Women’s Division
The Women’s Division standings stayed constant through Week 12. Only one more game remains in 2024 in the Division, with the Tampa Lady Spartans taking on local rival South Florida on Dec. 7.
Tampa is in third place, two points behind the Lady Bulls. The Lady Spartans have won all five games to begin the season but fell behind in the standings because of game cancellations due to inclement weather.
Regardless of the result on Dec. 7, the first-year Alabama Frozen Tide will be in first place at the end of 2024.
The top six teams in the standings advance to the Women’s Division playoffs.
Division 1
Before having stuffing on Thursday, South Carolina decided to stuff their weekend with three games in three days. While the Gamecocks won a spectacle of a game on Saturday outdoors at Truist Field in Charlotte, NC vs. NC State, they lost twice in three days to Tennessee.
With two regulation wins, the Ice Vols tied South Carolina in points and hold the tiebreaker to put them in second place. Tennessee’s win over South Carolina is the last Division 1 game with standings implications in 2024.
The Georgia Ice Dawgs, the conference runner-up in 2023-24, will hold the top spot into the New Year.
The top six teams in the standings advance to the Division 1 playoffs.
Division 2
The South Florida Ice Bulls continued their charge through the South Division with two tight victories over Embry-Riddle. The Ice Bulls became the first College Hockey South team across all Divisions to reach 20 points.
Florida Atlantic kept pace with South Florida by beating UCF twice. The Owls trail South Florida by four points for the top spot in the South Division.
The North Division was frozen in place through Week 12, with Middle Tennessee State atop the standings. The Blue Raiders have gotten off to a blazing start, losing only once in their first 16 games, the lone loss coming to Division One’s second-place team, Tennessee.
The top four teams in each division advance to the Division 2 playoffs.
Division 3
Week 12’s Game of the Week was bound to bring a massive result to Kennesaw State or Alabama, and the Owls came away with two huge points. Kennesaw State battled to a 3-1 win Friday over the Frozen Tide and benefited from a Saturday forfeit.
The four points this weekend move Kennesaw State up to third in the North Division, past Alabama and Georgia.
North Florida played spoiler against South Florida, preventing the Ice Bulls from pulling into a three-way tie for fifth place in the South Division. It was just the second division win of the season for the Ospreys, who remain in last place despite the victory. South Florida will remain outside the playoff picture into 2025.
The top five teams in each division advance to the Division 3 playoffs.
*Probationary team - ineligible for conference playoffs.
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