October 19, 2009
| Team | (First Place Votes) | Record | Points | Last Poll | |
| 1 | Miami | (46) | 3-0-1 | 994 | 1 |
| 2 | North Dakota | ( 1) | 3-0-1 | 940 | 4 |
| 3 | Boston University | ( 2) | 0-1-0 | 820 | 2 |
| 4 | Denver | 2-2-0 | 801 | 3 | |
| 5 | Michigan | 1-1-0 | 784 | 5 | |
| 6 | Cornell | 0-0-0 | 701 | 6 | |
| 7 | Vermont | ( 1) | 2-1-0 | 650 | 11 |
| 8 | Yale | 0-0-0 | 589 | 8 | |
| 9 | Notre Dame | 2-2-0 | 554 | 7 | |
| 10 | Princeton | 0-0-0 | 530 | 10 | |
| 11 | Minnesota | 0-1-1 | 454 | 9 | |
| 12 | Nebraska-Omaha | 3-0-1 | 366 | 16 | |
| 13 | Mass.-Lowell | 1-1-0 | 363 | 14 | |
| 14 | Boston College | 0-1-0 | 273 | 12 | |
| 15 | Alaska | 3-0-1 | 253 | 17 | |
| 16 | Bemidji State | 2-0-0 | 243 | 15 | |
| 17 | Wisconsin | 0-1-1 | 205 | 13 | |
| 18 | Minnesota-Duluth | 3-1-0 | 175 | NR | |
| 19 | Colorado College | 2-1-1 | 160 | NR | |
| 20 | Quinnipiac | 3-0-0 | 150 | 18 | |
| Others Receiving Votes: Massachusetts 136, St. Cloud State 107, Northeastern 74, New Hampshire 48, Michigan State 31, Alabama-Huntsville 22, Harvard 21, Northern Michigan 18, Ohio State 12, Lake Superior 8, Union 8, St. Lawrence 6, Providence 3, Ferris State 1 | |||||
