# 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings

Two human polls made up the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings, the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports poll and the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll. As the 2008–09 season progressed, rankings were updated weekly.

## Legend

| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (Italics) | Number of first place votes |
| #–#–# | Win–loss–tie record |
| † | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |

## USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine

| | Preseason Sep 22 | Week 1 Oct 6 | Week 2 Oct 13 | Week 3 Oct 20 | Week 4 Oct 27 | Week 5 Nov 3 | Week 6 Nov 10 | Week 7 Nov 17 | Week 8 Nov 24 | Week 9 Dec 1 | Week 10 Dec 8 | Week 11 Dec 15 | Week 12 Jan 5 | Week 13 Jan 12 | Week 14 Jan 19 | Week 15 Jan 26 | Week 16 Feb 2 | Week 16 Feb 9 | Week 18 Feb 16 | Week 19 Feb 23 | Week 20 Mar 2 | Week 21 Mar 9 | Week 22 Mar 16 | Week 23 Mar 23 | Week 24 Mar 30 | Final Apr 13 | |
| 1 | Boston College (27) | Boston College (26) 0–0–0 | Boston College (32) 1–0–0 | Colorado College (31) 4–0–0 | Colorado College (30) 4–0–2 | Colorado College (28) 5–0–3 | Boston University (19) 6–1–0 | Minnesota (34) 6–0–4 | Minnesota (30) 7–1–4 | Notre Dame (33) 10–3–2 | Notre Dame (30) 12–3–2 | Notre Dame (30) 14–3–2 | Notre Dame (32) 16–3–2 | Notre Dame (30) 18–3–2 | Notre Dame (22) 19–3–3 | Notre Dame (21) 19–3–3 | Boston University (27) 19–5–1 | Boston University (34) 21–5–1 | Boston University (31) 23–5–2 | Notre Dame (18) 25–5–3 | Boston University (26) 25–5–4 | Boston University (26) 27–5–4 | Boston University (19) 29–6–4 | Boston University (22) 31–6–4 | Boston University (34) 33–6–4 | Boston University (34) 35–6–4 | 1 |
| 2 | Michigan (4) | Michigan (4) 0–0–0 | Michigan (1) 2–0–0 | Denver (1) 3–0–0 | Boston College (3) 3–1–0 | Boston College (5) 5–1–0 | Minnesota (10) 5–0–3 | Boston University 7–2–0 | Notre Dame 9–3–1 | Minnesota (1) 7–2–5 | Minnesota (2) 7–2–5 | Miami (OH) (4) 12–3–3 | Boston University (1) 13–4–1 | Boston University (2) 14–4–1 | Boston University (6) 16–5–1 | Boston University (13) 18–5–1 | Notre Dame (7) 20–4–3 | Northeastern (1) 19–6–2 | Notre Dame (3) 23–5–3 | Boston University (16) 23–5–4 | Notre Dame (8) 27–5–3 | Notre Dame (8) 27–5–3 | Notre Dame (15) 29–5–3 | Notre Dame (12) 31–5–3 | Notre Dame 31–6–3 | Miami (OH) 23–13–5 | 2 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | Colorado College (4) 0–0–0 | Colorado College (1) 2–0–0 | New Hampshire (1) 3–0–0 | Boston University 4–1–0 | Boston University (1) 5–1–0 | Colorado College (5) 6–1–3 | Colorado College 7–2–3 | Colorado College (1) 8–3–3 | Boston College 9–4–1 | Miami (OH) (2) 10–3–3 | Boston University 11–4–1 | Minnesota 10–3–5 | Northeastern 14–4–2 | Cornell (6) 13–1–3 | Northeastern 17–5–2 | Northeastern 17–6–2 | Notre Dame 21–5–3 | Michigan 23–9–0 | Michigan 24–10–0 | Michigan 26–10–0 | Michigan 26–10–0 | Michigan 28–10–0 | Michigan 29–11–0 | Vermont 22–11–5 | Vermont 22–12–5 | 3 |
| 4 | North Dakota (1) | Notre Dame 0–0–0 | Denver 1–0–0 | Boston College (1) 2–1–0 | Denver 4–1–0 | Minnesota 4–0–2 | Denver 6–2–1 | Boston College 6–3–1 | Northeastern 9–2–2 | Miami (OH) 8–3–3 | Boston University 10–4–1 | Minnesota 8–3–5 | Northeastern 12–4–2 | Denver 15–6–2 | Denver 15–6–2 | Cornell 14–2–3 | Michigan 19–9–0 | Michigan 21–9–0 | Miami (OH) 18–8–4 | Northeastern 20–8–4 | Northeastern 22–8–4 | Northeastern 23–9–4 | Denver 22–10–5 | Denver 23–11–5 | Miami (OH) 22–12–5 | Notre Dame 31–6–3 | 4 |
| 5 | Colorado College (2) | North Dakota 0–0–0 | Boston University 2–0–0 | Michigan 3–1–0 | Minnesota (1) 3–0–1 | New Hampshire 4–1–2 | New Hampshire 4–2–3 | Northeastern 7–2–2 | Miami (OH) (1) 8–3–3 | Boston University 9–4–0 | Denver 11–5–1 | Denver 13–5–1 | Princeton 13–3–0 | Cornell (2) 11–1–3 | Northeastern 15–5–2 | Minnesota 12–5–5 | Cornell 14–3–4 | Vermont 16–6–4 | Northeastern 20–8–2 | Denver 19–9–4 | Denver 20–10–4 | Denver 20–10–5 | North Dakota 24–12–4 | Yale 24–7–2 | Michigan 29–12–0 | Michigan 29–12–0 | 5 |
| 6 | Denver | Denver 0–0–0 | New Hampshire 1–0–0 | Minnesota 2–0–0 | Miami (OH) 3–1–2 | Denver 4–2–1 | Boston College 5–3–0 | Notre Dame 7–3–1 | Boston College 7–4–1 | Colorado College 9–4–3 | Northeastern 11–3–2 | Northeastern 11–3–2 | Cornell (1) 9–1–3 | Michigan 15–7–0 | Minnesota 12–5–5 | Vermont 14–5–4 | Miami (OH) 16–8–4 | Miami (OH) 16–8–4 | Vermont 17–7–4 | Princeton 20–7–0 | North Dakota 21–11–4 | North Dakota 22–12–4 | Northeastern 25–10–4 | Northeastern 25–11–4 | New Hampshire 20–13–5 | New Hampshire 20–13–5 | 6 |
| 7 | New Hampshire | New Hampshire 0–0–0 | Miami (OH) 1–0–1 | Boston University 3–1–0 | New Hampshire 3–1–1 | Michigan 6–2–0 | Northeastern 6–1–2 | Miami (OH) 6–3–3 | Princeton (1) 7–1–0 | Denver 9–5–1 | Princeton 10–2–0 | Boston College 9–5–2 | Denver 13–6–2 | Vermont 12–4–3 | Vermont 13–5–3 | Michigan 18–8–0 | Vermont 14–6–4 | Cornell 15–4–4 | Yale 19–5–1 | North Dakota 20–11–3 | Vermont 19–8–5 | Vermont 20–9–5 | Yale 22–7–2 | North Dakota 24–14–4 | Denver 23–12–5 | Denver 23–12–5 | 7 |
| 8 | Miami (OH) | Miami (OH) 0–0–0 | Notre Dame 0–1–0 | Notre Dame 2–1–0 | Michigan 4–2–0 | Miami (OH) 4–2–2 | Michigan 7–3–0 | Princeton 5–1–0 | Boston University 7–4–0 | Northeastern 10–3–2 | Boston College 9–5–2 | Princeton 10–2–0 | Miami (OH) 12–5–3 | Minnesota 10–5–5 | Michigan 16–8–0 | Denver 15–7–3 | Denver 16–8–3 | Denver 17–9–3 | Denver 17–9–4 | Vermont 17–8–5 | Miami (OH) 19–10–5 | Miami (OH) 19–10–5 | Princeton 22–10–0 | Minnesota-Duluth 21–12–8 | Minnesota-Duluth 22–13–8 | Minnesota-Duluth 22–13–8 | 8 |
| 9 | Minnesota | Boston University 0–0–0 | Minnesota 0–0–0 | Princeton 0–0–0 | Northeastern 5–0–1 | Princeton 1–0–0 | Notre Dame 6–3–0 | Michigan 8–4–0 | Minnesota State 7–3–2 | Princeton 9–2–0 | Cornell 7–1–2 | Cornell 7–1–2 | Boston College 9–5–2 | Miami (OH) 12–7–3 | Princeton 13–5–0 | Princeton 13–5–0 | Minnesota 12–7–5 | Princeton 17–6–0 | North Dakota 18–11–3 | Miami (OH) 18–9–5 | New Hampshire 18–9–5 | New Hampshire 19–10–5 | Vermont 20–11–5 | Cornell 21–9–4 | Cornell 22–10–4 | Bemidji State 20–16–1 | 9 |
| 10 | Boston University | Minnesota 0–0–0 | St. Cloud State 2–0–0 | Miami (OH) 1–1–2 | Princeton 0–0–0 | Northeastern 5–1–2 | Miami (OH) 4–3–3 | Denver 6–4–1 | Denver 7–5–1 | Air Force 13–1–1 | Colorado College 9–5–4 | Colorado College 10–6–4 | Vermont 11–4–2 | Princeton 13–5–0 | Miami (OH) 13–8–3 | Miami (OH) 14–8–4 | Princeton 15–6–0 | Yale 17–5–1 | Princeton 18–7–0 | New Hampshire 16–9–5 | Yale 20–7–2 | Yale 20–7–2 | Cornell 20–8–4 | Vermont 20–11–5 | North Dakota 24–15–4 | Yale 24–8–2 | 10 |
| 11 | Clarkson | Michigan State 0–0–0 | Michigan State 1–1–0 | Northeastern 3–0–1 | Minnesota State 3–1–0 | Michigan State 4–2–2 | Princeton 2–1–0 | Minnesota State 5–3–2 | Air Force (1) 12–0–0 | Minnesota State 8–3–3 | Vermont 9–3–2 | Michigan 11–7–0 | Michigan 13–7–0 | Colorado College 12–7–5 | Ohio State 16–6–2 | Boston College 11–8–3 | New Hampshire 12–8–4 | North Dakota 16–11–3 | Cornell 15–6–4 | Cornell 17–6–4 | Princeton 20–9–0 | Princeton 20–9–0 | Minnesota 17–12–7 | Princeton 22–11–1 | Northeastern 25–12–4 | Northeastern 25–12–4 | 11 |
| 12 | Michigan State | Princeton 0–0–0 | Princeton 0–0–0 | Vermont 2–0–1 | Michigan State 3–2–1 | Notre Dame 4–3–0 | Minnesota State 4–2–2 | Air Force 10–0–0 | Cornell 4–0–2 | Vermont 9–3–2 | Michigan 11–7–0 | Air Force 14–2–0 | Colorado College 11–6–5 | Boston College 9–6–3 | New Hampshire 11–6–4 | North Dakota 15–10–3 | Boston College 11–8–4 | New Hampshire 13–9–4 | New Hampshire 14–9–5 | Yale 19–6–2 | Cornell 18–7–4 | Cornell 18–7–4 | New Hampshire 19–12–5 | New Hampshire 19–12–5 | Bemidji State 20–15–1 | Cornell 22–10–4 | 12 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | Clarkson 0–0–0 | North Dakota 0–2–0 | Minnesota State 3–1–0 | Notre Dame 2–3–0 | Minnesota State 3–2–1 | Air Force 8–0–0 | New Hampshire 4–4–3 | Vermont 7–3–2 | Cornell 5–1–2 | Air Force 14–2–0 | Vermont 9–4–2 | New Hampshire 9–6–3 | New Hampshire 10–6–4 | Colorado College 13–8–5 | Ohio State 16–7–3 | North Dakota 16–11–3 | Wisconsin 16–11–3 | Wisconsin 16–11–3 | Colorado College 16–9–8 | St. Lawrence 19–11–4 | Colorado College 16–10–10 | Miami (OH) 20–12–5 | Miami (OH) 20–12–5 | Yale 24–8–2 | North Dakota 24–15–4 | 13 |
| 14 | Northern Michigan | Wisconsin 0–0–0 | Clarkson 0–0–0 | Michigan State 2–2–0 | Clarkson 1–1–2 | Air Force 8–0–0 | Cornell 1–0–1 | Cornell 2–0–2 | Nebraska-Omaha 9–2–1 | Michigan 9–7–0 | Minnesota State 8–5–3 | New Hampshire 8–6–3 | Air Force 15–4–1 | Ohio State 15–6–1 | Boston College 9–8–3 | New Hampshire 11–8–4 | Yale 15–5–1 | Minnesota 12–9–5 | Minnesota 13–9–6 | Minnesota-Duluth 16–9–7 | Ohio State 20–12–4 | Ohio State 22–12–4 | St. Lawrence 21–11–4 | Massachusetts-Lowell 20–16–2 | Air Force 28–11–2 | Air Force 28–11–2 | 14 |
| 15 | St. Cloud State | St. Cloud State 0–0–0 | Minnesota State 2–0–0 | North Dakota 1–3–0 | Vermont 2–1–1 | Clarkson 1–1–2 | Vermont 4–2–2 | North Dakota 4–6–0 | Michigan 8–6–0 | New Hampshire 5–6–3 | New Hampshire 7–6–3 | Nebraska-Omaha 11–4–3 | Ohio State 13–6–1 | Air Force 15–4–1 | North Dakota 14–10–2 | Minnesota-Duluth 13–7–6 | Ohio State 17–8–3 | Boston College 12–9–4 | Ohio State 18–10–4 | Ohio State 19–11–4 | Colorado College 16–10–9 | St. Lawrence 19–11–4 | Boston College 18–13–5 | Air Force 27–10–2 | Princeton 22–12–1 | Princeton 22–12–1 | 15 |
| | Preseason Sep 22 | Week 1 Oct 6 | Week 2 Oct 13 | Week 3 Oct 20 | Week 4 Oct 27 | Week 5 Nov 3 | Week 6 Nov 10 | Week 7 Nov 17 | Week 8 Nov 24 | Week 9 Dec 1 | Week 10 Dec 8 | Week 11 Dec 15 | Week 12 Jan 5 | Week 13 Jan 12 | Week 14 Jan 19 | Week 15 Jan 26 | Week 16 Feb 2 | Week 17 Feb 9 | Week 18 Feb 16 | Week 19 Feb 23 | Week 20 Mar 2 | Week 21 Mar 9 | Week 22 Mar 16 | Week 23 Mar 23 | Week 24 Mar 30 | Final Apr 13 | |
| | | Dropped: Northern Michigan 0–0–0 | Dropped: Wisconsin 0–2–0 | Dropped: Clarkson 1–1–0 St. Cloud State 2–2–0 | Dropped: North Dakota 1–3–0 | Dropped: Vermont 3–2–1 | Dropped: Clarkson 2–2–2 Michigan State 4–4–2 | Dropped: Vermont 5–3–2 | Dropped: New Hampshire 5–5–3 North Dakota 4–7–1 | Dropped: Nebraska-Omaha 9–4–1 | Dropped: None | Dropped: Minnesota State 8–7–3 | Dropped: Nebraska-Omaha 12–6–3 | Dropped: None | Dropped: Air Force 15–6–1 | Dropped: Colorado College 13–9–6 | Dropped: Minnesota-Duluth 14–8–6 | Dropped: Ohio State 18–9–3 | Dropped: Boston College 13–10–5 | Dropped: Minnesota 13–11–6 Wisconsin 16–13–3 | Dropped: Minnesota-Duluth 16–10–8 | Dropped: None | Dropped: Colorado College 16–12–10 Ohio State 23–14–4 | Dropped: Boston College 18–14–5 Minnesota 17–13–7 St. Lawrence 21–12–5 | Dropped: Massachusetts-Lowell 20–16–2 | Dropped: None | |

## USCHO.com/CBS College Sports

| | Week 1 Oct 6 | Week 2 Oct 14 | Week 3 Oct 20 | Week 4 Oct 27 | Week 5 Nov 3 | Week 6 Nov 10 | Week 7 Nov 17 | Week 8 Nov 24 | Week 9 Dec 1 | Week 10 Dec 8 | Week 11 Dec 15 | Week 12 Jan 5 | Week 13 Jan 12 | Week 14 Jan 19 | Week 15 Jan 26 | Week 16 Feb 2 | Week 17 Feb 9 | Week 18 Feb 16 | Week 19 Feb 23 | Week 20 Mar 2 | Week 21 Mar 9 | Week 22 Mar 16 | Final Mar 23 | |
| 1 | Boston College (36) | Boston College (45) 1–0–0 | Colorado College (39) 4–0–0 | Colorado College (37) 4–0–2 | Colorado College (41) 5–0–3 | Boston University (29) 6–1–0 | Minnesota (42) 6–0–4 | Minnesota (41) 7–1–4 | Notre Dame (40) 10–3–2 | Notre Dame (41) 12–3–2 | Notre Dame (41) 14–3–2 | Notre Dame (47) 16–3–2 | Notre Dame (46) 18–3–2 | Notre Dame (38) 19–3–3 | Notre Dame (37) 19–3–3 | Boston University (33) 19–5–1 | Boston University (49) 21–5–1 | Boston University (44) 23–5–2 | Boston University (31) 23–5–4 | Boston University (46) 25–5–4 | Boston University (42) 27–5–4 | Notre Dame (27) 29–5–3 | Boston University (27) 31–6–4 | 1 |
| 2 | Michigan (5) | Michigan (2) 2–0–0 | Denver (5) 3–0–0 | Boston College (7) 3–1–0 | Boston College (5) 5–1–0 | Minnesota (12) 5–0–3 | Boston University (4) 7–2–0 | Notre Dame (2) 9–3–1 | Boston College (1) 9–4–1 | Minnesota (3) 7–2–5 | Miami (OH) (6) 12–3–3 | Boston University (2) 13–4–1 | Boston University (2) 14–4–1 | Boston University (7) 16–5–1 | Boston University (13) 18–5–1 | Notre Dame (17) 20–4–3 | Notre Dame (1) 21–5–3 | Notre Dame (6) 23–5–3 | Notre Dame (19) 25–5–3 | Notre Dame (4) 27–5–3 | Notre Dame (8) 27–5–3 | Boston University (23) 29–6–4 | Notre Dame (23) 31–5–3 | 2 |
| 3 | Colorado College (7) | Colorado College (3) 2–0–0 | Boston College (3) 2–1–0 | Boston University (1) 4–1–0 | Boston University (4) 5–1–0 | Colorado College (8) 6–1–3 | Colorado College (2) 7–2–3 | Colorado College (1) 8–3–3 | Minnesota (2) 7–2–5 | Miami (OH) (3) 10–3–3 | Boston University 11–4–1 | Minnesota 10–3–5 | Northeastern 14–4–2 | Cornell (5) 13–1–3 | Northeastern 17–5–2 | Northeastern 17–6–2 | Northeastern 19–6–2 | Michigan 23–9–0 | Michigan 24–10–0 | Michigan 26–10–0 | Michigan 26–10–0 | Michigan 28–10–0 | Michigan 29–11–0 | 3 |
| 4 | Notre Dame (1) | Denver 1–0–0 | New Hampshire (2) 3–0–0 | Denver (3) 4–1–0 | Minnesota 4–0–2 | Denver (1) 6–2–1 | Boston College 6–3–1 | Northeastern 9–2–2 | Miami (OH) (2) 8–3–3 | Boston University 10–4–1 | Minnesota (1) 8–3–5 | Northeastern 12–4–2 | Denver 15–6–2 | Denver 15–6–2 | Cornell 14–2–3 | Michigan 19–9–0 | Michigan 21–9–0 | Northeastern 20–8–2 | Northeastern 20–8–4 | Northeastern 22–8–4 | Northeastern 23–9–4 | Denver 22–10–5 | Denver 23–11–5 | 4 |
| 5 | North Dakota (1) | Boston University 2–0–0 | Michigan (1) 3–1–0 | Minnesota (2) 3–0–1 | New Hampshire 4–1–2 | Boston College 5–3–0 | Notre Dame 7–3–1 | Boston College 7–4–1 | Colorado College 9–4–3 | Northeastern 11–3–2 | Denver 13–5–1 | Denver 13–6–2 | Cornell (2) 11–1–3 | Northeastern 15–5–2 | Minnesota 12–5–5 | Cornell 14–3–4 | Vermont 16–6–4 | Miami (OH) 18–8–4 | Denver 19–9–4 | Denver 20–10–4 | Denver 20–10–5 | Northeastern 25–10–4 | Yale 24–7–2 | 5 |
| 6 | Denver | New Hampshire 1–0–0 | Boston University 3–1–0 | New Hampshire 3–1–1 | Denver 4–2–1 | New Hampshire 4–2–3 | Northeastern 7–2–2 | Miami (OH) (1) 8–3–3 | Northeastern 10–3–2 | Denver (1) 11–5–1 | Northeastern 11–3–2 | Miami (OH) 12–5–3 | Michigan 15–7–0 | Minnesota 12–5–5 | Vermont 14–5–4 | Denver 16–8–3 | Cornell 15–4–4 | Vermont 17–7–4 | Princeton 20–7–0 | North Dakota 21–11–4 | North Dakota 22–12–4 | North Dakota 24–12–4 | Northeastern 25–11–4 | 6 |
| 7 | New Hampshire | Miami (OH) 1–0–1 | Minnesota 2–0–0 | Miami (OH) 3–1–2 | Michigan 6–2–0 | Northeastern 6–1–2 | Miami (OH) 6–3–3 | Princeton (3) 7–1–0 | Boston University (1) 9–4–0 | Boston College 9–5–2 | Boston College 9–5–2 | Princeton 13–3–0 | Minnesota 10–5–5 | Vermont 13–5–3 | Denver 15–7–3 | Vermont 14–6–4 | Miami (OH) 16–8–4 | Yale 19–5–1 | Miami (OH) 18–9–5 | Vermont 19–8–5 | Vermont 20–9–5 | Yale 22–7–2 | North Dakota 24–14–4 | 7 |
| 8 | Miami (OH) | Notre Dame 0–1–0 | Notre Dame 2–1–0 | Michigan 4–2–0 | Miami (OH) 4–2–2 | Michigan 7–3–0 | Princeton (1) 5–1–0 | Boston University (1) 7–4–0 | Denver (1) 9–5–1 | Princeton (2) 10–2–0 | Princeton (2) 10–2–0 | Cornell (1) 9–1–3 | Vermont 12–4–3 | Michigan 16–8–0 | Michigan 18–8–0 | Miami (OH) 16–8–4 | Denver 17–9–3 | Denver 17–9–4 | North Dakota 20–11–3 | Miami (OH) 19–10–5 | Miami (OH) 19–10–5 | Princeton 22–10–0 | Minnesota-Duluth 21–12–8 | 8 |
| 9 | Boston University | Minnesota 0–0–0 | Princeton 0–0–0 | Northeastern 5–0–1 | Princeton 1–0–0 | Notre Dame 6–3–0 | Michigan 8–4–0 | Denver 7–5–1 | Princeton (2) 9–2–0 | Colorado College 9–5–4 | Colorado College 10–6–4 | Boston College 9–5–2 | Miami (OH) 12–7–3 | Princeton 13–5–0 | Princeton 13–5–0 | Minnesota 12–7–5 | Princeton 17–6–0 | North Dakota 18–11–3 | Vermont 17–8–5 | New Hampshire 18–9–5 | New Hampshire 19–10–5 | Cornell 20–8–4 | Cornell 21–9–4 | 9 |
| 10 | Minnesota | Princeton 0–0–0 | Miami (OH) 1–1–2 | Princeton 0–0–0 | Northeastern 5–1–2 | Miami (OH) 4–3–3 | Denver 6–4–1 | Minnesota State 7–3–2 | Air Force (1) 13–1–0 | Cornell 7–1–2 | Cornell 7–1–2 | Colorado College† 11–6–5 | Princeton 13–5–0 | Miami (OH) 13–8–3 | Miami (OH) 14–8–4 | Princeton 15–6–0 | Yale 17–5–1 | Princeton 18–7–0 | Cornell 17–6–4 | Princeton 20–9–0 | Yale 20–7–2 | Vermont 20–11–5 | Princeton 22–11–1 | 10 |
| 11 | Michigan State | Michigan State 1–1–0 | Vermont 2–0–1 | Michigan State 3–2–1 | Michigan State 4–2–2 | Minnesota State 4–2–2 | Minnesota State 5–3–2 | Air Force (1) 12–0–0 | Minnesota State 8–3–3 | Vermont 9–3–2 | Air Force 14–2–0 | Michigan† 13–7–0 | Colorado College 12–7–5 | New Hampshire 11–6–4 | Boston College 11–8–3 | New Hampshire 12–8–4 | North Dakota 16–11–3 | Cornell 15–6–4 | Yale 19–6–2 | Yale 20–7–2 | Princeton 20–9–0 | New Hampshire 19–12–5 | Vermont 20–11–5 | 11 |
| 12 | Princeton | St. Cloud State 2–0–0 | Michigan State 2–2–0 | Minnesota State 3–1–0 | Notre Dame 4–3–0 | Princeton 2–1–0 | Air Force (1) 10–0–0 | Cornell 4–0–2 | Vermont 9–3–2 | Air Force 14–2–0 | Michigan 11–7–0 | Vermont 11–4–2 | Boston College 9–6–3 | Ohio State 16–6–2 | North Dakota 15–10–3 | Boston College 11–8–4 | New Hampshire 13–9–4 | New Hampshire 14–9–5 | New Hampshire 16–9–5 | Cornell 18–7–4 | Cornell 18–7–4 | Miami (OH) 20–12–5 | New Hampshire 19–12–5 | 12 |
| 13 | Clarkson | North Dakota 0–2–0 | Minnesota State 3–1–0 | Notre Dame 2–3–0 | Minnesota State 3–2–1 | Air Force 8–0–0 | New Hampshire 4–4–3 | Vermont 7–3–2 | Cornell 5–1–2 | Michigan 11–7–0 | Vermont 9–4–2 | New Hampshire 9–6–3 | New Hampshire 10–6–4 | Colorado College 13–8–5 | New Hampshire 11–8–4 | North Dakota 16–11–3 | Wisconsin 16–11–3 | Wisconsin 16–11–3 | Colorado College 16–9–8 | Colorado College 16–10–9 | Colorado College 16–10–10 | Minnesota 17–12–7 | Miami (OH) 20–12–5 | 13 |
| 14 | Wisconsin | Clarkson 0–0–0 | Northeastern 3–0–1 | Vermont 2–1–1 | Air Force 8–0–0 | Cornell 1–0–1 | Cornell 2–0–2 | Michigan 8–6–0 | Michigan 9–7–0 | Minnesota State 8–5–3 | Wisconsin 9–7–2 | Air Force 15–4–0 | Ohio State 15–6–1 | Boston College 9–8–3 | Ohio State 16–7–3 | Yale 15–5–1 | Minnesota 12–9–5 | Minnesota 13–9–6 | Minnesota-Duluth 16–9–7 | Ohio State 20–12–4 | Ohio State 22–12–4 | St. Lawrence 21–11–4 | Ohio State 23–14–4 | 14 |
| 15 | St. Cloud State | Minnesota State 2–0–0 | St. Cloud State 2–2–0 | Clarkson 1–1–2 | Clarkson 1–1–2 | Vermont 4–2–2 | Vermont 5–3–2 | New Hampshire 5–5–3 | Alaska-Anchorage 7–5–2 | New Hampshire 7–6–3 | New Hampshire 8–6–3 | Dartmouth 9–5–0 | Air Force 15–4–1 | North Dakota 14–10–2 | Wisconsin 13–10–3 | Ohio State 17–8–3 | Boston College 12–9–4 | Minnesota-Duluth 15–9–6 | Ohio State 19–11–4 | St. Lawrence 19–11–4 | St. Lawrence 19–11–4 | Boston College 18–13–5 | St. Lawrence 21–12–5 | 15 |
| 16 | Northern Michigan | Cornell 0–0–0 | North Dakota 1–3–0 | Cornell 0–0–0 | Vermont 3–2–1 | Clarkson 2–2–2 | Massachusetts 5–3–1 | Nebraska-Omaha 9–2–1 | Dartmouth 6–4–0 | Wisconsin 9–7–2 | Nebraska-Omaha 11–4–3 | Ohio State 13–6–1 | Wisconsin 12–9–3 | Wisconsin 13–10–3 | Minnesota-Duluth 13–7–6 | Wisconsin 14–11–3 | Ohio State 18–9–3 | Ohio State 18–10–4 | Wisconsin 16–13–3 | Minnesota-Duluth 16–10–8 | Minnesota 15–12–7 | Wisconsin 19–15–4 | Massachusetts-Lowell 20–16–2 | 16 |
| 17 | Cornell | Vermont 1–0–0 | Cornell 0–0–0 | Air Force 6–0–0 | Cornell 0–0–0 | Michigan State 4–4–2 | St. Cloud State 7–4–0 | Massachusetts 6–4–1 | Massachusetts-Lowell 8–5–0 | St. Cloud State 10–6–0 | Minnesota State 8–7–3 | Wisconsin 10–9–3 | North Dakota 13–10–1 | Minnesota-Duluth 11–7–6 | Colorado College 13–9–6 | Minnesota-Duluth 14–8–6 | Minnesota-Duluth 15–9–6 | Boston College 13–10–5 | St. Lawrence 17–11–4 | Minnesota 14–11–7 | Wisconsin 17–15–4 | Minnesota-Duluth 18–12–8 | Wisconsin 20–16–4 | 17 |
| 18 | Minnesota State | Harvard 0–0–0 | Northern Michigan 2–2–0 | North Dakota 1–3–0 | Harvard 1–0–0 | North Dakota 3–5–0 | Harvard 4–2–0 | St. Cloud State 8–5–0 | Nebraska-Omaha 9–4–1 | Dartmouth 6–4–0 | Alaska† 8–4–4 | Nebraska-Omaha 12–6–3 | Dartmouth 10–6–0 | Dartmouth 10–7–0 | Yale 13–5–1 | Colorado College 13–9–6 | Colorado College 14–9–7 | Colorado College 14–9–8 | Minnesota 13–11–6 | St. Cloud State 18–14–2 | Boston College 16–13–5 | Ohio State 23–14–4 | Air Force 27–10–2 | 18 |
| 19 | Harvard | Northern Michigan 1–1–0 | Clarkson 1–1–0 | St. Cloud State 3–3–0 | Massachusetts 4–1–1 | St. Lawrence 4–2–1 | Nebraska-Omaha 7–2–1 | Alaska-Anchorage 7–5–2 | New Hampshire 5–6–3 | Nebraska-Omaha 9–4–3 | North Dakota† 9–8–1 | Alaska 10–6–4 | Yale 11–4–0 | Alaska 11–8–5 | Air Force 17–6–1 | Dartmouth 11–7–3 | Dartmouth 12–8–3 | St. Cloud State 17–13–2 | St. Cloud State 17–13–2 | Wisconsin 16–14–4 | Minnesota-Duluth 16–12–8 | Massachusetts-Lowell 19–15–2 | Minnesota 17–13–7 | 19 |
| 20 | Vermont | Wisconsin 0–2–0 | Harvard 0–0–0 | Harvard 0–0–0 | Minnesota-Duluth 4–1–2 | Massachusetts 4–2–1 | North Dakota 4–6–0 | Dartmouth 5–3–0 | Alaska 8–4–2 | Alaska 8–4–4 | Dartmouth 6–4–0 | Minnesota-Duluth 9–5–6 | Nebraska-Omaha 13–7–3 | Air Force 15–6–1 | Dartmouth 10–7–2 | St. Lawrence 14–10–2 | Air Force 19–7–2 | St. Lawrence 16–11–3 | Massachusetts-Lowell 15–13–2 | Boston College 15–12–5 | St. Cloud State 18–15–3 | Colorado College 16–12–10 | Boston College 18–14–5 | 20 |
| | Week 1 Oct 6 | Week 2 Oct 14 | Week 3 Oct 20 | Week 4 Oct 27 | Week 5 Nov 3 | Week 6 Nov 10 | Week 7 Nov 17 | Week 8 Nov 24 | Week 9 Dec 1 | Week 10 Dec 8 | Week 11 Dec 15 | Week 12 Jan 5 | Week 13 Jan 12 | Week 14 Jan 19 | Week 15 Jan 26 | Week 16 Feb 2 | Week 17 Feb 9 | Week 18 Feb 16 | Week 19 Feb 23 | Week 20 Mar 2 | Week 21 Mar 9 | Week 22 Mar 16 | Final Mar 23 | |
| | | Dropped: None | Dropped: Wisconsin 0–4–0 | Dropped: Northern Michigan 3–3–1 | Dropped: North Dakota 2–4–0 St. Cloud State 3–4–0 | Dropped: Harvard 2–2–0 Minnesota-Duluth 4–3–2 | Dropped: Clarkson 2–4–2 Michigan State 4–6–2 St. Lawrence 4–4–1 | Dropped: Harvard 4–3–2 North Dakota 4–7–1 | Dropped: Alaska-Anchorage 7–5–2 St. Cloud State 8–6–0 | Dropped: Massachusetts-Lowell 8–7–0 Nebraska-Omaha 7–2–3 | Dropped: St. Cloud State 10–8–0 | Dropped: Minnesota State 9–9–3 North Dakota 11–10–1 | Dropped: Alaska 10–8–4 Minnesota-Duluth 9–7–6 | Dropped: Nebraska-Omaha 13–8–4 Yale 11–5–1 | Dropped: Alaska 11–9–6 | Dropped: Air Force 17–7–2 | Dropped: St. Lawrence 14–11–3 | Dropped: Air Force 20–8–2 Dartmouth 13–9–3 | Dropped: Boston College 13–12–5 | Dropped: Massachusetts-Lowell 15–15–2 | Dropped: None | Dropped: St. Cloud State 18–17–3 | Dropped: Colorado College 16–12–10 | |