List of NCAA Division I ice hockey programs
The following is a list of the 59 schools that are fielding men's ice hockey teams in NCAA Division I in the current 2021–22 season, plus the 41 schools that are fielding women's teams in the de facto equivalent of Division I, the NCAA's National Collegiate division.
Conference affiliations reflect those in place for the 2021–22 season.
Men
School | Team | City | State | Current Conference |
Primary Conference |
First Played |
Joined Div IA |
NCAA
Tourneys (Qty) |
NCAA
Tourneys (Years) |
National
Champs (Qty) |
National
Champs (Years) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States Air Force Academy | Falcons | Colorado Springs | Colorado | Atlantic Hockey | Mountain West | 1968 | 1968 | 7 | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018 | 0 | |
University of Alaska Fairbanks | Nanooks | Fairbanks | Alaska | Independent | GNAC (D-II) | 1925 | 1947 | 1 | 2009 | 0 | |
American International College | Yellow Jackets | Springfield | Massachusetts | Atlantic Hockey | NE-10 (D-II) | 1948 | 1948 | 3 | 2019, 2021, 2022 | 0 | |
Arizona State University | Sun Devils | Tempe | Arizona | Independent | Pac-12 | 2015 | 2016 | 1 | 2019 | 0 | |
United States Military Academy | Black Knights | West Point | New York | Atlantic Hockey | Patriot League | 1903 | 1947 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bemidji State University | Beavers | Bemidji | Minnesota | CCHA | NSIC (D-II) | 1946 | 1999B | 5 | 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2021 | 0 | C |
Bentley University | Falcons | Waltham | Massachusetts | Atlantic Hockey | NE-10 (D-II) | 1977 | 1999 | 0 | 0 | ||
Boston College | Eagles | Chestnut Hill | Massachusetts | Hockey East | ACC | 1917 | 1947 | 36 | 1948, 1949, 1950, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021 | 5 | 1949, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2012 |
Boston University | Terriers | Boston | Massachusetts | Hockey East | Patriot League | 1917 | 1947 | 37 | 1950, 1951, 1953, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 | 5 | 1971, 1972, 1978, 1995, 2009 |
Bowling Green State University | Falcons | Bowling Green | Ohio | CCHA | MAC | 1969 | 1971 | 10 | 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2019 | 1 | 1984 |
Brown University | Bears | Providence | Rhode Island | ECAC | Ivy League | 1897 | 1947 | 4 | 1951, 1965, 1976, 1993 | 0 | |
Canisius College | Golden Griffins | Buffalo | New York | Atlantic Hockey | MAAC | 1980 | 1998 | 1 | 2013 | 0 | |
Clarkson University | Golden Knights | Potsdam | New York | ECAC | Liberty (D-III) | 1920 | 1947 | 21 | 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2018, 2019 | 0 | |
Colgate University | Raiders | Hamilton | New York | ECAC | Patriot League | 1915 | 1947 | 5 | 1981, 1990, 2000, 2005, 2014 | 0 | |
Colorado College | Tigers | Colorado Springs | Colorado | NCHC | SCAC (D-III) | 1937 | 1947 | 20 | 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1978, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011 | 2 | 1950, 1957 |
University of Connecticut | Huskies | Storrs | Connecticut | Hockey East | Big East | 1960 | 1998 | 0 | 0 | ||
Cornell University | Big Red | Ithaca | New York | ECAC | Ivy League | 1900 | 1947 | 22 | 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019 | 2 | 1967, 1970 |
Dartmouth College | Big Green | Hanover | New Hampshire | ECAC | Ivy League | 1905 | 1947 | 4 | 1948, 1948, 1979, 1980 | 0 | |
University of Denver | Pioneers | Denver | Colorado | NCHC | Summit League | 1949 | 1949 | 31 | 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 | 9 | 1958, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1969, 2004, 2005, 2017, 2022 |
Ferris State University | Bulldogs | Big Rapids | Michigan | CCHA | GLIAC (D-II) | 1975 | 1979 | 4 | 2003, 2012, 2014, 2016 | 0 | |
Harvard University | Crimson | Cambridge | Massachusetts | ECAC | Ivy League | 1897 | 1947 | 26 | 1955, 1957, 1958, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022 | 1 | 1989 |
College of the Holy Cross | Crusaders | Worcester | Massachusetts | Atlantic Hockey | Patriot League | 1966 | 1966 | 2 | 2004, 2006 | 0 | |
Lake Superior State University | Lakers | Sault Ste. Marie | Michigan | CCHA | GLIAC (D-II) | 1966 | 1966 | 11 | 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2021 | 3 | 1988, 1992, 1994 |
Long Island University | Sharks | Brooklyn | New York | Independent | NEC | 2020 | 2020 | 0 | 0 | ||
University of Maine | Black Bears | Orono | Maine | Hockey East | America East | 1977 | 1977 | 18 | 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012 | 2 | 1993, 1999 |
University of Massachusetts Amherst | Minutemen | Amherst | Massachusetts | Hockey East | A-10 | 1908 | 1993D | 4 | 2007, 2019, 2021, 2022 | 1 | 2021 |
University of Massachusetts Lowell | River Hawks | Lowell | Massachusetts | Hockey East | America East | 1967 | 1984 | 9 | 1988, 1994, 1996, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2022 | 0 | E |
Mercyhurst University | Lakers | Erie | Pennsylvania | Atlantic Hockey | PSAC (D-II) | 1987 | 2000 | 3 | 2001, 2003, 2005 | 0 | |
Merrimack College | Warriors | North Andover | Massachusetts | Hockey East | NEC | 1956 | 1984 | 2 | 1988, 2011 | 0 | F |
Miami University | RedHawks | Oxford | Ohio | NCHC | MAC | 1978 | 1978 | 12 | 1993, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 | 0 | |
University of Michigan | Wolverines | Ann Arbor | Michigan | Big Ten | Big Ten | 1923 | 1947 | 39 | 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1977, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022 | 9 | 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1964, 1996, 1998 |
Michigan State University | Spartans | East Lansing | Michigan | Big Ten | Big Ten | 1921 | 1947 | 27 | 1959, 1966, 1967, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012 | 3 | 1966, 1986, 2007 |
Michigan Technological University | Huskies | Houghton | Michigan | CCHA | GLIAC (D-II) | 1919 | 1947 | 14 | 1956, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022 | 3 | 1962, 1965, 1975 |
University of Minnesota | Golden Gophers | Minneapolis | Minnesota | Big Ten | Big Ten | 1921 | 1947 | 39 | 1953, 1954, 1961, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022 | 5 | 1974, 1976, 1979, 2002, 2003 |
University of Minnesota Duluth | Bulldogs | Duluth | Minnesota | NCHC | NSIC (D-II) | 1930 | 1947 | 15 | 1983, 1984, 1985, 1993, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 | 3 | 2011, 2018, 2019 |
Minnesota State University, Mankato | Mavericks | Mankato | Minnesota | CCHA | NSIC (D-II) | 1969 | 1996 | 8 | 2003, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 | 0 | G |
University of New Hampshire | Wildcats | Durham | New Hampshire | Hockey East | America East | 1924 | 1947 | 22 | 1977, 1979, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 | 0 | |
Niagara University | Purple Eagles | Lewiston | New York | Atlantic Hockey | MAAC | 1996 | 1996 | 4 | 2000, 2004, 2008, 2013 | 0 | |
University of North Dakota | Fighting Hawks | Grand Forks | North Dakota | NCHC | Summit League | 1929 | 1947 | 34 | 1958, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022 | 8 | 1959, 1963, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2016 |
Northeastern University | Huskies | Boston | Massachusetts | Hockey East | CAA | 1929 | 1947 | 8 | 1982, 1988, 1994, 2008, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022 | 0 | |
Northern Michigan University | Wildcats | Marquette | Michigan | CCHA | GLIAC (D-II) | 1976 | 1976 | 8 | 1980, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2010 | 1 | 1991 |
University of Notre Dame | Fighting Irish | Notre Dame | Indiana | Big Ten | ACC | 1912 | 1947 | 13 | 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 | 0 | |
Ohio State University | Buckeyes | Columbus | Ohio | Big Ten | Big Ten | 1963 | 1963 | 9 | 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019 | 0 | |
University of Nebraska Omaha | Mavericks | Omaha | Nebraska | NCHC | Summit League | 1997 | 1997 | 4 | 2006, 2011, 2015, 2021 | 0 | |
Pennsylvania State University | Nittany Lions | State College | Pennsylvania | Big Ten | Big Ten | 1909 | 2012 | 2 | 2017, 2018 | 0 | |
Princeton University | Tigers | Princeton | New Jersey | ECAC | Ivy League | 1900 | 1947 | 4 | 1998, 2008, 2009, 2018 | 0 | |
Providence College | Friars | Providence | Rhode Island | Hockey East | Big East | 1926 | 1947 | 15 | 1964, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 | 1 | 2015 |
Quinnipiac University | Bobcats | Hamden | Connecticut | ECAC | MAAC | 1975 | 1999 | 8 | 2002, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022 | 0 | |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Engineers | Troy | New York | ECAC | Liberty (D-III) | 1901 | 1947 | 9 | 1953, 1954, 1961, 1964, 1984, 1985, 1994, 1995, 2011 | 2 | 1954, 1985 |
Rochester Institute of TechnologyH | Tigers | Rochester | New York | Atlantic Hockey | Liberty (D-III) | 1962 | 2005 | 3 | 2010, 2015, 2016 | 0 | |
Sacred Heart University | Pioneers | Fairfield | Connecticut | Atlantic Hockey | NEC | 1993 | 1993 | 0 | 0 | ||
St. Cloud State University | Huskies | St. Cloud | Minnesota | NCHC | NSIC (D-II) | 1931 | 1987 | 16 | 1989, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 | 0 | |
St. Lawrence University | Saints | Canton | New York | ECAC | Liberty (D-III) | 1925 | 1947 | 16 | 1952, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2007 | 0 | |
University of St. Thomas | Tommies | Saint Paul | Minnesota | CCHA | Summit League | 1925 | 2021 | 0 | 0 | ||
Union College | Dutchmen | Schenectady | New York | ECAC | Liberty (D-III) | 1903 | 1991I | 5 | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 | 1 | 2014 |
University of Vermont | Catamounts | Burlington | Vermont | Hockey East | America East | 1963 | 1975 | 6 | 1988, 1996, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2014 | 0 | |
Western Michigan University | Broncos | Kalamazoo | Michigan | NCHC | MAC | 1973 | 1975 | 7 | 1986, 1994, 1996, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2022 | 0 | |
University of Wisconsin–Madison | Badgers | Madison | Wisconsin | Big Ten | Big Ten | 1921 | 1947 | 27 | 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2021 | 6 | 1973, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1990, 2006 |
Yale University | Bulldogs | New Haven | Connecticut | ECAC | Ivy League | 1895 | 1947 | 8 | 1952, 1998, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016 | 1 | 2013 |
Notes
- ^ The NCAA formally brands championships open to teams from more than one division as "National Collegiate" championships. Men's hockey is an exception to this rule because the NCAA had once sponsored a separate Division II championship in that sport.
- ^ While Arizona State remains independent, it played the 2020–21 season in a scheduling alliance with the Big Ten Conference.
- ^ Although LIU played its first season of men's hockey in 2020–21 as an independent, it was in a scheduling alliance with Atlantic Hockey.
- ^ Merrimack began a transition from NCAA Division II to Division I in 2019. Because the NCAA does not sponsor a D-II ice hockey championship, Merrimack remains eligible for Division I postseason competition in that sport.
- ^ The NCAA announced in July 2020 that St. Thomas could directly transition from Division III to Division I on a four-year schedule, normally used for all-sports moves from D-II to D-I. Because the NCAA does not have a Division II championship in men's or women's ice hockey, postseason eligibility for St. Thomas hockey will not occur until 2025–26 (transitions from D-III to D-II require three years instead of four).
- ^A The NCAA began sponsoring ice hockey in the 1947–48 season. All teams before 1956, and those classified in the 'University Division' from 1956–1972 are retroactively considered Division I.
- ^B Bemidji State also competed in Division I from 1947–1950 and 1959–1967.
- ^C Bemidji State won Division II National Championships in 1984, 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1997, and a Division III Championship in 1986.
- ^D UMass also competed in Division I from 1947–1961.
- ^E UMass Lowell won Division II National Championships in 1979, 1981, and 1982.
- ^F Merrimack won a Division II National Championship in 1978.
- ^G Minnesota State won a Division II National Championship in 1980.
- ^H RIT won a Division II National Championship in 1983 and a Division III Championship in 1985.
- ^I Union also competed in Division I from 1947–1949.
- Map
The below maps show the locations of teams that have won the championship; the color of the dot indicates the number of titles.
Future teams
School | Team | City | State | Future Conference |
Primary Conference |
First Played |
Joining Div 1A |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
University of Alaska Anchorage | Seawolves | Anchorage | Alaska | Independent | GNAC (D-II) | 1979 | 2022 |
Lindenwood University | Lions | St. Charles | Missouri | TBC | OVC (from July 2022) | 2003 | 2022 |
Augustana University | Vikings | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | CCHA | NSIC (D-II) | Never | 2023 |
Robert Morris University | Colonials | Moon Township | Pennsylvania | Atlantic Hockey | Horizon | 2004 | 2023 |
Stonehill College | Skyhawks | Easton | Massachusetts | TBD | NEC (from July 2022) | 1999 | 2022 |
- ^ Alaska Anchorage last played hockey in the 2019–20 season. UAA intended to play in 2020–21, but canceled its season due to COVID-19 issues, and dropped the sport due to financial fallout from the pandemic. A subsequent fundraising drive was successful enough to lead UAA to reinstate hockey, with plans to resume play in 2022–23.
- ^ Lindenwood announced in February 2021 its transfer of the Lions men's hockey team from the American Collegiate Hockey Association's Central States Collegiate Hockey League after the 2021–22 season.
- ^ Augustana released a statement in June 2021 in which the school announced its intention to elevate all athletic programs to Division-I status. Additionally, the school will add a men's ice hockey program, beginning play in the 2023–24 season.
- ^ Atlantic Hockey Presidents reinstated Robert Morris into the league upon RMU's return in 2023-24.
- ^ Robert Morris dropped both men's and women's ice hockey after the 2020–21 season due to financial issues brought on by COVID-19. A subsequent fundraising drive was successful enough that RMU announced both teams would be reinstated in the 2023–24 season.
- ^ Stonehill announced that its athletic department would be transitioning to Division I after accepting an invitation from the Northeast Conference, beginning play in the 2022-23 season. The school's men's ice hockey affiliation is currently unknown because the NEC does not sponsor that sport.
Women
Notes
- ^ The NCAA began sponsoring women's hockey in the 2000–01 season.
- ^ Minnesota won the American Women's College Hockey Alliance championship in 2000.
- ^ The NCAA announced in July 2020 that St. Thomas could directly transition from Division III to Division I on a four-year schedule, normally used for all-sports moves from D-II to D-I. Because the NCAA does not have a Division II championship in men's or women's ice hockey, postseason eligibility for St. Thomas hockey will not occur until 2025–26.
Future teams
School | Team | City | State | Future Conference |
Primary Conference |
First Played |
Joining Div 1A |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stonehill College | Skyhawks | Easton | Massachusetts | NEWHA | Northeast-10 (NEC in 2022–23) |
2022 | 2022 |
Robert Morris University | Colonials | Moon Township | Pennsylvania | CHA | Horizon | 2004 | 2023 |
- ^ Robert Morris dropped both men's and women's ice hockey after the 2020–21 season due to financial issues brought on by COVID-19. A subsequent fundraising drive was successful enough that RMU announced both teams would be reinstated in the 2023–24 season.
See also
- List of NCAA Division II ice hockey programs
- List of NCAA Division III ice hockey programs
- List of defunct men's college ice hockey teams
- List of NCAA Division I institutions
- List of NCAA Division I baseball programs
- List of NCAA fencing schools
- List of NCAA Division I FBS football programs
- List of NCAA Division I FCS football programs
- List of NCAA Division I lacrosse programs
- List of college swimming and diving teams
- List of NCAA Division I ice hockey arenas