What does NCAA stand for?

NCAA stands for NCAA Division I.

How many teams play in the NCAA?

The NCAA currently consists of 62 teams.

Who won the most recent NCAA championship?

Univ. of Denver won the most recent NCAA championship in 2026.

NCAA Division I NCAA 1979-1980

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1979-1980

1979-1980 Season

Univ. of North Dakota finished first in the 1979-80 NCAA standings with 43 points. Boston College (37 points) and Univ. of Minnesota (36 points) followed.

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1979-1980 NCAA Standings

1979-1980 NCAA — Standings
#	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	+/-	TP	PPG	Postseason
CCHA
1.	Northern Michigan Univ.	41	34	1	6	-	-	239	128	111	34	0.83	Final loss
2.	Ohio State Univ.	38	25	3	10	-	-	192	123	69	29	0.76	-
3.	Ferris State College	38	26	1	11	-	-	214	156	58	22	0.58	-
4.	Bowling Green State Univ.	38	16	2	20	-	-	161	174	-13	18	0.47	-
5.	Western Michigan Univ.	36	18	2	16	-	-	196	182	14	13	0.36	-
6.	Lake Superior State Univ.	34	12	1	21	-	-	158	201	-43	4	0.12	-
ECAC East
1.	Boston College	33	25	1	7	-	-	184	120	64	37	1.12	-
2.	Providence College	32	21	0	11	-	-	148	123	25	34	1.06	-
3.	Univ. of Maine	32	15	1	16	-	-	129	144	-15	21	0.66	-
4.	Univ. of New Hampshire	30	12	0	18	-	-	120	133	-13	18	0.60	-
5.	Boston Univ.	28	11	0	17	-	-	128	131	-3	16	0.57	-
6.	Northeastern Univ.	27	7	0	20	-	-	103	149	-46	10	0.37	-
ECAC Ivy
1.	Dartmouth College	31	19	1	11	-	-	151	125	26	31	1.00	Frozen Four
2.	Cornell Univ.	31	16	0	15	-	-	150	146	4	22	0.71	Frozen Four
3.	Brown Univ.	26	10	2	14	-	-	91	113	-22	20	0.77	-
4.	Princeton Univ.	26	11	0	15	-	-	96	111	-15	18	0.69	-
5.	Harvard Univ.	26	8	3	15	-	-	102	122	-20	17	0.65	-
6.	Yale Univ.	26	7	3	16	-	-	112	135	-23	13	0.50	-
ECAC West
1.	Univ. of Vermont	35	23	0	12	-	-	156	135	21	32	0.91	-
2.	Clarkson Univ.	34	21	1	12	-	-	205	151	54	28	0.82	-
3.	RPI (Rensselaer Polytech. Inst.)	27	16	0	11	-	-	133	112	21	28	1.04	-
4.	Colgate Univ.	31	18	1	12	-	-	139	118	21	21	0.68	-
5.	St. Lawrence Univ.	32	6	0	26	-	-	97	178	-81	6	0.19	-
Independent
1.	Air Force Academy	31	15	0	16	-	-	150	167	-17	-	-	-
2.	Miami Univ. (Ohio)	38	23	2	13	-	-	210	140	70	-	-	-
3.	US International Univ.	34	24	2	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
WCHA
1.	Univ. of North Dakota	40	31	1	8	-	-	217	119	98	43	1.08	Champion
2.	Univ. of Minnesota	41	26	0	15	-	-	236	179	57	36	0.88	First round loss
3.	Colorado College	39	21	1	17	-	-	200	208	-8	33	0.85	-
4.	Univ. of Michigan	38	23	2	13	-	-	205	167	38	28	0.74	-
5.	Univ. of Notre Dame	39	18	1	20	-	-	202	199	3	27	0.69	-
6.	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	38	17	0	21	-	-	191	207	-16	30	0.79	-
7.	Michigan Tech	38	18	2	18	-	-	181	160	21	26	0.68	-
8.	Michigan State Univ.	38	14	0	24	-	-	158	227	-69	24	0.63	-
9.	Univ. of Wisconsin	36	15	1	20	-	-	172	182	-10	24	0.67	-
10.	Univ. of Denver	36	13	1	22	-	-	141	169	-28	17	0.47	-

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1979-1980 NCAA Player Stats

1979-1980 NCAA — Player Stats
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Bill Joyce (F)	40	41	55	96	40
2.	Mark Taylor (F)	40	33	59	92	28
3.	Steve Bozek (F)	41	42	47	89	32
4.	Doug Smail (F)	40	43	44	87	70
5.	Murray Eaves (F)	33	36	49	85	34

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1979-1980 NCAA Goalie Stats

1979-1980 NCAA — Goalie Stats
#	Player	GP	GAA	SVP
1.	Paul Billing (G)	18	2.33	.923
2.	Darren Jensen (G)	15	2.24	.923
3.	Steve Weeks (G)	36	2.95	.910
4.	Steve Jones (G)	24	3.28	.902
5.	Mike Blake (G)	15	3.71	.896

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1979-1980 NCAA Demographics

NCAA Games

NCAA — Games
date	home	visiting	score
11/06/2026 07:00 PM GMT-5	St. Lawrence Univ.	RPI (Rensselaer Polytech. Inst.)	-
11/05/2026 07:00 PM GMT-6	Univ. of Minnesota	Univ. of Wisconsin	1 - 1 (OT 65:00)
11/05/2026 07:00 PM GMT-5	Providence College	Univ. of Connecticut	5 - 6
11/05/2026 07:00 PM GMT-5	Boston College	Univ. of Vermont	2 - 5
11/01/2026 07:30 PM GMT-5	Ohio State Univ.	Univ. of Michigan	4 - 5 (OT 64:17)

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NCAA Transactions

NCAA — Transactions
Date	Status	Player	From	To	Source
11/06/2026	Confirmed	Gage Nagel (F)	Moose Jaw Warriors	Princeton Univ.	Details
11/05/2026	Confirmed	Peter Green (D)	Brampton Steelheads	Arizona State Univ.	Details
11/05/2026	Confirmed	Ryan Kaczynski (F)	Soo Greyhounds	Boston Univ.	Details
11/05/2026	Confirmed	Matthew Humphries (G)	Oshawa Generals	Providence College	Details
11/03/2026	Confirmed	Owen Conrad (D)	Charlottetown Islanders	Merrimack College	Details

2026-2027 NCAA Free Agents

2026-2027 NCAA — Free Agents
Team	Player
Bentley Univ.	Jake Black (F)
Princeton Univ.	David Jacobs (F)
Sacred Heart Univ.	Mikey Adamson (D)
Bentley Univ.	Stevie Castagna (F)
Bemidji State Univ.	Adam Flammang (F)

2027-2028 NCAA Free Agents

2027-2028 NCAA — Free Agents
Team	Player
Univ. of Michigan	Jayden Perron (F)
Western Michigan Univ.	William Whitelaw (F)
Univ. of Connecticut	Joey Muldowney (F)
Univ. of Michigan	Nicholas Moldenhauer (F)
Lindenwood Univ.	Michael Bevilacqua (D)

NCAA Team Comparison (Averages)

1979-1980 NCAA — Team Comparison
#	Team	Players	Experience	Height	Weight	Age
1.	Air Force Academy	17	276	5'9"	176 lbs	21.00
2.	Boston College	24	1 040	5'11"	183 lbs	21.06
3.	Boston Univ.	24	1 322	5'10"	179 lbs	21.40
4.	Bowling Green State Univ.	25	1 575	6'0"	181 lbs	21.75
5.	Bridgewater State Univ.	1	0	6'1"	190 lbs	-
6.	Brown Univ.	24	915	5'11"	181 lbs	21.11
7.	Clarkson Univ.	24	1 266	6'0"	190 lbs	20.67
8.	Colgate Univ.	24	1 199	5'10"	176 lbs	21.21
9.	Colorado College	28	1 380	5'10"	176 lbs	21.54
10.	Cornell Univ.	31	1 251	5'10"	174 lbs	20.70
11.	Dartmouth College	26	1 307	5'10"	174 lbs	21.44
12.	Ferris State Univ.	28	724	6'0"	187 lbs	21.87
13.	Harvard Univ.	31	1 000	5'10"	174 lbs	19.86
14.	Lake Superior State Univ.	28	1 178	5'9"	174 lbs	21.19
15.	Miami Univ. (Ohio)	23	213	5'11"	185 lbs	21.00
16.	Michigan State Univ.	27	1 390	5'11"	174 lbs	21.23
17.	Michigan Tech	29	1 577	5'11"	183 lbs	20.70
18.	Northeastern Univ.	26	1 056	5'11"	185 lbs	21.88
19.	Northern Michigan Univ.	27	1 981	5'10"	181 lbs	22.00
20.	Ohio State Univ.	25	2 043	5'10"	179 lbs	21.38
21.	Princeton Univ.	23	903	5'11"	179 lbs	20.00
22.	Providence College	28	1 310	6'0"	181 lbs	20.54
23.	RPI (Rensselaer Polytech. Inst.)	30	1 381	5'11"	176 lbs	21.00
24.	St. Lawrence Univ.	27	1 077	5'11"	176 lbs	21.71
25.	US International Univ.	15	417	5'10"	179 lbs	20.75
26.	Univ. of Denver	29	1 538	6'0"	179 lbs	21.29
27.	Univ. of Illinois-Chicago	1	26	6'4"	220 lbs	19.00
28.	Univ. of Maine	29	593	5'10"	181 lbs	20.60
29.	Univ. of Michigan	31	1 638	5'11"	181 lbs	20.46
30.	Univ. of Minnesota	33	1 764	5'11"	179 lbs	20.80
31.	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	28	1 480	5'11"	181 lbs	21.00
32.	Univ. of New Hampshire	25	1 096	5'10"	181 lbs	20.50
33.	Univ. of North Dakota	26	1 839	5'11"	183 lbs	21.29
34.	Univ. of Notre Dame	33	1 658	5'10"	179 lbs	20.64
35.	Univ. of Vermont	30	1 526	5'10"	174 lbs	21.00
36.	Univ. of Wisconsin	30	1 622	5'10"	176 lbs	21.00
37.	Western Michigan Univ.	27	1 282	5'11"	185 lbs	21.07
38.	Yale Univ.	25	1 082	5'11"	179 lbs	20.78

Team Comparison History

Where Are They Now?

Played in the league during season

NCAA — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Ty Jackson (F)	2026-2027	Deggendorfer SC	Oberliga	15	12	23	35	2
2.	Dylan Jackson (F)	2026-2027	Deggendorfer SC	Oberliga	15	12	21	33	6
3.	Jake Witkowski (F)	2026-2027	Deeside Dragons	NIHL 1	9	17	14	31	2
4.	Tyler Kelleher (F)	2026-2027	Leksands IF	HockeyAllsvenskan	15	12	18	30	8
5.	Phil Marinaccio (F)	2026-2027	Tilburg Trappers	Oberliga	15	11	19	30	15
6.	Poul Andersen (F)	2026-2027	Red Deer Rebels	WHL	17	15	14	29	4
7.	Andrei Buyalsky (F)	2026-2027	Polonia Bytom	PHL	17	13	15	28	0
8.	Harrison Roy (F)	2026-2027	Deggendorfer SC	Oberliga	15	13	14	27	4
9.	Jackson Nieuwendyk (F)	2026-2027	Oklahoma State Univ.	ACHA II	13	12	15	27	14
10.	Danny Weight (F)	2026-2027	Milton Keynes Lightning	NIHL	14	12	15	27	2

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NCAA All-Time Points

NCAA — All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Tom Ross (F)	155	138	186	324
2.	Mike Zuke (F)	163	133	177	310
3.	Jim Montgomery (F)	170	103	198	301
4.	Steve Colp (F)	138	132	168	300
5.	John Mayasich (F)	111	144	154	298

NCAA All-Time Goals

NCAA — All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Chuck Delich (F)	109	156	123	279
2.	Frank Chiarelli (F)	80	155	111	266
3.	John Mayasich (F)	111	144	154	298
4.	Denny Felsner (F)	162	139	122	261
5.	Tom Ross (F)	155	138	186	324

NCAA All-Time Assists

NCAA — All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Wayne Gagné (D)	160	42	199	241
2.	Jim Montgomery (F)	170	103	198	301
3.	Greg Johnson (F)	155	74	198	272
4.	Theran Welsh (D)	161	34	194	228
5.	Paul Polillo (F)	165	82	189	271

NCAA All-Time Penalty Min.

NCAA — All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Dan Mandich (D)	145	51	138	617
2.	Jim Archibald (F)	159	75	144	540
3.	Chris Tamer (D)	169	19	78	515
4.	Darcy Martini (D)	124	19	63	499
5.	Craig Paterson (D)	136	10	34	494

NCAA All-Time Games Played

NCAA — All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Brandon Kruse (F)	189	41	127	168
2.	Connor Ford (F)	185	57	85	142
3.	Cameron Wright (F)	185	74	61	135
4.	Bryce Brodzinski (F)	185	60	59	119
5.	Connor Caponi (F)	185	18	20	38

NCAA All-Time Points Per Game

NCAA — All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Jamie Baby (F)	11	20	51	4.64
2.	Ray Chaisson (F)	32	62	125	3.91
3.	Bill Munro (F)	36	71	134	3.72
4.	Abbie Moore (F)	61	102	206	3.38
5.	Paul Midghall (F)	63	93	211	3.35

NCAA All-Time Points Per Season

NCAA — All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Tony Hrkac (F)	1986-1987	NCAA	48	46	70	116	2.42	48
2.	Bill Watson (F)	1984-1985	NCAA	46	49	60	109	2.37	48
3.	Dave Taylor (F)	1976-1977	NCAA	34	41	67	108	3.18	70
4.	David Merhar (F)	1968-1969	NCAA	-	57	50	107	-	-
5.	Aaron Broten (F)	1980-1981	NCAA	45	47	59	106	2.36	24

NCAA All-Time Goals Per Season

NCAA — All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Mike Donnelly (F)	1985-1986	NCAA	44	59	38	97	2.20	65
2.	David Merhar (F)	1968-1969	NCAA	-	57	50	107	-	-
3.	Jerry Walker (F)	1960-1961	NCAA	32	56	29	85	2.66	14
4.	Frank Chiarelli (F)	1951-1952	NCAA	18	55	24	79	4.39	6
5.	Tim Harrer (F)	1979-1980	NCAA	41	53	29	82	2.00	50

NCAA All-Time Assists Per Season

NCAA — All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Wayne Gagné (D)	1986-1987	NCAA	43	13	76	89	2.07	38
2.	Paul Kariya (F)	1992-1993	NCAA	39	25	75	100	2.56	12
3.	Tony Hrkac (F)	1986-1987	NCAA	48	46	70	116	2.42	48
4.	Dave Taylor (F)	1976-1977	NCAA	34	41	67	108	3.18	70
5.	Dallas Gaume (F)	1985-1986	NCAA	47	32	67	99	2.11	18

NCAA All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

NCAA — All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Todd Skoglund (F)	1993-1994	NCAA	34	6	8	14	0.41	267
2.	Bryan Fuss (F)	1996-1997	NCAA	34	17	18	35	1.03	211
3.	Jim Archibald (F)	1984-1985	NCAA	41	37	24	61	1.49	197
4.	Craig Paterson (D)	1992-1993	NCAA	37	4	11	15	0.41	196
5.	Steve Brent (F)	1993-1994	NCAA	35	2	5	7	0.20	195

List of NCAA Champions

NCAA — Champions
Year	Team
2026	Univ. of Denver
2025	Western Michigan Univ.
2024	Univ. of Denver
2023	Quinnipiac Univ.
2022	Univ. of Denver
2021	UMass
2019	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth
2018	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth
2017	Univ. of Denver
2016	Univ. of North Dakota
2015	Providence College
2014	Union College
2013	Yale Univ.
2012	Boston College
2011	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth
2010	Boston College
2009	Boston Univ.
2008	Boston College
2007	Michigan State Univ.
2006	Univ. of Wisconsin
2005	Univ. of Denver
2004	Univ. of Denver
2003	Univ. of Minnesota
2002	Univ. of Minnesota
2001	Boston College
2000	Univ. of North Dakota
1999	Univ. of Maine
1998	Univ. of Michigan
1997	Univ. of North Dakota
1996	Univ. of Michigan
1995	Boston Univ.
1994	Lake Superior State Univ.
1993	Univ. of Maine
1992	Lake Superior State Univ.
1991	Northern Michigan Univ.
1990	Univ. of Wisconsin
1989	Harvard Univ.
1988	Lake Superior State Univ.
1987	Univ. of North Dakota
1986	Michigan State Univ.
1985	RPI (Rensselaer Polytech. Inst.)
1984	Bowling Green State Univ.
1983	Univ. of Wisconsin
1982	Univ. of North Dakota
1981	Univ. of Wisconsin
1980	Univ. of North Dakota
1979	Univ. of Minnesota
1978	Boston Univ.
1977	Univ. of Wisconsin
1976	Univ. of Minnesota
1975	Michigan Tech
1974	Univ. of Minnesota
1973	Univ. of Wisconsin
1972	Boston Univ.
1971	Boston Univ.
1970	Cornell Univ.
1969	Univ. of Denver
1968	Univ. of Denver
1967	Cornell Univ.
1966	Michigan State Univ.
1965	Michigan Tech
1964	Univ. of Michigan
1963	Univ. of North Dakota
1962	Michigan Tech
1961	Univ. of Denver
1960	Univ. of Denver
1959	Univ. of North Dakota
1958	Univ. of Denver
1957	Colorado College
1956	Univ. of Michigan
1955	Univ. of Michigan
1954	RPI (Rensselaer Polytech. Inst.)
1953	Univ. of Michigan
1952	Univ. of Michigan
1951	Univ. of Michigan
1950	Colorado College
1949	Boston College
1948	Univ. of Michigan