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The following is a list of the 64 schools that fielded men's ice hockey teams in NCAA Division I in the most recent 2023–24 season, plus the 44 schools that fielded 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 next 2024–25 season.
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 | USAF Academy | Colorado | AHA | 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 | |
University of Alaska Anchorage | Seawolves | Anchorage | Alaska | Independent | GNAC (D-II) | 1979 | 2022 | 3 | 1990, 1991, 1992 | 0 | |
American International College | Yellow Jackets | Springfield | Massachusetts | AHA | NE-10 (D-II) | 1948 | 1948 | 3 | 2019, 2021, 2022 | 0 | |
Arizona State University | Sun Devils | Tempe | Arizona | NCHC | Big 12 | 2015 | 2016 | 1 | 2019 | 0 | |
United States Military Academy | Black Knights | West Point | New York | AHA | Patriot League | 1903 | 1947 | 0 | 0 | ||
Augustana University | Vikings | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | CCHA | NSIC (D-II) | 2023 | 2023 | 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 | AHA | NE-10 (D-II) | 1977 | 1999 | 0 | 0 | ||
Boston College | Eagles | Chestnut Hill | Massachusetts | Hockey East | ACC | 1917 | 1947 | 37 | 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, 2024 | 5 | 1949, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2012 |
Boston University | Terriers | Boston | Massachusetts | Hockey East | Patriot League | 1917 | 1947 | 39 | 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, 2023, 2024 | 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 University | Golden Griffins | Buffalo | New York | AHA | MAAC | 1980 | 1998, | 2 | 2013, 2023 | 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 | 6 | 1981, 1990, 2000, 2005, 2014, 2023 | 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 | 24 | 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024 | 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 | 33 | 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, 2023, 2024 | 9 | 1958, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1969, 2004, 2005, 2017, 2022, 2024 |
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 | AHA | 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 |
Lindenwood University | Lions | St. Charles | Missouri | Independent | OVC | 2003 | 2022 | 0 | 0 | ||
Long Island University | Sharks | Brooklyn & Brookville | New York | Independent | NEC | 2020 | 2020 | 0 | 0 | ||
University of Maine | Black Bears | Orono | Maine | Hockey East | America East | 1977 | 1977 | 19 | 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2024 | 2 | 1993, 1999 |
University of Massachusetts Amherst | Minutemen | Amherst | Massachusetts | Hockey East | A-10 (MAC in 2025) |
1908 | 1993D | 5 | 2007, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024 | 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 | AHA | PSAC (D-II) (NEC in 2024) |
1987 | 2000 | 3 | 2001, 2003, 2005 | 0 | |
Merrimack College | Warriors | North Andover | Massachusetts | Hockey East | MAAC | 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 | 41 | 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, 2023, 2024 | 9 | 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1964, 1996, 1998 |
Michigan State University | Spartans | East Lansing | Michigan | Big Ten | Big Ten | 1921 | 1947 | 28 | 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, 2024 | 3 | 1966, 1986, 2007 |
Michigan Technological University | Huskies | Houghton | Michigan | CCHA | GLIAC (D-II) | 1919 | 1947 | 16 | 1956, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024 | 3 | 1962, 1965, 1975 |
University of Minnesota | Golden Gophers | Minneapolis | Minnesota | Big Ten | Big Ten | 1921 | 1947 | 41 | 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, 2023, 2024 | 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 | 9 | 2003, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 | 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 | AHA | MAAC | 1996 | 1996 | 4 | 2000, 2004, 2008, 2013 | 0 | |
University of North Dakota | Fighting Hawks | Grand Forks | North Dakota | NCHC | Summit League | 1929 | 1947 | 35 | 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, 2024 | 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 | 10 | 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023 | 0 | |
University of Nebraska Omaha | Mavericks | Omaha | Nebraska | NCHC | Summit League | 1997 | 1997 | 5 | 2006, 2011, 2015, 2021, 2024 | 0 | |
Pennsylvania State University | Nittany Lions | University Park | Pennsylvania | Big Ten | Big Ten | 1909 | 2012 | 3 | 2017, 2018, 2023 | 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 | 10 | 2002, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | 1 | 2023 |
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 |
Robert Morris University | Colonials | Moon Township | Pennsylvania | AHA | Horizon | 2004 | 2023 | 1 | 2014 | 0 | |
Rochester Institute of TechnologyH | Tigers | Rochester | New York | AHA | Liberty (D-III) | 1962 | 2005 | 4 | 2010, 2015, 2016, 2024 | ||
Sacred Heart University | Pioneers | Fairfield | Connecticut | AHA | MAAC | 1993 | 1993 | 0 | 0 | ||
St. Cloud State University | Huskies | St. Cloud | Minnesota | NCHC | NSIC (D-II) | 1931 | 1987 | 17 | 1989, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 | 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 | ||
Stonehill College | Skyhawks | Easton | Massachusetts | Independent | NEC | 1999 | 2022 | 0 | 0 | ||
Union College | Garnet Chargers | 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 | 9 | 1986, 1994, 1996, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024 | 0 | |
University of Wisconsin–Madison | Badgers | Madison | Wisconsin | Big Ten | Big Ten | 1921 | 1947 | 28 | 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, 2024 | 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 |
The below maps show the locations of teams that have won the championship; the color of the dot indicates the number of titles.
School | Team | City | State/Province | Future Conference |
Primary Conference |
First Played |
Joining Div 1A |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Binghamton University | Bearcats | Binghamton | New York | TBD | America East | 1987 | 2024 |
Simon Fraser University | Red Leafs | Burnaby | British Columbia | Independent | GNAC | 2005 | 2024-2025 |
Tennessee State University | Tigers | Nashville | Tennessee | TBD | OVC | TBD | TBD |
School | Team | City | State | Future Conference |
Primary Conference |
First Played |
Joining Div 1A |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
University of Delaware | Blue Hens | Newark | Delaware | AHA | CUSA | 2003 | 2025 |
Tennessee State University | Lady Tigers | Nashville | Tennessee | TBD | OVC | TBD | TBD |