Best Colleges for Ice Hockey Recruiting 2026

22 colleges with Ice Hockey programs, ranked by program strength using 2025-26 NCAA performance data.

Top Ice Hockey Programs

1. 1. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor — Ann Arbor, MI (score 99)
2. 2. University of Wisconsin-Madison — Madison, WI (score 97)
3. 3. Michigan State University — East Lansing, MI (score 96)
4. 4. Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus — University Park, PA (score 92)
5. 5. Northeastern University — Boston, MA (score 90)
6. 6. Boston College — Chestnut Hill, MA (score 88)
7. 7. University of Connecticut — Storrs, CT (score 87)
8. 8. Cornell University — Ithaca, NY (score 86)
9. 9. Boston University — Boston, MA (score 84)
10. 10. Harvard University — Cambridge, MA (score 83)
11. 11. University of Notre Dame — Notre Dame, IN (score 78)
12. 12. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities — Minneapolis, MN (score 76)
13. 13. Ohio State University-Main Campus — Columbus, OH (score 75)
14. 14. University of Washington-Seattle Campus — Seattle, WA (score 74)
15. 15. Yale University — New Haven, CT (score 72)
16. 16. Princeton University — Princeton, NJ (score 70)
17. 17. Brown University — Providence, RI (score 68)
18. 18. Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Cambridge, MA (score 60)
19. 19. University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus — Pittsburgh, PA (score 58)
20. 20. Northwestern University — Evanston, IL (score 55)
21. 21. Purdue University-Main Campus — West Lafayette, IN (score 50)
22. 22. University of Iowa — Iowa City, IA (score 50)

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