FINAL 2021-2022 W1 RANKING RELEASED
TROY, Mich. – (MARCH 1, 2022) – A total of 29 teams are competing in Women’s Division 1 this season, including three new teams, Indiana Tech, Maryville University, and the United States Air Force Academy.
Final Ranking:
- Liberty University – WMCH Autobid
- Midland University
- Minot State University
- Adrian College – CCWHA Autobid
- Lindenwood University
- Indiana Tech
- University of Massachusetts
- McKendree University
- Maryville University
- Arizona State University
- University of Michigan-Dearborn
- Miami University
- University of Michigan
- Michigan State University
- University of Colorado* – WWCHL Autobid
*University of Colorado won the WWCHL autobid and will be the 10th seed at the National Tournament.
The ACHA uses two computer rankings, Ranking A (Wins with goal differential of 7) and Ranking B (Wins with maximum goal differential of 1) and come up with an average of the two rankings. This is the first year we are only using computer rankings.
The computer ranking will determine the 10 teams that qualify for the 2022 ACHA Women’s Division 1 National Championships, which will include the following three automatic bids:
- (CCWHA) Central Collegiate Women’s Hockey Association
- (WWCHL) Western Women’s Collegiate Hockey League
- (WMCHL) Women’s Midwest College Hockey League
The Women’s Midwest College Hockey League has 6 (of 7) member teams ranked, while the Central Collegiate Women’s Hockey Association has 6 (of 12) of its member teams ranked, the Western Women’s Collegiate Hockey League has 2 (of 6), and the East Coast Women’s Hockey League has 1 (of 2) of its member teams ranked.
There has been a total of 9 schools that have won the ACHA Women’s Division 1 National Championship:
- Cloud State
- Wisconsin (2 Times)
- Michigan State (2)
- Robert Morris (2)
- Lindenwood (4)
- Northeastern
- Minnesota
- Miami (3)
- Liberty (4)
The 2022 ACHA National Championships will be played from March 10 through March 20, 2022 at the Centene Community Ice Arena in Maryland Heights, Missouri. The Centene Community Ice Center, which opened in September 2019, is the practice facility for the NHL St. Louis Blues as well as the home of Lindenwood University’s hockey programs. The ACHA will also utilize the Maryville University Hockey Center in nearby Chesterfield, Missouri, for overflow games and practices.
More than 1,500 players from 72 teams across all five ACHA divisions—Men’s Division 1, 2, and 3, and Women’s Divisions 1 and 2 — will converge upon the St. Louis area from March 10 through March 20, 2022, to compete in more than 100 games.
