After three weeks in a row ranked fourth, the Lions are now third in the latest American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Men's Division I Ranking. Lindenwood swept Robert Morris (Ill.) last weekend with 5-2 and 3-1 victories on the road.
Adrian College remained first for the 10
th straight week after sweeping a home-and-home series with No. 22 Oakland University. The Bulldogs continue their perfect start at 18-0-0. Liberty University stayed second in the ranking after sweeping No. 23 Delaware to improve to 19-3-1. Minot State traded places with the Lions, dropping from third to fourth. The Beavers lost in a shootout 2-1 to No. 13 Jamestown last Friday. The game was played outdoors in blizzard conditions on the Jamestown campus as part of Hockey Day North Dakota 2020. Michigan – Dearborn inched into the top-five from sixth place after splitting a series with No. 8 Indiana Tech. The Warriors also played No. 6 Stony Brook and fell to the Seawolves 4-3.
Lindenwood currently sits at 15-5-0 overall and 9-1-0 in the Central States Collegiate Hockey League (CSCHL). The Lions host No. 7 Ohio University in a CSCHL battle January 24-25. The Bobcats are 13-6-5, and are one of the teams that gave Lindenwood a loss earlier this season. The opening faceoff is scheduled for 7:15 p.m. Friday evening and 1:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon at the Centene Community Ice Center in Maryland Heights, Missouri.
| 2019-2020 ACHA Men's Division 1 Ranking #12 |
| Rank |
School Name |
M1 Record |
Previous |
| 1 |
Adrian |
18-0-0 |
1 |
| 2 |
Liberty |
19-3-1 |
2 |
| 3 |
Lindenwood |
13-5-2 |
4 |
| 4 |
Minot State |
13-2-3 |
3 |
| 5 |
Michigan-Dearborn |
14-5-3 |
6 |
| 6 |
Stony Brook |
10-6-3 |
10 |
| 7 |
Ohio |
13-6-5 |
5 |
| 8 |
Indiana Tech |
16-5-2 |
8 |
| 9 |
Arizona |
15-3-5 |
7 |
| 10 |
Davenport |
13-6-0 |
9 |
| 11 |
Calvin |
11-1-2 |
17 |
| 12 |
Illinois |
12-7-3 |
11 |
| 13 |
Jamestown |
11-5-5 |
14 |
| 14 |
Drexel |
17-2-5 |
15 |
| 15 |
Pittsburgh |
16-2-1 |
12 |
| 16 |
Oklahoma |
12-4-2 |
13 |
| 17 |
Central Oklahoma |
15-9-4 |
16 |
| 18 |
Arizona State |
11-7-6 |
19 |
| 19 |
Aquinas |
11-9-4 |
21 |
| 20 |
New York |
7-6-1 |
20 |
| 21 |
Nevada-Las Vegas |
12-11-2 |
18 |
| 22 |
Oakland |
12-5-3 |
24 |
| 23 |
Delaware |
14-10-1 |
23 |
| 24 |
West Chester |
15-6-0 |
NR |
| 25 |
Iowa State |
13-9-4 |
22 |