UNION LAKE, MI – Following a weekend split with a top four team in the country, the University of Mary is ranked 6
th nationally in the 8th American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Men's Division 1 poll of the 2023-24 season.
After occupying the 5
th slot of the ACHA computer rankings the previous two weeks, the Marauders were bumped down one slot to 6
th in the latest poll. UMary split a home and home series last weekend against the University of Jamestown. The Jimmies moved up one rung to 3
rd in the rankings after a series split with the Marauders where both teams protected their home ice.
Adrian remains atop the Top 25 poll, followed by Minot State University, Jamestown, University of Central Oklahoma, University of Nevada Las Vegas and UMary.
The Marauders were ranked #23 in the ACHA MD1 preseason poll, before moving to #21 in the first regular season poll. In the 2
nd ACHA MD1 poll of the season the Marauders moved up one more spot to #20 before reaching #19. In the first computer rankings the Marauders jumped to #4 before checking in at #3 in the 5
th ACHA MD1 poll released Nov. 8. UMary was ranked 5
th in the 6
th and 7
th polls.
UMary has had impressive success against teams in the newest ACHA rankings:
- Missouri State, swept by the Marauders earlier this season in Mandan, is now #20
- Illinois State, swept by UMary in the Marauders home opening weekend - is #15
- #3 University of Central Oklahoma split two games with the Marauders
- Jamestown has split its two games with UMary
- #2 Minot State is 2-0 against UMary
The ACHA uses 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), to 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.
The ninth ranking of the regular season will be released on Wednesday, December 13, 2023.
| 2023-2024 ACHA Men's Division I Ranking #7 |
| Rank |
School Name |
M1 Record |
Previous |
Conference |
| 1 |
Adrian |
16-2-0 |
1 |
GLCHL |
| 2 |
Minot State |
14-4-0 |
2 |
INDEP |
| 3 |
Jamestown |
14-4-0 |
4 |
MCH |
| 4 |
Central Oklahoma |
15-3-0 |
3 |
WCHL |
| 5 |
Nevada-Las Vegas |
14-3-0 |
6 |
WCHL |
| 6 |
Mary |
11-4-1 |
5 |
MCH |
| 7 |
Ohio |
12-5-2 |
7 |
INDEP |
| 8 |
Liberty |
11-6-1 |
9 |
INDEP |
| 9 |
Maryville |
11-7-1 |
10 |
INDEP |
| 10 |
Niagara |
11-6-1 |
8 |
ESCHL |
| 11 |
Purdue Northwest |
14-5-0 |
11 |
GLCHL |
| 12 |
Calvin |
15-3-2 |
12 |
GLCHL |
| 13 |
Pittsburgh |
13-7-1 |
13 |
ESCHL |
| 14 |
Indiana Tech |
13-5-1 |
14 |
WHAC |
| 15 |
Illinois State |
15-8-0 |
15 |
MCH |
| 16 |
Grand Valley State |
11-4-2 |
16 |
GLCHL |
| 17 |
Utah |
10-6-1 |
20 |
WCHL |
| 18 |
Arizona |
6-8-1 |
19 |
WCHL |
| 19 |
Arizona State |
8-7-1 |
21 |
WCHL |
| 20 |
Missouri State |
8-9-2 |
18 |
WCHL |
| 21 |
Delaware |
9-6-1 |
NR |
ESCHL |
| 22 |
Michigan-Dearborn |
14-3-0 |
22 |
WHAC |
| 23 |
Davenport |
12-5-0 |
17 |
GLCHL |
| 24 |
Iowa State |
5-2-0 |
24 |
INDEP |
| 25 |
Stony Brook |
4-8-2 |
25 |
ESCHL |
The Marauders are 12-4-0-0-1 (W-L-OTL-SOW-SOL) overall and 8-1-0-0-1 in Midwest College Hockey play.
UMary visits Northern Illinois University for a pair of MCH games December 8-9.
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