2023-24 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season

The 2022–23 NCAA Division III men's ice hockey season began on October 27, 2023, and will conclude on March 23, 2024. This was the 51st season of Division III college ice hockey.
==Regular season==
After the closure of Finlandia University the entire ice hockey program (men's and women's) was transferred to the University of Dubuque.
MCLA restarted its ice hockey program this season, returning to the ice for the first time since 2003.
===Little East===
Prior to the start of the season, the Little East Conference announced that it would begin sponsoring ice hockey for the first time. The conference projected to begin play in the 2025–26 season and would coincide with the return of Keene State's ice hockey program. The other five Little East members who already field teams are Massachusetts–Boston, Massachusetts–Dartmouth, Plymouth State, Southern Maine and Vermont State Castleton. Because the conference would begin play with six member teams, the Little east would immediately receive an automatic bid for the NCAA tournament.
===Season tournaments===
Tournament 	Dates 	Teams	Champion
Buffalo State Tournament 	October 27–28 	4 	Salve Regina
Western Massachusetts Invitational 	October 27–28 	4 	Westfield State
Worcester City Cup 	October 27, 29	4 	Assumption
Terry Moran Invitational Tournament	November 24–25	4 	Rivier
Bowdoin/Colby Tournament 	November 25–26	4 	Bowdoin
LayerEight Shootout 	November 25–26	4 	Plattsburgh State
North Country Tournament 	November 25–26	4 	Trine
Utica Thanksgiving Showcase 	November 25–26	4 	Elmira
Skidmore Thanksgiving Invitational 	November 25–26	4 	Brockport State
Superior Showdown 	December 29–30	4 	Wisconsin–Superior
Northfield Savings Bank Tournament 	December 30–31	4 	University of New England
Oswego State Classic 	December 30–31	4 	Stevenson
Codfish Bowl 	January 5–6 	4 	Connecticut College
Comfort Inn Complex Winter Classic 	January 5–6 	4 	Plattsburgh State
Boston Landing Invitational 	January 6–7 	4 	Tufts
===Standings===
Note: Mini-games are not included in final standings
==PairWise Rankings==
The PairWise Rankings (PWR) are a statistical tool designed to approximate the process by which the NCAA selection committee decides which teams get at-large bids to the 16-team NCAA tournament. Although the NCAA selection committee does not use the PWR as presented by USCHO, the PWR has been accurate in predicting which teams will make the tournament field.
	
For Division III men, all teams are included in comparisons starting in the 2013–14 season (formerly, only teams with a Ratings Percentage Index of .500 or above, or teams under consideration, were included). The PWR method compares each team with every other such team, with the winner of each “comparison” earning one PWR point. After all comparisons are made, the points are totaled up and rankings listed accordingly.
	
With 85 Division III men's teams, the greatest number of PWR points any team could earn is 84, winning the comparison with every other team. Meanwhile, a team that lost all of its comparisons would have no PWR points.
Teams are then ranked by PWR point total, with ties broken by the teams’ RPI ratings, which starting in 2013–14 is weighted for home and road games and includes a quality wins bonus (QWB) for beating teams in the top 20 of the RPI (it also is weighted for home and road).
	
When it comes to comparing teams, the PWR uses three criteria which are combined to make a comparison: RPI, record against common opponents and head-to-head competition. Starting in 2013–14, the comparison of record against teams under consideration was dropped because all teams are now under comparison.
 NCAA Division I Men's Hockey PairWise Rankings
Rank 	Team 	PWR 	RPI 	Conference
1 	 	84 	.6546* 	NEHC
2 	 	83 	.6065* 	NESCAC
3 	 	82 	.5971* 	NCHA
4 	 	80 	.5937* 	UCHC
4 	 	80 	.5825* 	MASCAC
6 	 	79 	.5812* 	NCHA
6 	 	79 	.5789 	NEHC
8 	 	77 	.5771* 	WIAC
9 	 	76 	.5771* 	SUNYAC
10 	 	75 	.5718* 	CCC
11 	 	74 	.5678 	NEHC
12 	 	73 	.5674* 	SUNYAC
13 	 	72 	.5626 	UCHC
14 	 	71 	.5626 	MIAC
15 	 	69 	.5580 	CCC
15 	 	69 	.5561 	NESCAC
17 	 	68 	.5519 	NESCAC
18 	 	67 	.5513 	NEHC
19 	 	66 	.5472* 	SUNYAC
20 	 	65 	.5465 	CCC
21 	 	63 	.5450 	CCC
21 	 	63 	.5419 	NCHA
23 	 	62 	.5409 	NESCAC
24 	 	60 	.5397 	SUNYAC
24 	 	60 	.5397* 	WIAC
26 	 	59 	.5399* 	MIAC
26 	 	59 	.5379 	NESCAC
28 	 	57 	.5368 	Independent
28 	 	57 	.5331* 	MIAC
30 	 	55 	.5314* 	MIAC
31 	 	53 	.5269 	NEHC
31 	 	53 	.5238* 	WIAC
33 	 	52 	.5237 	Independent
34 	 	51 	.5234 	UCHC
35 	 	50 	.5187 	NCHA
35 	 	50 	.5152 	NCHA
37 	 	48 	.5119 	MASCAC
38 	 	47 	.5070 	MASCAC
39 	 	46 	.5069 	NESCAC
40 	 	45 	.5013 	MIAC
41 	 	43 	.5003 	NESCAC
42 	 	42 	.5032 	WIAC
42 	 	42 	.4961 	NEHC
44 	 	41 	.4946 	NEHC
44 	 	41 	.4940 	NESCAC
46 	 	40 	.4901 	MIAC
47 	 	38 	.4881 	UCHC
47 	 	38 	.4869 	MIAC
49 	 	36 	.4834 	NESCAC
50 	 	35 	.4803 	MASCAC
51 	 	34 	.4759 	MIAC
52 	 	33 	.4736 	NCHA
53 	 	32 	.4718 	UCHC
54 	 	31 	.4716 	CCC
55 	 	30 	.4686 	WIAC
56 	 	29 	.4677 	SUNYAC
57 	 	28 	.4671 	SUNYAC
58 	 	27 	.4629 	UCHC
59 	 	26 	.4600 	UCHC
60 	 	25 	.4591 	MIAC
61 	 	24 	.4580 	NCHA
62 	 	23 	.4567 	Independent
63 	 	22 	.4566 	NCHA
64 	 	21 	.4562 	MASCAC
65 	 	20 	.4530 	UCHC
66 	 	19 	.4504 	CCC
67 	 	18 	.4492 	NESCAC
68 	 	17 	.4461 	Independent
69 	 	16 	.4459 	NEHC
70 	 	15 	.4455 	UCHC
71 	 	14 	.4451 	NCHA
72 	 	13 	.4416 	SUNYAC
73 	 	12 	.4392 	MASCAC
74 	 	11 	.4390 	CCC
75 	 	10 	.4369 	NEHC
76 	 	9 	.4361 	UCHC
77 	 	8 	.4338 	UCHC
78 	 	7 	.4296 	SUNYAC
79 	 	6 	.4280 	NEHC
80 	 	5 	.4273 	MASCAC
81 	 	4 	.4258 	MASCAC
82 	 	3 	.4218 	NCHA
83 	 	2 	.4165 	CCC
84 	 	1 	.4075 	SUNYAC
85 	 	0 	.3750 	WIAC
*A team's RPI has been adjusted to remove negative effect from defeating a weak opponent Note: A team's record is based only on games against other Division III hockey schools which are eligible for the NCAA Tournament.	*A team's RPI has been adjusted to remove negative effect from defeating a weak opponent Note: A team's record is based only on games against other Division III hockey schools which are eligible for the NCAA Tournament.	*A team's RPI has been adjusted to remove negative effect from defeating a weak opponent Note: A team's record is based only on games against other Division III hockey schools which are eligible for the NCAA Tournament.	*A team's RPI has been adjusted to remove negative effect from defeating a weak opponent Note: A team's record is based only on games against other Division III hockey schools which are eligible for the NCAA Tournament.	*A team's RPI has been adjusted to remove negative effect from defeating a weak opponent Note: A team's record is based only on games against other Division III hockey schools which are eligible for the NCAA Tournament.
==2024 NCAA Tournament==
==See also==
* 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
* 2023–24 NCAA Division II men's ice hockey season
==References==
==External links==
 
NCAA