Utah W1 moves up to #11 in ACHA Rankings

November 3, 2026
Salt Lake City, Utah

The American Collegiate Hockey Association Women’s Division 1 rankings have been released for the week, with your Skatin’ Utes moved up to #11 in the nation.

This is the highest ranking the Women’s Division 1 team has earned since it began in 2018. 

Utah W1 have earned a 7-2 record thus far and are looking to continue their ways for the last four weeks of the semesters..

Utah’s only losses occurred to #14 Penn State on September 20th, and Arizona on October 17th. Both games were one goal losses.

Currently, the Utes have a four way tie on the points board with Madison Brent (4G, 2A), Sonia Charman (4G,2A), Morgan Lavalley (2G, 4A), Katherine Zeschuk (2G, 4A), all with 6 points on the season.

Followed by rookies Blakely Van Nest (4G, 1A), Madigan Nemke (0G, 5A), Forwards Mckenna Lafleur (3G, 1A), and Ashley Paterson (2G, 2A), and Rookie Antonia Alm (0G, 3A).

Between the pipes, Utah has three excellent goaltenders. Veteran Keyauna Robinson-Prefontaine is 3-2 with a 1.78 GAA and .915 save percentage. Rookies Lauren Barnum and Farrah Weaver are equally impressive. Barnum is 3-0 with a 1.33 GAA and .925 save percentage and Weaver is 1-0 with a 1.00 GAA and a .920 save percentage.

The Western Women’s Collegiate Hockey League, of which Utah W1 is a member, had a fantastic performance with three (of 7) of its member teams ranked in the top 15. The Women’s Midwest College Hockey League has six (of 8) member teams ranked, while the Central Collegiate Women’s Hockey Association has nine (of 12) of its member teams ranked in the top 20.

The ACHA uses two computer rankings generated by USHSHO.com, Ranking A (Wins with Maximum Goal Differential of 6) 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 20 teams are listed. All games that go to overtime will be scored as ties in the computer ranking.

Now in its 27th season of action, there have been a total of 11 schools that have won the ACHA Women’s Division 1 National Championship: Adrian, Liberty (7), Lindenwood (4), Miami (3), Michigan State (2), Midland, Minnesota, Northeastern, Robert Morris (2), St. Cloud State, and Wisconsin (2).

A total of 34 teams are competing in Women’s Division 1 this season, including one new full member team, Eastern Michigan University, and two probationary members, University of Washington, and University of New Mexico.

The computer ranking will determine the 10 teams that qualify for the 2026 ACHA Women’s Division 1 National Championships, which will include the following three automatic bids:

-(CCWHA) Central Collegiate Women’s Hockey Association
-(WWCHL) Western Women’s Collegiate Hockey League
-(WMCHL) Women’s Midwest College Hockey League

The fourth ranking of the regular season will be released on Tuesday, November 10, 2026.

2026-2027 ACHA WOMEN’S DIVISION 1 RANKING #3