Women’s Division II Releases Fifth Ranking of 2025-26 Season
TROY, Mich. – Feb. 25, 2026 – The American Collegiate Hockey Association’s (ACHA) Women’s Division II (W2) today announced the fifth official rankings of the 2025-2026 season. The results are based on games played and reported within the second ranking period that ended on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, between the division’s 81 member teams.
Details About W2 Rankings & Invitations to Nationals
The Women’s D2 tournament at the 2026 ACHA National Championships presented by FloHockey will take place Sunday, March 15 through Thursday, March 19 at the Centene Community Ice Center in Maryland Heights, Missouri.
Invitations to Nationals will ultimately be extended to the top four ranked W2 teams in each region based on the final computer ranking of the season. The final date that games will count towards W2 rankings is Sunday, March 1. For more details about what makes a team eligible for nationals, how the tournament is formatted, etc. please review the Women’s D2 policies within the ACHA manual.
RANKING #5
NORTHEAST REGION
- Boston College (confirmed Nationals attendee; winner of IWCHL auto bid on Feb. 22)
- Providence College
- Northeastern University
- Boston University
- University of Vermont
- Sacred Heart University
- Merrimack College
- College of the Holy Cross
- Harvard University
- Saint Anselm College
- University of New Hampshire
- University of New England
- University of Connecticut
- Assumption University
- Bentley University
SOUTHEAST REGION
- Liberty University
- United States Naval Academy
- Rowan University
- University of Delaware
- Villanova University
- University of Tampa
- Niagara University
- Mercyhurst University
- West Virginia University
- University of Pittsburgh
- High Point University
- University of Maryland
- University of South Carolina
- United States Military Academy West Point
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- University of Virginia
- Robert Morris University
- Virginia Tech
- West Chester University
- ^Auburn University
- Georgetown University
- North Carolina State University
- Brockport State University
- George Washington University
- Montclair State University
- ^University of Tennessee
- Slippery Rock University
- ^Kennesaw State University
- ^Towson University
- ^Loyola University Maryland
CENTRAL REGION
- Sault College
- Northern Michigan University
- The Ohio State University (confirmed Nationals attendee; winner of CCWHA auto bid on Feb. 22)
- Central Michigan University
- Michigan State University
- Bowling Green State University
- Lawrence Technological University
- Northwestern University
- Aurora University
- Adrian College
- ^University of Illinois
- Miami University
- Loyola University ChicagoUniversity of Notre Dame
- ^Hope College
WEST REGION
- Assiniboine College
- University of Saint Thomas
- University of Jamestown
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Maryville University
- Augustana University
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
- Dakota College at Bottineau
- University of Iowa
- University of Minnesota-Duluth
- ^Lake Region State College
- Iowa State University
- ^University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
- North Dakota State University
- University of Nebraska
- University of Arkansas
- ^University of Wisconsin-Stout
The following four conferences with at least six W2 ACHA member teams will be offered an automatic bid for their top team to the 2026 W2 National Championships: Central Collegiate Women’s Hockey Association (CCWHA), College Hockey East (CHE), Women’s Delaware Valley College Hockey Conference (DVCHC) and the Independent Women’s Club Ice Hockey League (IWCHL)
^The following teams are not eligible for the 2026 National Championships and/or have declared they will not attend Nationals: Auburn University, Kennesaw State, Lake Region State College, Loyola Maryland, Towson University, University of Tennessee, Hope College, University of Illinois, University of Wisconsin La Crosse, University of Wisconsin-Stout
The sixth and final W2 ranking period will end on March 1, 2026. Follow the W2 schedule here. For more information about W2 policies and procedures, please review the ACHA Policy Manual.
For a full snapshot of all current women’s teams participating in the ACHA this season (W1, W2, ACDC), click here.
