Men's Poll - Preseason: Sept. 24, 2012
| | Team
| Points (First Place Votes)
| 2011-12
Record
| 1
|
Boston College | 476 (20)
| 33-10-1
| 2
| Minnesota | 476 (12)
| 28-14-1
| 3
| Michigan | 408 (2)
| 24-13-4
| 4
| North Dakota |
407 | 26-13-3
| 5
| Union College | 295 | 26-8-7
| 6
| Cornell | 233 | 19-9-7
| 7
| UMass-Lowell |
221 | 24-13-1
| 8
| Denver | 220 | 25-14-4
| 9
| Miami | 203 | 24-15-2
| 10
| Notre Dame | 186 | 19-18-3
| 11
| Western Michigan | 182 | 21-14-6
| 12
| Minnesota Duluth |
176 | 25-10-6
| 13
| Boston University | 158 | 23-15-1
| 14
| Ferris State |
123 | 26-12-5
| 15
| Wisconsin |
99 | 17-18-2
| Others receiving votes: Harvard University, 58; University of Maine, 24; Quinnipiac University, 24; Michigan State University, 19; Colorado College, 19; University of New Hampshire, 17; Ohio State University, 17; St. Cloud (Minn.) State University, 15; Merrimack College, 7; Providence College, 6; Yale University, 6; United States Air Force Academy, 3; Northern Michigan University, 1; Michigan Tech University, 1. |
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