USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
October 4, 2021
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | St Cloud State University | 477 | (16) | 3 | 2-0-0 | 2 |
| 2 | Minnesota State University | 470 | (9) | 5 | 2-0-0 | 2 |
| 3 | University of Michigan | 452 | (6) | 2 | 0-0-0 | 2 |
| 4 | University of Minnesota | 391 | (3) | 4 | 0-0-0 | 2 |
| 5 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 366 | 6 | 0-0-0 | 2 | |
| 6 | University of Massachusetts | 313 | 1 | 0-2-0 | 2 | |
| 7 | University of North Dakota | 292 | 7 | 0-0-0 | 2 | |
| 8 | Boston College | 272 | 8 | 0-0-0 | 2 | |
| 9 | Quinnipiac University | 222 | 9 | 0-0-0 | 2 | |
| 10 | Boston University | 178 | 10 | 0-0-0 | 2 | |
| 11 | Providence College | 134 | 14 | 1-0-0 | 2 | |
| 12 | Harvard University | 100 | 11 | 0-0-0 | 2 | |
| 13 | Denver University | 99 | NR | 0-0-0 | 1 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin | 90 | 12 | 0-0-0 | 2 | |
| 15 | University of Nebraska Omaha | 39 | NR | 1-0-1 | 1 |
Others receiving votes: Northeastern 34, Bemidji State 33, Notre Dame 31, Clarkson 27, Cornell 27, Western Michigan 9, Lake Superior State 7, AIC 6, Michigan Tech 5, Bowling Green 3, University of Massachusetts-Lowell 2, Arizona State 1.
