| NCAA men's Division I ice hockey tournament | 
  | School | Tournament appearances | Tournament years | Best result | 
  | Minnesota | 42 | 1953, 1954, 1961, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 | Champions (1974, 1976, 1979, 2002, 2003) | 
  | Michigan | 41 | 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1977, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | Champions (1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1964, 1996, 1998) | 
  | Boston University | 40 | 1950, 1951, 1953, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 | Champions (1971, 1972, 1978, 1995, 2009) | 
  | Boston College | 38 | 1948, 1949, 1950, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2024, 2025 | Champions (1949, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2012) | 
  | North Dakota | 35 | 1958, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2024 | Champions (1959, 1963, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2016) | 
  | Denver | 34 | 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973†, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 | Champions (1958, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1969, 2004, 2005, 2017, 2022, 2024) | 
  | Michigan State | 29 | 1959, 1966, 1967, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2024, 2025 | Champions (1966, 1986, 2007) | 
  | Harvard | 27 | 1955, 1957, 1958, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023 | Champions (1989) | 
  | Wisconsin | 27 | 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992†, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2021, 2024 | Champions (1973, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1990, 2006) | 
  | Cornell | 25 | 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025 | Champions (1967, 1970) | 
  | Clarkson | 22 | 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2018, 2019 | Runners-Up (1962, 1966, 1970) | 
  | New Hampshire | 22 | 1977, 1979, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 | Runners-Up (1999, 2003) | 
  | Colorado College | 20 | 1948, 1949,  1950,  1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1979, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011 | Champions (1950, 1957) | 
  | Maine | 20 | 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2024, 2025 | Champions (1993, 1999) | 
  | St. Cloud State | 17 | 1989, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 | Runners-Up (2021) | 
  | Michigan Tech | 16 | 1956, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024 | Champions (1962, 1965, 1975) | 
  | St. Lawrence | 16 | 1952, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2021‡ | Runners-Up (1961, 1988) | 
  | Minnesota Duluth | 15 | 1983, 1984, 1985, 1993, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 | Champions (2011, 2018, 2019) | 
  | Notre Dame | 13 | 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 | Runners-Up (2008, 2018) | 
  | Miami | 12 | 1993, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 | Runners-Up (2009) | 
  | Lake Superior State | 11 | 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2021 | Champions (1988, 1992, 1994) | 
  | Ohio State | 11 | 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2025 | Frozen Four (1998, 2018) | 
  | Quinnipiac | 11 | 2002, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 | Champions (2023) | 
  | Bowling Green | 10 | 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2019 | Champions (1984) | 
  | Minnesota State | 10 | 2003, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025 | Runners-Up (2022) | 
  | Western Michigan | 10 | 1986, 1994, 1996, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 | Champions (2025) | 
  | Rensselaer | 9 | 1953, 1954, 1961, 1964, 1984, 1985, 1994, 1995, 2011 | Champions (1954, 1985) | 
  | Massachusetts Lowell | 9 | 1988, 1994, 1996, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2022 | Frozen Four (2013) | 
  | Northeastern | 8 | 1982, 1988, 1994, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022 | Frozen Four (1982) | 
  | Northern Michigan | 8 | 1980, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2010 | Champions (1991) | 
  | Yale | 8 | 1952, 1998, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016 | Champions (2013) | 
  | Air Force | 7 | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018 | Regional Final (2009, 2017, 2018) | 
  | Colgate | 6 | 1981, 1990, 2000, 2005, 2014, 2023 | Runners-Up (1990) | 
  | Vermont | 6 | 1988, 1996, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2014 | Frozen Four (1996, 2009) | 
  | Massachusetts | 6 | 2007, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025 | Champions (2021) | 
  | Bemidji State | 5 | 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2021 | Frozen Four (2009) | 
  | Omaha | 5 | 2006, 2011, 2015, 2021, 2024 | Frozen Four (2015) | 
  | Union | 5 | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 | Champions (2014) | 
  | Brown | 4 | 1951, 1965, 1976, 1993 | Runners-Up (1951) | 
  | Dartmouth | 4 | 1948, 1949, 1979, 1980 | Runners-Up (1948, 1949) | 
  | Ferris State | 4 | 2003, 2012, 2014, 2016 | Runners-Up (2012) | 
  | Niagara | 4 | 2000, 2004, 2008, 2013 | Regional Final (2000) | 
  | Princeton | 4 | 1998, 2008, 2009, 2018 | First Round (1998, 2008, 2009, 2018) | 
  | RIT | 4 | 2010, 2015, 2016, 2024 | Frozen Four (2010) | 
  | Penn State | 4 | 2017, 2018, 2023, 2025 | Frozen Four (2025) | 
  | Alaska Anchorage | 3 | 1990, 1991, 1992 | Regional Final (1991) | 
  | American International | 3 | 2019, 2021, 2022 | Regional Final (2019) | 
  | Mercyhurst | 3 | 2001, 2003, 2005 | First Round (2001, 2003, 2005) | 
  | Merrimack | 3 | 1988, 2011, 2023 | Regional Final (1988) | 
  | Alabama–Huntsville | 2 | 2007, 2010 | First Round (2007, 2010) | 
  | Canisius | 2 | 2013, 2023 | First Round (2013, 2023) | 
  | Holy Cross | 2 | 2004, 2006 | Regional Final (2006) | 
  | Connecticut | 1 | 2025 | Regional Final (2025) | 
  | Arizona State | 1 | 2019 | First Round (2019) | 
  | Robert Morris | 1 | 2014 | First Round (2014) | 
  | Wayne State | 1 | 2003 | First Round (2003) | 
  | Bentley | 1 | 2025 | First Round (2025) | 
  | Alaska | 0 | 2010† | First Round (2010) |