2025–26 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season
| 2025–26 NCAA women's ice hockey season | |||||
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| NCAA tournament | 2026 | ||||
| National championship | Pegula Ice Arena College Township, Pennsylvania | ||||
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The 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season will begin in September 2025 and ended with the 2026 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament's championship game at Pegula Ice Arena in College Township, Pennsylvania on March 22, 2026.[1]
Polls
Regular season
New teams
The Delaware Blue Hens became the 45th NCAA Division I women's ice hockey this season. They played their first match against Long Island University on September 26.[2] They joined Atlantic Hockey America, becoming the league's seventh active member.
Standings
| Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
| #6 Penn State | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 40 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 8 | ||
| RIT | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 24 | ||
| Syracuse | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 32 | ||
| Robert Morris | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 34 | ||
| Mercyhurst | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 30 | ||
| Lindenwood | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 47 | ||
| Delaware | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 47 | ||
| Championship: March 7, 2025 † indicates conference regular season champion;* indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated November 3, 2025 Source: AHA | |||||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
| #4 Cornell | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 5 | ||
| Princeton | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 16 | ||
| #7 Quinnipiac | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 16 | ||
| #11 Clarkson | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 20 | ||
| St. Lawrence | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 26 | ||
| Dartmouth | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 14 | ||
| #13 Colgate | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5.5 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 34 | ||
| #15 Brown | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4.5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | ||
| #12 Yale | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 15 | ||
| Harvard | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 13 | ||
| RPI | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 44 | ||
| Union | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 36 | ||
| Championship: March 7, 2026 † indicates conference regular season champion;* indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated November 4, 2025 Source: Hockey East | |||||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
| Boston College | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 34 | ||
| #9 Northeastern | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 17 | ||
| New Hampshire | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 20 | ||
| #8 UConn | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 17 | ||
| Providence | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 37 | ||
| Vermont | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 25 | ||
| Boston University | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 31 | ||
| Maine | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 27 | ||
| Holy Cross | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 18 | ||
| Merrimack | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 38 | ||
| Championship: March 7, 2026 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated November 4, 2025 Source: Hockey East | |||||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | |||||
| Saint Anselm | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Stonehill | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Assumption | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Sacred Heart | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Post | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | ||||
| Franklin Pierce | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| LIU | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Saint Michael's | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Championship: March 7, 2026 † indicates conference regular season champion;* indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated November 4, 2025 Source: NEWHA | |||||||||||||||
| Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #2 Ohio State | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 54 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 27 | |
| #1 Wisconsin | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 63 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 85 | 21 | |
| #3 Minnesota | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 47 | 32 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 75 | 35 | |
| #6 Minnesota Duluth | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 30 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 37 | |
| #15 Minnesota State | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 21 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 43 | |
| St. Thomas | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 23 | 43 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 53 | 56 | |
| #14 St. Cloud State | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 33 | 48 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 46 | 51 | |
| Bemidji State | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 56 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 24 | 57 | |
| Championship: March 7, 2026 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated November 25, 2025 Source: WCHA | |||||||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "Future NCAA host site selections through 2026". NCAA.com. February 7, 2024. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
- ^ Kennedy, Ian (September 5, 2025). "Delaware "Ready For This Moment" As NCAA Women's Hockey's 45th Program". TheHockeyNews.com. The Hockey News. Retrieved September 6, 2025.