The Lions earned the No. 2 spot in the first American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Men's Division I Ranking of the 2021-22 season.

Lindenwood received six first place votes and 387 points overall to finish just behind reigning national champion Adrian College.  The Bulldogs received 14 first place votes and 395 points overall after sweeping the University of Cincinnati 8-1 and 7-0 in their first series of the year.

Liberty University claimed the No. 3 spot after winning its first game of the season, followed by Minot State in fourth, and Iowa State in fifth.  The Beavers have yet to play a game while the Cyclones improved to 4-0-0 after sweeping Midland University in a home-and-home series.  

The Central States Collegiate Hockey League led all conferences with four of five teams ranked.  In addition to the Lions and Cyclones, Ohio University is seventh, while Illinois is 15th.

After sweeping Missouri State at home to improve to 2-0-0, the Lions will get an early season test as they travel to Denver, Colorado to face Denver University October 2.  The puck drops at 6 p.m. (MDT) Magness Arena.

 

2021-2022 ACHA Men's Division I Ranking #1
Rank	School Name	1st Votes	M1 Record	Pts	Previous
1	Adrian	14	0-0-0	395	1
2	Lindenwood	6	2-0-0	387	2
3	Liberty		1-0-0	370	3
4	Minot State		0-0-0	352	4
5	Iowa State		4-0-0	324	6
6	Indiana Tech		0-0-0	322	5
7	Ohio		2-0-0	297	7
8	Michigan-Dearborn		2-0-0	292	8
9	Jamestown		0-0-0	268	9
10	Nevada-Las Vegas		0-0-0	260	10
11	Central Oklahoma		2-0-0	234	11 T
12	Robert Morris		2-0-0	222	11 T
13	Arizona		0-0-0	194	15
14	Aquinas		0-0-0	178	14
15	Illinois		0-3-1	161	13
16	Maryville		5-0-0	155	19
17	Stony Brook		0-0-0	150	16
18	Davenport		0-0-0	136	17
19	Calvin		0-0-0	116	18
20	Missouri State		2-2-0	96	21
21	Arizona State		0-0-0	83	20
22	Pittsburgh		1-1-0	60	22
23	Drexel		1-0-0	44	24
24	Oklahoma		0-0-0	39	23
25	Delaware		1-1-0	29	25

Others receiving votes: Niagara, West Chester, Illinois State, and Syracuse.