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abcdefghijkThe men's and women's ice hockey teams of Boston College, Boston University, Massachusetts, Merrimack, and Northeastern all compete in
Hockey East, as do the UMass Lowell men's and Holy Cross women's teams.
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abHarvard's ice hockey teams compete in
ECAC Hockey.
^Holy Cross's men's ice hockey team competes in
Atlantic Hockey.
^While national media generally use "Massachusetts", the shortened "UMass" is in wide usage, especially in Massachusetts itself.
^Massachusetts's
football team competes as an independent.
^As of the 2023–24 academic year, Stonehill is in the second year of a four-year transition to Division I and will become an active Division I member in 2026–27.
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abAnna Maria's ice hockey teams compete as independents.
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abcdefThe men's ice hockey teams of Babson, Suffolk, and UMass Boston compete in the
New England Hockey Conference, as do the women's ice hockey teams of Salem State, Suffolk, and UMass Boston.
1The Stockbridge School of Agriculture, a division of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has separate athletic programs from UMass in basketball and golf.