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 (Drexel University)
  • (ESCHL) Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League (Liberty University)
  • (GLCHL) Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League (Adrian College)
  • (NECHL) Northeast Collegiate Hockey League (PLAYOFF CHAMPION)
  • (WCHL) Western Collegiate Hockey League (University of Arizona)

The sixteenth ranking of the regular season will be released on Wednesday, February 19, 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 #15
Rank School Name M1 Record Previous
1 Adrian 24-0-0 1
2 Liberty 25-4-0 2
3 Lindenwood 19-7-0 3
4 Michigan-Dearborn 21-6-2 6
5 Minot State 13-4-3 4
6 Arizona 23-4-3 5
7 Ohio 19-8-3 9
8 Indiana Tech 22-6-1 8
9 Davenport 16-9-0 10
10 Stony Brook 16-9-1 7
11 Central Oklahoma 22-9-2 13
12 Jamestown 18-5-0 11
13 Drexel 23-2-5 14
14 Arizona State 21-7-1 18
15 Calvin 13-5-2 17
16 Oklahoma 18-7-0 12
17 Nevada-Las Vegas 16-12-1 16
18 Aquinas 18-10-2 20
19 Pittsburgh 23-2-0 15
20 Illinois 15-10-3 19
21 Delaware 20-11-0 21
22 Oakland 18-6-2 22
23 Robert Morris Illinois 13-14-4 25
24 Iowa State 17-13-2 23
25 New York 8-10-2 24