Two human polls made up the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings, the USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll and the USA TODAY/American Hockey Magazine Poll. As the 2000–01 season progressed, rankings were updated weekly. There were a total of 18 voters in the USA Today poll and 40 voters in the USCHO.com poll. Each first place vote in the USA Today poll is worth 15 points in the rankings while in the USCHO.com poll every first place preseason vote is worth 20 points and all other first place votes are worth 15 points with every subsequent vote worth 1 fewer point.
Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (Italics) Number of first place votes #–#–# Win–loss–tie record † Tied with team above or below also with this symbol
USA TODAY/American Hockey Magazine Poll
PreseasonOct 2Week 1Oct 9Week 2Oct 16Week 3Oct 23Week 4Oct 30Week 5Nov 6Week 6Nov 13Week 7Nov 20Week 8Nov 27Week 9Dec 5Week 10Dec 11Week 11Dec 18Week 12Jan 2Week 13Jan 9Week 14Jan 15Week 15Jan 22Week 16Jan 29Week 17Feb 5Week 18Feb 12Week 19Feb 19Week 20Feb 26Week 21Mar 5Week 22Mar 12Week 23Mar 19FinalApr 71North Dakota(12)North Dakota(8) 0–0–2North Dakota(11) 1–0–3Wisconsin(7) 6–0–0Michigan(5) 6–0–2Boston College(10) 7–1–0Michigan State(10) 5–1–1Minnesota(9) 9–1–2Michigan State(14) 10–1–2Michigan State(14) 11–1–3Michigan State(14) 12–1–4Michigan State(16) 12–1–4Michigan State(17) 14–1–4Michigan State(18) 16–1–4Michigan State(18) 18–1–4Michigan State(18) 20–1–4Michigan State(16) 21–2–4Michigan State †(10) 22–3–4Michigan State(18) 24–3–4Michigan State(15) 25–4–4Michigan State(18) 27–4–4Michigan State(18) 28–4–4Michigan State(18) 30–4–4Michigan State(18) 32–4–4Boston College(18) 33–8–212Michigan(4)Wisconsin(4) 2–0–0Wisconsin(3) 4–0–0Boston College(4) 4–0–0Wisconsin(6) 7–1–0Minnesota(7) 7–0–1Boston College(6) 8–2–0Michigan State(6) 7–1–2North Dakota(3) 10–2–4North Dakota(4) 12–2–4Boston College(4) 12–3–1Boston College12–3–1Boston College(1) 13–4–1North Dakota14–4–4Boston College15–5–1Boston College17–6–1Boston College19–6–1Boston College †20–6–1Boston College21–7–1Boston College23–8–1Boston College24–8–2Boston College26–8–2Boston College28–8–2Boston College30–8–2North Dakota29–8–923Wisconsin(2)New Hampshire(4) 1–0–1Boston College(2) 2–0–0New Hampshire(7) 4–0–1Boston College(3) 5–1–0Michigan(1) 6–1–2North Dakota(1) 6–2–4Boston College9–3–0Boston College(1) 11–3–0Boston College11–3–0North Dakota13–3–4North Dakota(1) 13–3–4North Dakota14–4–4Colorado College15–4–1North Dakota15–5–4St. Cloud State19–4–1North Dakota18–5–5North Dakota20–5–5North Dakota20–5–7North Dakota(1) 21–5–8North Dakota22–5–9North Dakota24–5–9North Dakota26–6–9St. Cloud State31–8–1Michigan State33–5–434Michigan StateBoston College †(2) 0–0–0New Hampshire(1) 2–0–1Michigan4–0–2New Hampshire(4) 5–0–1Michigan State5–1–1Michigan7–2–2North Dakota(3) 8–2–4Michigan10–3–2Michigan11–3–3Michigan13–3–3Michigan(1) 13–3–3Colorado College13–4–1Boston College14–5–1St. Cloud State17–4–1North Dakota16–5–5Colorado College19–5–1Colorado College20–6–1Minnesota22–7–2Minnesota(2) 24–7–2Minnesota25–8–2St. Cloud State27–8–1St. Cloud State29–8–1North Dakota27–7–9Michigan27–13–545Boston CollegeMichigan †0–0–2Michigan2–0–2North Dakota(1) 2–1–3Minnesota5–0–1Colorado College6–0–0St. Cloud State6–1–1New Hampshire8–3–1New Hampshire10–3–1New Hampshire10–3–3New Hampshire10–3–3New Hampshire12–3–3Western Michigan14–3–2Western Michigan16–3–2New Hampshire15–4–5Colorado College17–5–1Michigan19–6–4Michigan20–7–4Michigan21–8–4Michigan21–9–5St. Cloud State25–8–1Minnesota25–10–2Minnesota27–10–2Michigan25–12–5St. Cloud State31–9–156New HampshireBoston University0–0–0Minnesota2–0–0Minnesota4–0–0Michigan State4–1–1Wisconsin7–3–0Minnesota7–1–2Western Michigan8–1–2Western Michigan10–1–2Western Michigan11–2–2Western Michigan11–2–2Colorado College11–4–1New Hampshire13–4–3New Hampshire †14–4–4Colorado College15–5–1Michigan17–6–4St. Cloud State19–6–1Minnesota20–7–2St. Cloud State22–7–1St. Cloud State23–8–1Michigan21–10–5Michigan22–11–5Michigan24–11–5Colorado College26–12–1Colorado College27–13–167Boston UniversityMichigan State0–0–0Michigan State1–0–1Maine1–1–1Colorado College4–0–0North Dakota5–2–3Western Michigan8–1–1Michigan8–3–2Minnesota9–3–2Colorado College10–3–1Colorado College11–4–1St. Cloud State13–4–1Michigan13–5–3St. Cloud State †15–4–1Western Michigan16–4–3New Hampshire16–5–5Minnesota18–7–2St. Cloud State20–7–1Colorado College20–7–1New Hampshire19–9–6New Hampshire19–9–6New Hampshire20–10–6Colorado College24–11–1Minnesota27–12–2Maine20–12–778St. LawrenceSt. Lawrence0–0–0Maine0–1–1St. Cloud State3–0–1North Dakota3–2–3New Hampshire5–2–1New Hampshire6–3–1Colorado College7–3–0Providence7–2–3St. Cloud State10–3–1St. Cloud State11–4–1Western Michigan12–3–2St. Cloud State13–4–1Michigan15–5–3Michigan16–6–3Western Michigan16–5–4New Hampshire16–7–5Providence15–7–4New Hampshire18–8–6Providence17–8–5Providence19–8–5Colorado College22–11–1Maine19–10–7Providence22–12–5Wisconsin22–15–489MaineMinnesota1–0–0St. Cloud State1–0–1Michigan State2–1–1Maine2–2–1St. Cloud State4–1–1Colorado College6–2–0Providence7–2–1St. Cloud State8–3–1Providence8–3–3Minnesota10–5–2Minnesota10–5–2Minnesota12–5–2Minnesota13–6–2Minnesota15–6–2Minnesota16–7–2Western Michigan16–6–5New Hampshire16–8–6Providence16–8–4Colorado College20–9–1Colorado College21–10–1Clarkson20–9–3Providence21–11–5Maine19–11–7Minnesota27–13–2910St. Cloud StateMaine0–0–0Boston University0–1–0Colorado College2–0–0St. Cloud State4–1–1Boston University2–2–1Maine3–3–2St. Cloud State6–3–1Colorado College8–3–1Maine6–4–4Providence8–4–3Providence8–4–3Wisconsin13–9–0Providence11–5–3Providence13–5–3Providence13–7–3Providence13–7–4Cornell11–6–4Wisconsin15–11–4Wisconsin16–12–4Clarkson18–9–3Maine17–10–7Wisconsin21–13–4St. Lawrence20–12–4St. Lawrence20–13–41011CornellColgate0–1–1Colorado College2–0–0Boston University1–1–0Boston University1–1–1Maine2–3–2Northeastern5–2–1Maine4–3–2Union6–1–1Minnesota9–5–2Rensselaer8–3–1Rensselaer8–3–1Providence9–5–3Wisconsin13–10–1Denver12–9–3Maine10–7–6Denver14–10–3Maine11–9–6Maine13–9–6Maine †14–10–6Wisconsin17–13–4Providence19–10–5Nebraska-Omaha24–14–3Wisconsin21–14–4Providence22–13–51112MinnesotaSt. Cloud State0–0–0Colgate1–1–1Nebraska-Omaha2–2–0Nebraska-Omaha4–2–0Northern Michigan5–1–3Wisconsin7–5–0Wisconsin7–5–0Northern Michigan7–4–4Union6–2–2Wisconsin10–8–0Northern Michigan9–5–5Rensselaer9–4–1Rensselaer10–5–1Maine10–7–6Denver12–10–3Wisconsin14–11–1Western Michigan †16–8–5Western Michigan16–9–6Clarkson †16–9–3Nebraska-Omaha20–13–3Wisconsin19–13–4New Hampshire21–12–6Nebraska-Omaha24–15–3Mercyhurst22–12–21213Lake Superior StateCornell0–0–0St. Lawrence0–1–0Cornell0–0–0Northeastern4–1–0Western Michigan6–1–1Providence5–2–1Union5–1–0Harvard4–2–1Wisconsin9–7–0Northern Michigan9–5–5Ohio State10–5–1Vermont9–4–0Harvard8–7–1Rensselaer11–6–1Wisconsin14–11–1Cornell9–6–4Clarkson †13–8–3Clarkson14–9–3Western Michigan17–9–6St. Lawrence16–10–4Nebraska-Omaha22–13–3Clarkson21–11–3New Hampshire21–12–6Nebraska-Omaha24–15–31314Nebraska-OmahaNebraska-Omaha0–0–0Cornell0–0–0Colgate1–1–2Providence2–0–1Northeastern4–2–1Union5–1–0Vermont4–2–0Maine5–4–3Harvard5–3–1Harvard6–4–1Wisconsin11–9–0Denver11–7–2Maine10–6–5Wisconsin13–10–1Nebraska-Omaha15–10–1Nebraska-Omaha15–11–2Minnesota State-Mankato17–10–1Nebraska-Omaha17–12–3St. Lawrence14–10–4Maine15–10–7Miami20–14–2St. Lawrence18–12–4Clarkson21–11–3New Hampshire21–12–61415Colorado CollegeColorado College0–0–0Nebraska-Omaha1–1–0St. Lawrence †1–2–0Cornell0–0–0Providence4–1–1Yale3–1–0Yale4–2–0Yale5–3–0Northern Michigan7–5–5Vermont7–4–0Cornell5–3–2Maine9–6–4Northern Michigan10–5–6Harvard9–8–1Cornell8–5–4Clarkson †11–7–3Wisconsin15–11–2St. Lawrence13–9–4Nebraska-Omaha18–13–3Western Michigan18–10–6Denver19–13–4Northern Michigan18–12–7Cornell16–12–5Clarkson21–11–31516Providence †2–0–0St. Lawrence †9–8–41617Miami †13–11–217PreseasonOct 2Week 1Oct 9Week 2Oct 16Week 3Oct 23Week 4Oct 30Week 5Nov 6Week 6Nov 13Week 7Nov 20Week 8Nov 27Week 9Dec 5Week 10Dec 11Week 11Dec 18Week 12Jan 2Week 13Jan 9Week 14Jan 15Week 15Jan 22Week 16Jan 29Week 17Feb 5Week 18Feb 12Week 19Feb 19Week 20Feb 26Week 21Mar 5Week 22Mar 12Week 23Mar 19FinalApr 7Dropped:Lake Superior State1–0–0Dropped:NoneDropped:NoneDropped:St. Lawrence1–2–0Colgate1–1–2Dropped:Cornell0–1–0Nebraska-Omaha4–4–0Dropped:Boston University2–4–1Northern Michigan5–3–3Dropped:Northeastern5–4–1Dropped:Wisconsin7–7–0Vermont4–4–0Dropped:Yale5–5–0Dropped:Maine6–6–4Union6–4–2Dropped:Harvard6–5–1Vermont7–4–0Dropped:Northern Michigan9–5–5Ohio State10–7–1Cornell6–4–2Dropped:Vermont6–5–1Denver7–4–0Dropped:Northern Michigan11–5–7Dropped:Rensselaer11–8–1Harvard9–8–1Dropped:Maine10–9–6Dropped:Denver14–12–3Nebraska-Omaha16–12–2St. Lawrence11–9–4Miami15–11–2Dropped:Minnesota State-Mankato17–12–1Cornell11–8–4Dropped:NoneDropped:NoneDropped:St. Lawrence16–12–4Western Michigan18–12–6Dropped:Miami20–16–2Denver19–15–4Dropped:Northern Michigan18–13–7Dropped:Cornell16–12–5
USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll