February 25, 2026
Salt Lake City, Utah
The final American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Men’s Division 1 rankings for the 2025-2026 has been released, with YOUR Skatin’ Utes ranked at #12 in the nation.
Utah M1 split the weekend Western Collegiate Hockey League (WCHL) rival UNLV this last weekend. Friday’s 2-1 shootout win had goals from Forwards Jacob Slater and the OT winner was scored by Eli Fletcher.
Saturday’s 7-4 loss was a wild and offensive game for both teams. Goals came from Gustav Sandberg, Brady Schwab, Paul Waldhauser, and Nikoas Scwhab.
The Utes finished 15-9-1 on the season.
Utah Rookie Paul Waldhauser still leads in the points column with 41 points (15G, 26A). Gion Coray is next with 37 total points (11G, 26A) and Assistant Captain Matthew Delany with 31 points (9G, 22A). Utah Assistant Captain Brady Schwab is next with 25 points (9G, 16A).
Rounding out the top 10 slots amongst forwards is Trevor Kruczek with 24 points (11G, 13A), Erik Gibboney with 13 points (3G, 9A), Zach Laurila with 11 points (5G, 6A), Karsten Senden with 9 points (5G, 4A), Jacob Slater with 9 points (3G, 6A), and Coltin Johnson with 9 points (2G, 7A).
In the net, Utah has had excellent goaltending all season with Juniors Joseph Greilich and Garrett Fuller sharing the workload. Greilich is currently 5-4-1 with a 2.97 GAA and a .902 save percentage. Fuller is 10-5-0 with a 2.64 GAA and a .909 save percentage.
The Western Collegiate Hockey League, of which Utah M1 is a member, had a strong performance with five (of 11) of its member teams ranked. The Great Lakes 6 Hockey Conference leads the way with six (of 7) of its member teams ranked, while Midwest College Hockey has four (of 7) of its member teams ranked, Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference has zero (of 6) of its member teams ranked, and College Hockey Mid-America has one (of 7) its member teams ranked, and Atlantic Coast Collegiate Hockey League has two (of 10) of its member teams ranked.
With the ACHA switching to a computer-based ranking from a coaches poll, the ACHA will use the 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.
Now in its 35th season of action, there have been a total of 15 schools that have won the ACHA Men’s Division 1 National Championship. Over the past 19 seasons, 12 different schools have won the ACHA Men’s Division I National Championship: Penn State (5), Lindenwood (4), Ohio (4), Adrian (3), Minot State (3), Central Oklahoma (2), Illinois (2), Arizona State, Davenport, Iowa State, Oakland, Delaware, Rhode Island, and UNLV.
A total of 81 teams will compete in Men’s Division I this season, including former Men’s Division II members Central Michigan University, North Carolina State University, University of Cincinnati, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and University of North Carolina, along with former Men’s Division III members Hope College, the reigning ACHA Men’s Division III National Champions, and University of Michigan-Flint. The Concordia University Ann Arbor program, which made the announcement to relocate to Siena Heights University back in April, folded in July before getting to play a game as the Saints.
The computer ranking will for the twelfth time determine the 24 teams that qualify for the 2026 ACHA Men’s Division I National Championships, which will include the following six auto bids:
-(ACCHL) Atlantic Coast Collegiate Hockey League
-(CHMA) College Hockey Mid-America
-(ECHA) Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association
-(GLCHL) Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League
-(MCH) Midwest College Hockey
-(WCHL) Western Collegiate Hockey League
-(WHAC) Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference
The is the final ranking of the regular season.
2025-2026 ACHA MEN’S DIVISION 1 RANKING #16
| Rank | School Name | M1 Record | Previous | Conference |
| 1 | Minot State | 27-1-2 | 1 | MCH |
| 2 | Ohio | 28-6-0 | 3 | INDEP |
| 3 | Niagara | 24-4-0 | 2 | INDEP |
| 4 | UNLV | 25-4-1 | 4 | WCHL |
| 5 | Liberty | 18-10-2 | 6 | INDEP |
| 6 | Drury | 23-4-0 | 5 | INDEP |
| 7 | Maryville | 13-10-1 | 8 | INDEP |
| 8 | Jamestown | 22-11-0 | 7 | MCH |
| 9 | Adrian | 25-6-2 | 9 | GL6 |
| 10 | Mary | 23-13-1 | 11 | MCH |
| 11 | Calvin | 20-8-2 | 10 | GL6 |
| 12 | Utah | 15-9-1 | 12 | WCHL |
| 13 | Grand Canyon | 20-8-0 | 13 | WCHL |
| 14 | Hope | 25-8-0 | 14 | GL6 |
| 15 | Arizona | 13-10-3 | 15 | WCHL |
| 16 | Purdue Northwest | 15-15-2 | 16 | GL6 |
| 17 | Missouri State | 15-8-5 | 17 | WCHL |
| 18 | Stony Brook | 14-13-3 | 20 | ACCHL |
| 19 | Midland | 7-18-6 | 18 | MCH |
| 20 | Grand Valley State | 17-13-2 | 19 | GL6 |
| 21 | West Chester | 23-8-1 | 21 | ECHA |
| 22 | Indiana Pennsylvania | 27-4-4 | 22 | CHMA |
| 23 | Kentucky | 21-4-1 | 24 | ACCHL |
| 24 | Davenport | 18-17-5 | 23 | GL6 |
| 25 | Illinois | 18-7-4 | NR | INDEP |
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