USA TODAY/American Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll
Colorado Springs, Colo. (Oct. 20, 1997)
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1. | North | Dakota | (10) | 0-0-0 | 100 | |
| 2. | Michigan | State | 1-0-2 | 86 | ||
| 3. | Boston | University | 1-0-0 | 70 | ||
| 4. | Colorado | College | 0-0-0 | 62 | ||
| 5. | 5. | Maine | 1-1-0 | 59 | ||
| 6. | New | Hampshire | 1-0-0 | 55 | ||
| 7. | Miami, | Ohio | 1-0-0 | 33 | ||
| 8. | 8. | Michigan | 2-1-0 | 31 | ||
| 9. | 9. | Minnesota | 1-1-0 | 24 | ||
| 10. | 10. | Colgate | 1-1-0 | 12 |
Others receiving votes: Notre Dame, 5; Boston College, Cornell, both 4; Wisconsin, 3; Rensselaer, 2.
