2012-2013 ACHA Men's Division 1 Ranking #16

UNION LAKE, MI –Adrian College is the #1 ranked team in the country for the third consecutive week in the 2012-2013 ACHA Men's Division 1 Ranking #16.  Adrian, the Regular Season Champions of the Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League with an autobid to the 2013 ACHA Men's Division 1 National Championships, received 35 out of 43 first-place votes to maintain its grip atop the polls.  Arizona State received 5 first-place votes while #3 Minot State a first–place vote and #4 Robert Morris Illinois received the other 2 first-place votes.  For the second consecutive week, the top ten spots in the ranking were unchanged from last week. 
 
In the middle of the pack, #11 Delaware, #13 Iowa State, and #15 Central Oklahoma all moved up one spot this week, while John Carroll, Regular Season Champions of College Hockey Mid-America with an autobid to the 2013 ACHA Men's Division 1 National Championships, makes its debut in the polls coming in at #25.
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Only one weekend of play remains before the 20 team field will be determined for the 2013 ACHA Men's Division 1 National Championships.  Four of those teams are already known via autobids: Adrian (Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League); John Carroll (College Hockey Mid-America); Navy (Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association); and Robert Morris Illinois (Host). 
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For this first time, the field will be released LIVE beginning at 9:45 PM EST on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 via streaming web TV from Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA.  The 20 participating teams, seeding, brackets, and tournament schedule will all be revealed at this time.  Stay tuned to the ACHA website for updates about this.
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Over the past ten seasons, 8 different schools have won the ACHA Men's Division 1 National Championship: Lindenwood (2), Illinois (2), Davenport, Delaware, Oakland, Ohio, Penn State, and Rhode Island.
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Beginning its 22nd season of action, there have been a total of 10 schools that have won the ACHA Men's Division 1 National Championship:
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• Penn State (5 times)
• Ohio (4 times)
• Illinois (2 times)
• Lindenwood (2 times)
• North Dakota State (2 times)
• Davenport
• Delaware
• Iowa State
• Oakland
• Rhode Island

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55 teams will compete for this year's title. Two teams from last season are now playing NCAA varsity hockey: Penn State University (NCAA DI) and the State University of New York at Canton (NCAA DIII)
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The seventeenth ranking of the regular season will be released LIVE beginning at 9:45 PM EST on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 via streaming web TV from Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA.  Stay tuned to the ACHA website for updates about this..
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The 2013 ACHA Men's Division 1 National Championships will be hosted March 1-6 by Robert Morris University Illinois at The Edge Ice Arena in Bensenville, IL. This will be the second year of the 20-team format.
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2012-2013 ACHA Men's Division 1 Ranking #16
Rank	School Name	1st Votes	Record	Pts	Previous
1	Adrian	35	25-3-1	968	1
2	Arizona State	5	30-6-0	927	2
3	Minot State	1	22-4-0	885	3
4	Robert Morris (IL)	2	26-4-1	880	4
5	Ohio		22-7-3	815	5
6	Oklahoma		19-11-5	758	6
7	Lindenwood		13-9-4	736	7
8	Davenport		26-9-1	716	8
9	Illinois		20-9-2	670	9
10	Liberty		21-11-2	599	10
11	Delaware		22-9-1	557	12
12	Oakland		18-15-2	554	11
13	Iowa State		18-15-3	462	14
14	Navy		26-4-1	458	13
15	Central Oklahoma		21-12-0	436	16
16	Stony Brook		13-11-3	397	15
17	Rhode Island		19-10-3	365	17
18	Arizona		15-17-1	298	18
19	Rutgers		13-8-2	289	19
20	Niagara		20-8-0	238	20
21	Buffalo		24-4-4	149	22
22	Lebanon Valley		19-6-2	123	21
23	West Chester		15-12-2	116	23
24	Michigan-Dearborn		20-14-1	87	24
25	John Carroll		18-12-0	36	NR

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Others receiving votes: Syracuse, Mercyhurst, Towson, Eastern Michigan, Indiana, Canisius, and West Virginia.