November 17, 2008
| Team | (First Place Votes) | Record | Points | Last Poll | |
| 1 | Minnesota | (42) | 6-0-4 | 990 | 2 |
| 2 | Boston University | ( 4) | 7-2-0 | 943 | 1 |
| 3 | Colorado College | ( 2) | 7-2-3 | 863 | 3 |
| 4 | Boston College | 6-3-1 | 824 | 5 | |
| 5 | Notre Dame | 7-3-1 | 715 | 9 | |
| 6 | Northeastern | 7-2-2 | 701 | 7 | |
| 7 | Miami | 6-3-3 | 666 | 10 | |
| 8 | Princeton | ( 1) | 5-1-0 | 616 | 12 |
| 9 | Michigan | 8-4-0 | 581 | 8 | |
| 10 | Denver | 6-4-1 | 566 | 4 | |
| 11 | Minnesota State | 5-3-2 | 480 | 11 | |
| 12 | Air Force | ( 1) | 10-0-0 | 469 | 13 |
| 13 | New Hampshire | 4-4-3 | 447 | 6 | |
| 14 | Cornell | 2-0-2 | 385 | 14 | |
| 15 | Vermont | 5-3-2 | 239 | 15 | |
| 16 | Massachusetts | 5-3-1 | 166 | 20 | |
| 17 | St. Cloud State | 7-4-0 | 125 | NR | |
| 18 | Harvard | 4-2-0 | 124 | NR | |
| 19 | Nebraska-Omaha | 7-2-1 | 114 | NR | |
| 20 | North Dakota | 4-6-0 | 91 | 18 | |
| Others Receiving Votes: Dartmouth 79, Mass.-Lowell 66, Alaska-Anchorage 37, Ferris State 37, Clarkson 35, Yale 34, Maine 33, Michigan State 25, Wisconsin 16, Minnesota-Duluth 7, Lake Superior 6, Bemidji State 5, Colgate 5, Ohio State 5, St. Lawrence 5 | |||||
November 17, 2008
| Team | (First Place Votes) | Record | Points | Last Poll | |
| 1 | Wisconsin | (15) | 12-0-2 | 150 | 1 |
| 2 | Minnesota | 9-2-1 | 135 | 2 | |
| 3 | New Hampshire | 7-1-3 | 112 | 5 | |
| 4 | St. Lawrence | 7-1-2 | 99 | 8 | |
| 5 | Boston University | 7-2-3 | 70 | 7 | |
| 6 | Dartmouth | 5-1-1 | 66 | 3 | |
| 7 | Minnesota-Duluth | 6-4-2 | 63 | 9 | |
| 8 | Boston College | 7-2-2 | 51 | 6 | |
| 9 | Harvard | 3-2-1 | 48 | 4 | |
| 10 | Mercyhurst | 6-4-0 | 15 | NR | |
| Others Receiving Votes: Clarkson 7, Wayne State 7, North Dakota 1, St. Cloud State 1 | |||||
November 17, 2008
| Team | (First Place Votes) | Record | Points | Last Poll | |
| 1 | St. Norbert | (15) | 7-0-0 | 295 | 1 |
| 2 | Plattsburgh | ( 5) | 6-0-0 | 285 | 2 |
| 3 | Oswego | 5-1-1 | 225 | 3 | |
| 4 | Elmira | 5-2-0 | 219 | 5 | |
| 5 | Wis.-Superior | 7-1-0 | 215 | 8 | |
| 6 | Norwich | 0-0-0 | 198 | 4 | |
| 7 | Wis.-Stevens Point | 6-1-0 | 192 | 6 | |
| 8 | Middlebury | 0-0-0 | 153 | 7 | |
| 9 | Wis.-Eau Claire | 6-1-0 | 133 | 12 | |
| 10 | Adrian | 6-1-1 | 112 | 9 | |
| 11 | Hobart | 6-2-0 | 103 | 11 | |
| 12 | Gustavus Adolphus | 5-1-0 | 70 | 14 | |
| 13 | Babson | 0-0-0 | 38 | NR | |
| 14 | Hamline | 4-2-0 | 30 | NR | |
| 15 | Bowdoin | 0-0-0 | 27 | NR | |
| Others Receiving Votes: Wis.-Stout 24, Utica 22, St. Scholastica 17, St. Thomas 13, Curry 12, Colby 4, New England College 4, Bethel 3, Neumann 3, Manhattanville 2, Amherst 1 | |||||
November 17, 2008
| Team | (First Place Votes) | Record | Points | Last Poll | |
| 1 | Elmira | (10) | 5-0-1 | 144 | 1 |
| 2 | Plattsburgh | ( 2) | 4-1-0 | 128 | 2 |
| 3 | Middlebury | ( 1) | 1-0-0 | 117 | 3 |
| 4 | Amherst | ( 2) | 0-0-0 | 98 | 4 |
| 5 | RIT | 3-1-1 | 89 | 5 | |
| 6 | Wis.-River Falls | 4-0-0 | 63 | 8 | |
| 7 | Gustavus Adolphus | 3-1-0 | 62 | 7 | |
| 8 | Utica | 3-1-1 | 44 | 6 | |
| 9 | Wis.-Stevens Point | 2-0-1 | 43 | 9 | |
| 10 | St. Thomas | 4-0-0 | 22 | 10 | |
| Others Receiving Votes: Trinity 7, Wis.-Superior 5, Adrian 1, Concordia MN 1, Neumann 1 | |||||
