NCAA Division I independent schools

===Men===

===Men===

There are currently five NCAA Division I independents in men's ice hockey—the University of Alaska Fairbanks (branded athletically as simply "Alaska"), the University of Alaska Anchorage, Lindenwood University, Long Island University (LIU), and Stonehill College. A sixth program, that of Tennessee State University, will start varsity play in 2025–26 as an independent.

There are currently six NCAA Division I independents in men's ice hockey—the University of Alaska Fairbanks (branded athletically as simply "Alaska"), the University of Alaska Anchorage, Lindenwood University, Long Island University (LIU), Stonehill College, and Tennessee State University. The last of these starts varsity play in 2025–26 as an independent.

Alaska became a men's independent after the 2020–21 season due to the demise of its former league, the men's side of the [[Western Collegiate Hockey Association]] (the WCHA remains in operation as a women-only league). The seven [[Midwestern United States|Midwestern]] members of the men's WCHA left to reestablish the [[Central Collegiate Hockey Association]] without the WCHA's three geographic outliers—the two Alaska schools, along with [[Alabama–Huntsville Chargers men's ice hockey|Alabama–Huntsville]]. Of these three schools, Alaska was the only one that did not initially drop hockey.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.startribune.com/wcha-minnesota-state-mankato-bemidji-state/600074499/ |title=WCHA's men's hockey era officially ends after 70 years |first=Joe |last=Christensen |newspaper=Star Tribune |location=Minneapolis |date=July 2, 2021 |accessdate=July 3, 2021}}</ref>

Alaska became a men's independent after the 2020–21 season due to the demise of its former league, the men's side of the [[Western Collegiate Hockey Association]] (the WCHA remains in operation as a women-only league). The seven [[Midwestern United States|Midwestern]] members of the men's WCHA left to reestablish the [[Central Collegiate Hockey Association]] without the WCHA's three geographic outliers—the two Alaska schools, along with [[Alabama–Huntsville Chargers men's ice hockey|Alabama–Huntsville]]. Of these three schools, Alaska was the only one that did not initially drop hockey.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.startribune.com/wcha-minnesota-state-mankato-bemidji-state/600074499/ |title=WCHA's men's hockey era officially ends after 70 years |first=Joe |last=Christensen |newspaper=Star Tribune |location=Minneapolis |date=July 2, 2021 |accessdate=July 3, 2021}}</ref>