NCAA III Standings 1996-97
NCAA III
1996-1997
1996-1997 Season
RIT (Rochester Inst. of Tech.) finished first in the 1996-97 NCAA III standings with 44 points. Bentley College (37 points) and Niagara Univ. (34 points) followed.
1996-97 NCAA III Standings
| # | Team | GP | W | T | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | +/- | TP | PPG | Postseason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 19 | 5 | 0 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2. | Milwaukee School of Eng. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3. | Villanova Univ. | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ECAC | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Sacred Heart Univ. | 25 | 15 | 0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | 1.20 | - |
| 2. | Univ. of Connecticut | 25 | 11 | 2 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 0.96 | - |
| 3. | Fairfield Univ. | 26 | 13 | 1 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ECAC East | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Babson College | 25 | 11 | 1 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2. | New England College | 25 | 8 | 0 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3. | North Adams State College | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4. | Norwich Univ. | 30 | 21 | 2 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5. | Skidmore College | 24 | 15 | 1 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6. | St. Anselm College | 25 | 16 | 0 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7. | Univ. of Southern Maine | 25 | 4 | 0 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ECAC III | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Bentley College | 28 | 18 | 1 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 37 | 1.32 | - |
| ECAC Northeast | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Assumption College | 27 | 14 | 1 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2. | Curry College | 24 | 10 | 1 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3. | Fitchburg State College | 28 | 18 | 1 | 9 | - | - | 181 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4. | Framingham State College | 26 | 15 | 1 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5. | Nichols College | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6. | Plymouth State College | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7. | Salem State College | 24 | 12 | 2 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8. | Southern New Hampshire Univ. | 23 | 6 | 1 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9. | St. Michael's College | 24 | 17 | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10. | Suffolk Univ. | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11. | Tufts Univ. | 23 | 8 | 2 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12. | Wentworth Inst. of Techn. | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13. | Western New England College | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14. | Worcester State College | 25 | 13 | 1 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15. | UMass-Dartmouth | 27 | 21 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 166 | 71 | 95 | - | - | Conference Champion |
| ECAC South | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Iona College | 25 | 2 | 3 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ECAC West | |||||||||||||
| 1. | RIT (Rochester Inst. of Tech.) | 30 | 21 | 2 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 44 | 1.47 | - |
| 2. | Canisius College | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | 1.08 | - |
| 3. | Hobart College | 25 | 6 | 1 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4. | Elmira College | 29 | 15 | 5 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Conference Champion |
| Independent | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Niagara Univ. | 27 | 16 | 2 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 1.26 | - |
| 2. | College of the Holy Cross | 27 | 14 | 0 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | 1.04 | - |
| 3. | American International College | 25 | 5 | 2 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 0.48 | - |
| 4. | Univ. of Scranton | 25 | 10 | 1 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| MCHA | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Lawrence Univ. | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2. | Marian College | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| MIAC | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Augsburg College | 25 | 14 | 1 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | 1.16 | - |
| 2. | Bethel Univ. | 25 | 5 | 2 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3. | Concordia College (MN) | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4. | Gustavus Adolphus College | 29 | 17 | 0 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5. | St. Mary's Univ. | 27 | 15 | 1 | 11 | - | - | 126 | 102 | 24 | - | - | - |
| 6. | St. Olaf College | 25 | 4 | 1 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7. | Univ. of St. Thomas | 27 | 18 | 0 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8. | Saint John's Univ. | 33 | 26 | 1 | 6 | - | - | 169 | 96 | 73 | - | - | Conference Champion |
| NCHA | |||||||||||||
| 1. | College of St. Scholastica | 25 | 7 | 1 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2. | Lake Forest College | 24 | 4 | 1 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3. | Univ. of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 28 | 10 | 2 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4. | Univ. of Wisconsin-River Falls | 31 | 20 | 0 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5. | Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 27 | 17 | 2 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6. | Univ. of Wisconsin-Stout | 27 | 9 | 0 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7. | Univ. of Wisconsin-Superior | 34 | 23 | 2 | 9 | - | - | - | 78 | - | - | - | Final loss |
| 8. | St. Norbert College | 31 | 21 | 1 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| NESCAC | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Amherst College | 25 | 14 | 1 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2. | Bowdoin College | 27 | 15 | 0 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3. | Colby College | 27 | 19 | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Conference Champion |
| 4. | Connecticut College | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5. | Hamilton College | 26 | 19 | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6. | Middlebury College | 27 | 22 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | NCAA Champion |
| 7. | Trinity College | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8. | Wesleyan Univ. | 24 | 3 | 0 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9. | Williams College | 25 | 16 | 1 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SUNYAC | |||||||||||||
| 1. | SUNY-Plattsburgh | 31 | 22 | 3 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Conference Champion |
| 2. | SUNY-Fredonia | 30 | 17 | 2 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Conference Final loss |
| 3. | SUNY-Oswego | 27 | 13 | 2 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Conference SF loss |
| 4. | SUNY-Potsdam | 27 | 13 | 2 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Conference SF loss |
| 5. | SUNY-Geneseo | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Did not make playoffs |
| 6. | SUNY-Brockport | 26 | 8 | 1 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Did not make playoffs |
| 7. | SUNY-Cortland | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Did not make playoffs |
| 8. | Buffalo State College | 25 | 3 | 2 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Did not make playoffs |
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