The Central States Collegiate Hockey League has four (of 5) of its member teams ranked, while the Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League has four (of 6) of its member teams ranked, the Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League and Western Collegiate Hockey League both have four (of 7) of its member teams ranked, and the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference has three (of 6) of its member teams ranked.

The ACHA uses 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 17 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, Arizona State, Davenport, Delaware, Oakland, Ohio, Penn State, and Rhode Island.

Now in its 29th 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)
  • Central Oklahoma (2)
  • Illinois (2)
  • Minot State (2)
  • North Dakota State (2)
  • Adrian
  • Arizona State
  • Davenport
  • Delaware
  • Iowa State
  • Oakland
  • Rhode Island

A total of 70 teams will compete in Men’s Division I this season, including eleven new teams: Aquinas College, Cleary University, Concordia University Ann Arbor, Grand Canyon University, Indiana Tech, Lawrence Tech, Maryville University, McKendree University, Midland University, Northern Illinois University, and Waldorf University. The sole team departing Men’s Division I is University of Arkansas.

The computer ranking will for the seventh time determine the 20 teams that qualify for the 2020 ACHA Men’s Division I National Championships, including the following six autobids:

  • (CHMA) College Hockey Mid-America (PLAYOFF CHAMPION)
  • (ECHA) Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association (REGULAR SEASON CHAMPION)
  • (ESCHL) Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League (REGULAR SEASON CHAMPION)
  • (GLCHL) Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League (REGULAR SEASON CHAMPION)
  • (NECHL) Northeast Collegiate Hockey League (PLAYOFF CHAMPION)
  • (WCHL) Western Collegiate Hockey League (REGULAR SEASON CHAMPION)

The thirteenth ranking of the regular season will be released on Wednesday, January 29, 2020.

The 2020 ACHA Men’s Division I National Championships will be hosted March 19-24 for the second time by the Dallas Stars, Visit Frisco, and Children’s Health StarCenters at the Comerica Center, in Frisco, TX. This will be the ninth year of the 20-team format.

2019-2020 ACHA Men’s Division 1 Ranking #12
Rank School Name M1 Record Previous
1 Adrian 18-0-0 1
2 Liberty 19-3-1 2
3 Lindenwood 13-5-2 4
4 Minot State 13-2-3 3
5 Michigan-Dearborn 14-5-3 6
6 Stony Brook 10-6-3 10
7 Ohio 13-6-5 5
8 Indiana Tech 16-5-2 8
9 Arizona 15-3-5 7
10 Davenport 13-6-0 9
11 Calvin 11-1-2 17
12 Illinois 12-7-3 11
13 Jamestown 11-5-5 14
14 Drexel 17-2-5 15
15 Pittsburgh 16-2-1 12
16 Oklahoma 12-4-2 13
17 Central Oklahoma 15-9-4 16
18 Arizona State 11-7-6 19
19 Aquinas 11-9-4 21
20 New York 7-6-1 20
21 Nevada-Las Vegas 12-11-2 18
22 Oakland 13-5-2 24
23 Delaware 14-10-1 23
24 West Chester 15-6-0 NR
25 Iowa State 13-9-4 22