USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men's Poll
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, Rochester Institute of Technology 10, Mercyhurst 6, Union 4, Alaska 1, Alaska-Anchorage 1, Dartmouth 1, Ferris State 1, Maine 1, Quinnipiac 1 | |||||