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.