October 5, 2009
| Team | (First Place Votes) | Record | Points | Last Poll | |
| 1 | Denver | (20) | 23-12-5 | 873 | 4 |
| 2 | Boston University | (17) | 35- 6-4 | 814 | 1 |
| 3 | Michigan | ( 2) | 29-12-0 | 787 | 3 |
| 4 | Miami | ( 5) | 23-13-5 | 782 | 13 |
| 5 | Notre Dame | ( 2) | 31- 6-3 | 750 | 2 |
| 6 | North Dakota | 24-15-4 | 615 | 7 | |
| 7 | Cornell | 22-10-4 | 561 | 9 | |
| 8 | Yale | 24- 8-2 | 512 | 5 | |
| 9 | Minnesota | 17-13-7 | 509 | 19 | |
| 10 | Princeton | 22-12-1 | 474 | 10 | |
| 11 | Mass.-Lowell | 20-16-2 | 448 | 16 | |
| 12 | Boston College | 18-14-5 | 402 | 20 | |
| 13 | Wisconsin | 20-16-4 | 375 | 17 | |
| 14 | Vermont | 22-12-5 | 291 | 11 | |
| 15 | St. Cloud State | 18-17-3 | 289 | NR | |
| 16 | New Hampshire | 20-13-5 | 236 | 12 | |
| 17 | Ohio State | 23-15-4 | 211 | 14 | |
| 18 | Minnesota-Duluth | 22-13-8 | 186 | 8 | |
| 19 | Air Force | 28-11-2 | 154 | 18 | |
| 20 | Northeastern | 25-12-4 | 106 | 6 | |
| Others Receiving Votes: Northern Michigan 72, Bemidji State 66, Harvard 35, Colorado College 25, St. Lawrence 23, Massachusetts 17, Minnesota State 11, Clarkson 10, RIT 10, Mercyhurst 6, Union 4, Alaska 1, Alaska-Anchorage 1, Dartmouth 1, Ferris State 1, Maine 1, Quinnipiac 1 | |||||
