MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY TAKES OVER TOP SPOT IN AMERICAN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION MEN’S DIVISION I RANKING
Ranking System Moves to Computer-based Poll
UNION LAKE, Mich. – (November 3, 2021) – Minot State University takes over the top spot in the 2021-2022 American Collegiate Hockey Association Men’s Division 1 Ranking No. 6, as the ranking system switches to a computer poll from a coaches poll. The Beavers were idle this past weekend and remain undefeated on the season with a record of 4-0-0.
No. 2 Lindenwood University (8-0-0), the other undefeated team in Men’s Division I, went on the road and swept Roosevelt University at the Edge Ice Arena in Bensenville, Ill. in a pair of conference games while No. 3 Liberty University (7-2-0) was idle. No. 4 Stony Brook University moved up three spots after sweeping conference foe New York University in a home-and-home series to improve to 9-1-0 on the season. Rounding out the Top 5 was University of Central Oklahoma (9-2-0), which was idle this past weekend.
Moving into the polls this week is No. 15 University of Utah, No. 18 New York University, No. 20 Villanova University, and No. 22 University of Alabama. Dropping out of the Top 25 are Robert Morris University, Calvin University, Drexel University, and University of Illinois.
The Central States Collegiate Hockey League with three (of 5) of its member teams ranked and the Western Collegiate Hockey League with six (of 10) of its member teams ranked lead the way, while the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference has four (of 7) of its member teams ranked, the Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League has three (of 6) of its member teams ranked, and the Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League has two (of 7) of its member teams ranked.
With the ACHA switching to a computer-based ranking from a coaches poll, the ACHA will use the two computer rankings generated by USHSHO.com, Ranking A (Wins with Maximum Goal Differential of 7) and Ranking B (Wins with Maximum Goal Differential of 1), and come up with an average of the two rankings. The ACHA will then use the list generated from the average for its weekly ranking. Ties will be broken using the higher ranked team from Ranking B until the Top 25 teams are listed. All games that go to overtime will be scored as ties in the computer ranking.
Over the past 18 seasons, 12 different schools have won the ACHA Men’s Division I National Championship: Lindenwood (3), Central Oklahoma (2), Illinois (2), Minot State (2), Adrian (2), Arizona State, Davenport, Delaware, Oakland, Ohio, Penn State, and Rhode Island.
Now in its 31st season of action, there have been a total of 14 schools that have won the ACHA Men’s Division I National Championship:
- Penn State (5 times)
- Ohio (4)
- Lindenwood (3)
- Adrian (2)
- Central Oklahoma (2)
- Illinois (2)
- Minot State (2)
- North Dakota State (2)
- Arizona State
- Davenport
- Delaware
- Iowa State
- Oakland
- Rhode Island
A total of 68 teams will compete in Men’s Division I this season, as four teams have departed Men’s Division I: Cornell University, Penn State Berks, Slippery Rock University, and SUNY Cortland.
The computer ranking will for the eighth time determine the 20 teams that qualify for the 2022 ACHA Men’s Division I National Championships, which will include the following eight autobids:
- (CHMA) College Hockey Mid-America
- (ECHA) Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association
- (ESCHL) Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League
- (GLCHL) Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League
- (MCH) Midwest Collegiate Hockey
- (NECHL) Northeast Collegiate Hockey League
- (WCHL) Western Collegiate Hockey League
- (WHAC) Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference
The seventh ranking of the regular season will be released on Wednesday, November 10, 2021.
The 2022 ACHA Men’s Division I National Championships will be hosted March 10-15 for the first time by the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League and the St. Louis Sports Commission, with the event to be contested at the Centene Community Ice Center in Maryland Heights, Mo. This will be the tenth year of the 20-team format.
| 2021-2022 ACHA Men’s Division I Ranking #6 | ||||
| Rank | School Name | M1 Record | Previous | Conference |
| 1 | Minot State | 4-0-0 | 2 | Independent |
| 2 | Lindenwood | 8-0-0 | 1 | CSCHL |
| 3 | Liberty | 7-2-0 | 3 | Independent |
| 4 | Stony Brook | 9-1-0 | 7 | ESCHL |
| 5 | Central Oklahoma | 9-2-0 | 9 | WCHL |
| 6 | Iowa State | 13-1-0 | 4 | CSCHL |
| 7 | Missouri State | 8-4-0 | 13 | WCHL |
| 8 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 7-3-0 | 11 | WCHL |
| 9 | Adrian | 8-2-0 | 5 | GLCHL |
| 10 | Davenport | 6-2-0 | 15 | GLCHL |
| 11 | Jamestown | 4-4-2 | 14 | Independent |
| 12 | Indiana Tech | 7-2-0 | 6 | WHAC |
| 13 | Maryville | 7-4-1 | 12 | MCH |
| 14 | Arizona | 6-5-0 | 19 | WCHL |
| 15 | Utah | 4-4-2 | NR | WCHL |
| 16 | Pittsburgh | 9-3-1 | 17 | CHMA |
| 17 | Aquinas | 6-2-0 | 18 | WHAC |
| 18 | New York | 6-2-1 | NR | ESCHL |
| 19 | Ohio | 7-6-0 | 10 | CSCHL |
| 20 | Villanova | 3-1-1 | NR | ECHA |
| 21 | Lawrence Tech | 6-2-0 | 20 | WHAC |
| 22 | Alabama | 4-3-1 | NR | Independent |
| 23 | Michigan-Dearborn | 4-6-2 | 8 | WHAC |
| 24 | Arizona State | 2-4-0 | 24 | WCHL |
| 25 | Delaware | 7-4-1 | 21 | ESCHL |
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