The NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Committee has selected the 16 teams that will participate in the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Championship.
The championship playoff format involves four predetermined regional sites with four teams assigned to each site. The regional winners advance to the Men’s Frozen Four. The entire championship uses a single-elimination format.
Automatic qualification privileges are granted to the postseason champions of the six conferences. The remainder of the field is selected at large.
Boston College is the No. 1 overall seed. The other No. 1 seeds, in order, include Michigan State, University of Maine and Western Michigan.
The dates, sites, times and pairings of this year’s championship are as follows:
Allentown Regional, March 28-30 | PPL Arena, Allentown, Pennsylvania
No. 2 UConn (22-11-4) vs. No. 3 Quinnipiac (24-11-2) |March 28, 5 p.m. ET (ESPNU)
No. 1 Maine (24-7-6) vs. No. 4 Penn State (20-13-3) | March 28, 8:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
Allentown Regional Championship |March 30, 4:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
Fargo Regional, March 27-29 | SCHEELS Arena, Fargo, North Dakota
No. 1 Western Michigan (30-7-1) vs. No. 4 Minnesota State-Mankato (27-8-3) | March 27, 5 p.m. ET (ESPNU)
No. 2 Minnesota (25-10-4) vs. No. 3 Massachusetts (20-13-5) | March 27, 8:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
Fargo Regional Championship | March 29, 4 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. ET (ESPNU)
Manchester Regional, March 28-30 | SNHU Arena, Manchester, New Hampshire
No. 1 Boston College (26-7-2) vs. No. 4 Bentley (23-14-2) | March 28, 2 p.m. ET (ESPNU)
No. 2 Providence (21-10-5) vs. No. 3 Denver (29-11-1) | March 28, 5:30 p.m. ET ( ESPN+)
Manchester Regional Championship | March 30, 4:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
Toledo Regional, March 27-29 | Huntington Center, Toledo, Ohio
No. 2 Boston U. (21-13-2) vs. No. 3 Ohio State (24-13-2) | March 27, 2 p.m. ET (ESPNU)
No. 1 Michigan State (26-6-4) vs. No. 4 Cornell (18-10-6) | March 27, 5:30 p.m. ET, (ESPN+)
Toledo Regional Championship | March 29, 4 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. ET (ESPNU)
Men’s Frozen Four
April 10 and 12 |Enterprise Center, Saint Louis, Missouri
Semifinals
Manchester Regional Champion vs. Fargo Regional Champion | Allentown Regional Champion vs. Toledo Regional Champion
April 10, 5 and 8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2 (order of games TBD)
National Championship
Saturday, April 12, 7:30 p.m. Eastern time, ESPN2
The following conferences and teams received automatic qualification
Atlantic Hockey Association – Bentley
Big Ten Conference – Michigan State
CCHA – Minnesota State Mankato
ECAC Hockey – Cornell
Hockey East Association – University of Maine
National Collegiate Hockey Conference – Western Michigan
For all information about the championship, log on to www.NCAA.com/FrozenFour.