MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY RANKED #1 IN THE FIRST W1 RANKING OF THE 2025-2026 SEASON
TROY, Mich. – (October 14, 2025) – Maryville University claims the No. 1 spot in the first weekly ranking of the 2025-2026 American Collegiate Hockey Association Women’s Division 1 season. The Saints (3-1-0-0) travel down the road to No. 4 ranked McKendree University (5-1-0-0) on Friday and host the Bearcats on Saturday.
No. 2 Minot State University (2-2-0-0) is on the road this weekend with two games against No. 9 ranked Adrian College (3-3-1-0), and No. 14 ranked Niagara University (0-1-0-1).
No. 3 ranked University of Michigan-Dearborn (4-0-0-0) takes on Aquinas College this weekend with a home and home series.
No. 5 Midland University (13-0-0-0) has a bye this week. Last week they were on a midwest sweep with two games against Adrian College, and Indiana Tech, respectively.
Please note, many teams in the rankings have played less than 6 games. This can have a significant impact on the ranking from week to week.
The Women’s Midwest College Hockey League has six (of 8) member teams ranked, while the Central Collegiate Women’s Hockey Association has seven (of 12) of its member teams ranked, and the Western Women’s Collegiate Hockey League has one (of 6).
The computer ranking will determine the 10 teams that qualify for the 2026 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
A total of 34 teams are competing in Women’s Division 1 this season, including one new full member team, Eastern Michigan University, and two probationary members, University of Washington, and University of New Mexico.
The ACHA uses two computer rankings, Ranking A (Wins with goal differential of 6) and Ranking B (Wins with maximum goal differential of 1) to come up with an average of the two rankings, which determines the ranking spots for teams.
There has been a total of 10 schools that have won the ACHA Women’s Division 1 National Championship:
- St. Cloud State
- Wisconsin (2 Times)
- Michigan State (2)
- Robert Morris (2)
- Lindenwood (4)
- Northeastern
- Minnesota
- Miami (3)
- Liberty (7)
- Adrian
The 2026 ACHA National Championships presented by FloHockey will be played March 12-24, 2026 at Centene Community Ice Center in Maryland Heights, MO. All five divisions, with more than 1,500 players from 72 teams — Men’s Division 1, 2, and 3, and Women’s Divisions 1 and 2 — will converge upon the Maryland Heights area to compete in more than 100 games. The ACHA Women’s Division I National Championships presented by FloHockey will have twelve teams competing beginning on March 18th and conclude with the Championship game on March 22nd.
