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The following is a list of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey teams that have qualified for the NCAA Division I men's ice hockey championship as of 2026 with teams listed by number of appearances. Michigan and Minnesota have the most appearances with 42.[1]

List of appearances

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NCAA men's Division I ice hockey tournament
School Tournament appearances Tournament years Best result
Michigan 42 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, 2026 Champions (1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1964, 1996, 1998)
Minnesota 42 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, 2025 Champions (1974, 1976, 1979, 2002, 2003)
Boston University 40 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, 2025 Champions (1971, 1972, 1978, 1995, 2009)
Boston College 38 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, 2025 Champions (1949, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2012)
North Dakota 36 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, 2026 Champions (1959, 1963, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2016)
Denver 35 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, 2025, 2026 Champions (1958, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1969, 2004, 2005, 2017, 2022, 2024, 2026)
Michigan State 30 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, 2025, 2026 Champions (1966, 1986, 2007)
Wisconsin 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, 2026 Champions (1973, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1990, 2006)
Harvard 27 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, 2023 Champions (1989)
Cornell 26 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Champions (1967, 1970)
Clarkson 22 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2018, 2019 Runners-Up (1962, 1966, 1970)
New Hampshire 22 1977, 1979, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 Runners-Up (1999, 2003)
Colorado College 20 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1979, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011 Champions (1950, 1957)
Maine 20 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2024, 2025 Champions (1993, 1999)
Providence 17 1964, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2025, 2026 Champions (2015)
St. Cloud State 17 1989, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 Runners-Up (2021)
Michigan Tech 16 1956, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024 Champions (1962, 1965, 1975)
Minnesota Duluth 16 1983, 1984, 1985, 1993, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2026 Champions (2011, 2018, 2019)
St. Lawrence 16 1952, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2021‡ Runners-Up (1961, 1988)
Notre Dame 13 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 Runners-Up (2008, 2018)
Miami 12 1993, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 Runners-Up (2009)
Quinnipiac 12 2002, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Champions (2023)
Lake Superior State 11 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2021 Champions (1988, 1992, 1994)
Minnesota State 11 2003, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026 Runners-Up (2022)
Ohio State 11 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2025 Frozen Four (1998, 2018)
Western Michigan 11 1986, 1994, 1996, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Champions (2025)
Bowling Green 10 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2019 Champions (1984)
Rensselaer 9 1953, 1954, 1961, 1964, 1984, 1985, 1994, 1995, 2011 Champions (1954, 1985)
Massachusetts Lowell 9 1988, 1994, 1996, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2022 Frozen Four (2013)
Northeastern 8 1982, 1988, 1994, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022 Frozen Four (1982)
Northern Michigan 8 1980, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2010 Champions (1991)
Yale 8 1952, 1998, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016 Champions (2013)
Air Force 7 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018 Regional Final (2009, 2017, 2018)
Colgate 6 1981, 1990, 2000, 2005, 2014, 2023 Runners-Up (1990)
Vermont 6 1988, 1996, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2014 Frozen Four (1996, 2009)
Massachusetts 6 2007, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025 Champions (2021)
Bemidji State 5 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2021 Frozen Four (2009)
Dartmouth 5 1948, 1949, 1979, 1980, 2026 Runners-Up (1948, 1949)
Omaha 5 2006, 2011, 2015, 2021, 2024 Frozen Four (2015)
Penn State 5 2017, 2018, 2023, 2025, 2026 Frozen Four (2025)
Union 5 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 Champions (2014)
Brown 4 1951, 1965, 1976, 1993 Runners-Up (1951)
Ferris State 4 2003, 2012, 2014, 2016 Runners-Up (2012)
Merrimack 4 1988, 2011, 2023, 2026 Regional Final (1988)
Niagara 4 2000, 2004, 2008, 2013 Regional Final (2000)
Princeton 4 1998, 2008, 2009, 2018 First Round (1998, 2008, 2009, 2018)
RIT 4 2010, 2015, 2016, 2024 Frozen Four (2010)
Alaska Anchorage 3 1990, 1991, 1992 Regional Final (1991)
American International 3 2019, 2021, 2022 Regional Final (2019)
Mercyhurst 3 2001, 2003, 2005 First Round (2001, 2003, 2005)
Alabama–Huntsville 2 2007, 2010 First Round (2007, 2010)
Bentley 2 2025, 2026 First Round (2025)
Canisius 2 2013, 2023 First Round (2013, 2023)
Connecticut 2 2025, 2026 Regional Final (2025)
Holy Cross 2 2004, 2006 Regional Final (2006)
Arizona State 1 2019 First Round (2019)
Robert Morris 1 2014 First Round (2014)
Wayne State 1 2003 First Round (2003)
Alaska 0 2010† First Round (2010)
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Schools in Italics no longer compete in Division I.

† Appearance vacated by the NCAA.

‡ St. Lawrence received an automatic bid to the 2021 tournament but withdrew before seeding.

Teams without a tournament appearance

The following active Division I programs have never qualified for the NCAA tournament.

More information School, Joined Div. I ...
School Joined Div. I
Army 1980†
Augustana 2023
Lindenwood 2022
Long Island 2020
Sacred Heart 1998
St. Thomas 2021
Stonehill 2022
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† Army played in Division II from 1973 through 1980 but was in the top division prior to 1973.

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