November 19, 2012
| 
Team | 
(First Place Votes) | 
Record | 
Points | 
Last Poll | |
| 
1 | 
Boston College | 
(47) | 
9- 1-0 | 
996 | 
1 | 
| 
2 | 
Denver | 
( 2) | 
9- 1-0 | 
948 | 
2 | 
| 
3 | 
New Hampshire | 
( 1) | 
8- 1-1 | 
865 | 
5 | 
| 
4 | 
Minnesota | 
7- 2-2 | 
853 | 
3 | |
| 
5 | 
Miami | 
7- 2-3 | 
781 | 
4 | |
| 
6 | 
Notre Dame | 
8- 3-0 | 
731 | 
8 | |
| 
7 | 
North Dakota | 
5- 3-2 | 
705 | 
6 | |
| 
8 | 
Union | 
6- 2-1 | 
664 | 
7 | |
| 
9 | 
Western Michigan | 
6- 3-1 | 
543 | 
9 | |
| 
10 | 
Boston University | 
6- 4-0 | 
536 | 
11 | |
| 
11 | 
Dartmouth | 
5- 1-2 | 
462 | 
12 | |
| 
12 | 
St. Cloud State | 
6- 4-0 | 
377 | 
15 | |
| 
13 | 
Cornell | 
3- 3-2 | 
322 | 
10 | |
| 
14 | 
Colorado College | 
7- 5-0 | 
287 | 
14 | |
| 
15 | 
Nebraska-Omaha | 
6- 3-1 | 
260 | 
18 | |
| 
16 | 
Ferris State | 
6- 4-2 | 
211 | 
20 | |
| 
17 | 
Harvard | 
4- 3-0 | 
201 | 
17 | |
| 
18 | 
Quinnipiac | 
7- 3-1 | 
187 | 
NR | |
| 
19 | 
Michigan | 
4- 6-1 | 
160 | 
13 | |
| 
20 | 
Niagara | 
8- 2-3 | 
112 | 
NR | |
| 
Others receiving votes: Alaska 79, Yale 66, St. Lawrence 57, Holy Cross 34, Providence 23, Massachusetts-Lowell 14, Northern Michigan 12, Ohio State 9, Northeastern 2, Colgate 1, Merrimack 1, Minnesota State 1. | |||||
 
