 | 8 | |
| 9 | Western Michigan University | 208 | 9 | 6-3-1 | 8 | |
| 10 | Boston University | 201 | 11 | 6-4-0 | 8 | |
| 11 | Dartmouth College | 144 | 12 | 5-1-2 | 2 | |
| 12 | St. Cloud State University | 100 | 15 | 6-4-0 | 2 | |
| 13 | Cornell University | 97 | 10 | 3-3-2 | 8 | |
| 14 | University of Nebraska-Omaha | 56 | NR | 7-5-0 | 1 | |
| 15 | Harvard University | 41 | NR | 6-3-1 | 3 |
Others receiving votes: Colorado College 28, Quinnipiac University 28, University of Michigan 21, Ferris State University 19, Niagara University 11, St. Lawrence University 6, University of Alaska 5, Yale University 4, College of the Holy Cross 3, UMass Lowell 1.
