USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
February 20, 2012
| Team | (First Place Votes) | Record | Points | Last Poll | |
| 1 | Ferris State | (36) | 22- 8-4 | 979 | 1 |
| 2 | Boston College | (11) | 21-10-1 | 939 | 3 |
| 3 | Michigan | ( 3) | 20-10-4 | 860 | 5 |
| 4 | Minnesota-Duluth | 20- 7-5 | 836 | 4 | |
| 5 | Boston University | 18-11-1 | 757 | 2 | |
| 6 | Minnesota | 21-11-1 | 748 | 7 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 20- 9-0 | 736 | 6 | |
| 8 | Union | 19- 6-7 | 677 | 8 | |
| 9 | Denver | 18-10-4 | 521 | 10 | |
| 10 | Maine | 18-10-3 | 511 | 11 | |
| 11 | Cornell | 14- 6-7 | 472 | 12 | |
| 12 | Merrimack | 15- 9-6 | 434 | 9 | |
| 13 | Michigan State | 18-12-4 | 388 | 16 | |
| 14 | North Dakota | 17-11-3 | 384 | 14 | |
| 15 | Miami | 19-13-2 | 331 | 19 | |
| 16 | Colorado College | 16-12-2 | 254 | 15 | |
| 17 | Ohio State | 15-11-5 | 227 | 17 | |
| 18 | Notre Dame | 16-15-3 | 140 | 13 | |
| 19 | Western Michigan | 16-13-5 | 133 | 18 | |
| 20 | Colgate | 17-12-3 | 52 | NR | |
| Others receiving votes: Lake Superior 47, Northern Michigan 44, Air Force 14, Quinnipiac 8, Nebraska-Omaha 6, Clarkson 1. | |||||