USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
February 20, 2012
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | |
| 1 | Ferris State University | 504 | (28) | 1 | 22- 8-4 |
| 2 | Boston College | 470 | (6) | 4 | 21-10-1 |
| 3 | University of Michigan | 424 | 5 | 20-10-4 | |
| 4 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 405 | 3 | 20- 7-5 | |
| 5 | University of Minnesota | 363 | 7 | 21-11-1 | |
| 6 | Boston University | 337 | 2 | 18-11-1 | |
| 7 | UMass Lowell | 320 | 6 | 20- 9-0 | |
| 8 | Union College | 289 | 8 | 19- 6-7 | |
| 9 | Cornell University | 184 | 12 | 14- 6-7 | |
| 10 | University of Denver | 174 | 10 | 18-10-4 | |
| 11 | University of Maine | 164 | 11 | 18-10-3 | |
| 12 | University of North Dakota | 135 | 15 | 17-11-3 | |
| 13 | Merrimack College | 104 | 9 | 15- 9-6 | |
| 14 | Michigan State University | 92 | NR | 18-12-4 | |
| 15 | Miami University | 55 | NR | 19-13-2 | |
| Others receiving votes: Colorado College 27, Ohio State University 20, University of Notre Dame 7, United States Air Force Academy 3, University of Nebraska Omaha 3. | |||||