UWM Finishes Season Ranked #6 – Regional Tournament ahead
TROY, MI (February 20, 2020) – The American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) has today released the Final Ranking of the 2019-20 season for Men’s Division 3, which details the Top 15 eligible teams from each of M3’s North, South, Atlantic and Pacific regions as of February 16, 2020.
From this ranking, ACHA Men’s Division 3 announces the 40 teams that will compete for the chance to be ACHA Men’s Division 3 National Champions held in Frisco, Texas.
Division 3 uses the following format for ACHA post-season play:
The top two seeds in each M3 Region will receive an automatic bid to the five day, 16 team National Tournament in Frisco, Texas.
The remaining 32 teams, eight from each region, will participate in one of four Regional tournaments held during in late February/early March. These Regional tournaments are two day, single elimination events that result in eight additional teams (two from each region) joining the automatic bid teams for the opportunity to compete for the ACHA M3 National Championship in Texas.
| PACIFIC REGION | ||
| Rank | Team | Rating |
| 1 | University of Arkansas | 11.506 |
| 2 | Air Force Academy United States | 11.444 |
| 3 | University of Kansas | 10.186 |
| 4 | University of Nebraska | 9.527 |
| 5 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 8.300 |
| 6 | Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 8.239 |
| 7 | Missouri State University | 8.216 |
| 8 | Colorado School of Mines | 7.400 |
| 9 | University of Missouri | 6.850 |
| 10 | Dordt University | 6.278 |
| 11 | Colorado Mesa University | 5.880 |
| 12 | University of New Mexico | 5.582 |
| 13 | Bradley University | 4.670 |
| 14 | Northern Illinois University | 4.317 |
| 15 | Washington University in STL | 4.217 |
