USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
October 01, 2012
| Team | (First Place Votes) | Record | Points | Last Poll | |
| 1 | Boston College | (35) | 33-10-1 | 972 | NR |
| 2 | Minnesota | (12) | 28-14-1 | 937 | NR |
| 3 | Michigan | ( 3) | 24-13-4 | 857 | NR |
| 4 | North Dakota | 26-13-3 | 826 | NR | |
| 5 | Union | 26- 8-7 | 789 | NR | |
| 6 | Cornell | 19- 9-7 | 631 | NR | |
| 7 | Massachusetts-Lowell | 24-13-1 | 599 | NR | |
| 8 | Denver | 25-14-4 | 566 | NR | |
| 9 | Miami | 24-15-2 | 553 | NR | |
| 10 | Western Michigan | 21-14-6 | 516 | NR | |
| 11 | Ferris State | 26-12-5 | 472 | NR | |
| 12 | Minnesota-Duluth | 25-10-6 | 460 | NR | |
| 13 | Boston University | 23-15-1 | 413 | NR | |
| 14 | Notre Dame | 19-18-3 | 395 | NR | |
| 15 | Maine | 23-14-3 | 234 | NR | |
| 16 | Michigan State | 19-16-4 | 219 | NR | |
| 17 | Harvard | 13-10-11 | 213 | NR | |
| 18 | Wisconsin | 17-18-2 | 202 | NR | |
| 19 | Air Force | 21-11-7 | 116 | NR | |
| 20 | Colorado College | 18-16-2 | 81 | NR | |
| Others receiving votes: New Hampshire 78, St. Cloud State 78, Quinnipiac 64, Ohio State 54, Merrimack 43, Nebraska-Omaha 31, Northern Michigan 25, Massachusetts 13, Lake Superior 12, Northeastern 11, Providence 8, Rochester Institute of Technology 6, Yale 6, Michigan Tech 5, Rensselaer 5, Mercyhurst 2, Minnesota State 2, Niagara 2, Colgate 1, St. Lawrence 1. | |||||

