October 6, 2008
| Team | (First Place Votes) | Record | Points | Last Poll | |
| 1 | Boston College | (36) | 25-11-8 | 969 | 7 |
| 2 | Michigan | ( 5) | 33- 6-4 | 922 | 1 |
| 3 | Colorado College | ( 7) | 28-12-1 | 874 | 6 |
| 4 | Notre Dame | ( 1) | 27-16-4 | 829 | 12 |
| 5 | North Dakota | ( 1) | 28-11-4 | 789 | 3 |
| 6 | Denver | 26-14-1 | 707 | 4 | |
| 7 | New Hampshire | 25-10-3 | 648 | 5 | |
| 8 | Miami | 33- 8-1 | 613 | 2 | |
| 9 | Boston University | 19-17-4 | 565 | 15 | |
| 10 | Minnesota | 19-17-9 | 503 | 10 | |
| 11 | Michigan State | 25-12-5 | 440 | 9 | |
| 12 | Princeton | 21-14-0 | 427 | 13 | |
| 13 | Clarkson | 22-13-4 | 375 | 11 | |
| 14 | Wisconsin | 16-17-7 | 358 | 17 | |
| 15 | St. Cloud State | 19-16-5 | 299 | 8 | |
| 16 | Northern Michigan | 20-20-4 | 257 | NR | |
| 17 | Cornell | 19-14-3 | 186 | NR | |
| 18 | Minnesota State | 19-16-4 | 170 | 14 | |
| 19 | Harvard | 17-13-4 | 134 | 16 | |
| 20 | Vermont | 17-15-7 | 90 | 18 | |
| Others Receiving Votes: Northeastern 74, Air Force 59, Niagara 58, Ferris State 42, Mass.-Lowell 30, Massachusetts 21, Minnesota-Duluth 17, Providence 8, Yale 6, Maine 5, Bowling Green 3, Dartmouth 3, Quinnipiac 3, Rensselaer 3, Union 3, Bemidji State 2, RIT 2, Robert Morris 2, St. Lawrence 2, Mercyhurst 1, Michigan Tech 1 | |||||
