Utah M1 moves up to #12 in National Rankings

November 11, 2026
Salt Lake City, Utah

The official computer ranking of the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Men’s Division 1 rankings through November 9, 2026 have been released, with YOUR Skatin’ Utes are ranked at #12 in the nation with a 6-4-1 record.

Utah M1 had one overtime loss and one regulation loss against Western Collegiate Hockey League (WCHL) rival Arizona this last weekend.

Forward Gion Coray leads the team with points with ten points (3G, 7A), followed by Nikolas Schwab with nine points (5G, 4A), and Trevor Kruczek with eight points (2G, 6A).

Next there is a three way tie with Captain Brady Schwab (3G, 4A), Gavin Barr (2G, 5A), and Matthew Delany (2G, 5A) with seven points.

To round out the top ten point earners is Rookie Jimmy Zeissel (4G, 2A) and Forward Eli Fletcher (2G, 4A) both have six points, followed by Rookie Andrew Feldman (2G, 3A) with five points and Forward Paul Waldhauser (2G, 2A) with four points.

The Utes are currently 6-4-1 with only 5 games remaining before the Thanksgiving break.

Between the pipes, Utah is excellent shape with Juniors Joseph Greilich and Garrett Fuller sharing the workload. Greilich is currently 2-2-0 with a 1.75 GAA and a .935 save percentage.

Fuller is 4-2-1 with a 2.42 GAA and a .919 save percentage and one shutout on the season.

The Western Collegiate Hockey League, of which Utah M1 is a member, had a strong performance with six (of 10) of its member teams ranked. The Great Lakes 6 Hockey Conference (GL6) has four (of 7) of its member teams ranked, Midwest College Hockey (MCH) has three (of 5) of its member teams ranked, Atlantic Coast Collegiate Hockey League (ACCHL) has two (of 6) of its member teams ranked, South East Conference Hockey League (SECHL) has one (of 6) of its member teams ranked, Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League (GLCHL) has one (of 8) of its member teams ranked, and Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association (ECHA) has one (of 11) 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 36th 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: Ohio (5), Penn State (5), Lindenwood (4), Adrian (3), Minot State (3), Central Oklahoma (2), Illinois (2), Arizona State, Davenport, Iowa State, Oakland, Delaware, Rhode Island, and UNLV.

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  ranking of the regular season will be released on Wednesday, November 18, 2026.

2026-2027 ACHA MEN’S DIVISION 1 RANKING #6