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.

List of appearances NCAA men's Division I ice hockey tournament SchoolTournament appearancesTournament yearsBest result 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 22 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2018, 2019Runners-Up (1962, 1966, 1970) 22 1977, 1979, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013Runners-Up (1999, 2003) 20 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1979, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011 Champions (1950, 1957) 20 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2024, 2025 Champions (1993, 1999)171964, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2025, 2026 Champions (2015) 17 1989, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023Runners-Up (2021) 16 1956, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024 Champions (1962, 1965, 1975) 16 1983, 1984, 1985, 1993, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2026 Champions (2011, 2018, 2019) 16 1952, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2021‡Runners-Up (1961, 1988) 13 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022Runners-Up (2008, 2018) 12 1993, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015Runners-Up (2009) 12 2002, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Champions (2023) 11 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2021 Champions (1988, 1992, 1994) 11 2003, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026 Runners-Up (2022) 11 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2025 Frozen Four (1998, 2018) 11 1986, 1994, 1996, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Champions (2025) 10 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2019 Champions (1984) 9 1953, 1954, 1961, 1964, 1984, 1985, 1994, 1995, 2011 Champions (1954, 1985) 9 1988, 1994, 1996, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2022 Frozen Four (2013) 8 1982, 1988, 1994, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022 Frozen Four (1982) 8 1980, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2010 Champions (1991) 8 1952, 1998, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016 Champions (2013) 7 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018 Regional Final (2009, 2017, 2018) 6 1981, 1990, 2000, 2005, 2014, 2023Runners-Up (1990) 6 1988, 1996, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2014 Frozen Four (1996, 2009) 6 2007, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025 Champions (2021) 5 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2021 Frozen Four (2009) 5 1948, 1949, 1979, 1980, 2026Runners-Up (1948, 1949) 5 2006, 2011, 2015, 2021, 2024 Frozen Four (2015) 5 2017, 2018, 2023, 2025, 2026 Frozen Four (2025) 5 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 Champions (2014) 4 1951, 1965, 1976, 1993Runners-Up (1951) 4 2003, 2012, 2014, 2016Runners-Up (2012) 4 1988, 2011, 2023, 2026 Regional Final (1988) 4 2000, 2004, 2008, 2013 Regional Final (2000) 4 1998, 2008, 2009, 2018 First Round (1998, 2008, 2009, 2018) 4 2010, 2015, 2016, 2024 Frozen Four (2010) 3 1990, 1991, 1992 Regional Final (1991) 3 2019, 2021, 2022 Regional Final (2019) 3 2001, 2003, 2005 First Round (2001, 2003, 2005) 2 2007, 2010 First Round (2007, 2010) 2 2025, 2026 First Round (2025) 2 2013, 2023 First Round (2013, 2023) 2 2025, 2026 Regional Final (2025) 2 2004, 2006 Regional Final (2006) 1 2019 First Round (2019) 1 2014 First Round (2014) 1 2003 First Round (2003) 0 2010† First Round (2010)

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.

SchoolJoined Div. I1980†202320222020 19982021 2022 † Army played in Division II from 1973 through 1980 but was in the top division prior to 1973.

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