Preseason USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll
September 30, 2019
| Team | Points | (First Place Votes) | Last Poll | Record | Weeks in Poll | |
| 1 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 508 | (32) | 1 | 29-11-2 | 1 |
| 2 | University of Denver | 446 | (2) | 3 | 24-12-5 | 1 |
| 3 | University of Massachusetts | 371 | 2 | 31-10-0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Minnesota State University | 325 | 6 | 32-8-2 | 1 | |
| 5 | Cornell University | 268 | 10 | 21-11-4 | 1 | |
| 6 | Providence College | 256 | 4 | 24-12-6 | 1 | |
| 7 | Boston College | 231 | NR | 14-22-3 | 1 | |
| 8 | St Cloud State University | 207 | 5 | 30-6-3 | 1 | |
| 9 | Penn State University | 201 | NR | 22-15-2 | 1 | |
| 10 | University of Notre Dame | 177 | 12 | 23-14-3 | 1 | |
| 11 | Quinnipiac University | 169 | 7 | 26-10-2 | 1 | |
| 12 | Clarkson University | 158 | 8 | 26-11-2 | 1 | |
| 13 | Ohio State University | 155 | 11 | 20-11-5 | 1 | |
| 14 | Northeastern University | 124 | 9 | 27-11-1 | 1 | |
| 15 | Western Michigan University | 121 | NR | 21-15-1 | 1 |
Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 114, Bowling Green 64, Harvard 50, North Dakota 36, Minnesota 34, Arizona State 30, Boston University 20, AIC 7, Brown 4, Michigan 4.
