The Hockey News' CCHA, HE and CHA Jersey Rankings

Judging sweaters from the U.S. college ranks takes a bit of a different eye, since so many schools follow a similar style. Whereas pros tend to go with logos on the front, colleges favor lettering and numbers. This makes distinguishing them all the more difficult and fonts and color schemes become all the more crucial.

But there are still gems all around in the NCAA, so the jury hashed out its hits and misses, both traditional and new-school.

While logos (last year’s competition) are certainly a big part of the hockey jersey, we also considered shoulder patches, striping and piping – so teams gained and lost points based on those factors. You'll also notice both home and away jerseys are used to represent the teams. Simply put, we took the one we liked best out of the two.
 
With all that in play, here are the rankings. Click on each thumbnail for a larger picture.
 
Once you've taken in our top rankings by conference, head over to the voting page to select your favorite help it to move on in the Jersey Tournament that will follow the rankings of each league’s jerseys (find the rankings and tournament schedule on The Hockey News Jersey Rankings and Tournament Central page).

THE HOCKEY NEWS CCHA JERSEY RANKINGS

RK.	LOGO	TEAM	THE SCOOP
1		Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Love the main font and school crest on shoulders
2		Bowling Green Falcons	Great colors, great shoulder logo
3		Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks	Like the realistic bear and state shout-out on sleeves
4		Michigan Wolverines	Classic 'M' speaks for itself
5		Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks	Logo on front rare for CCHA, cool shoulder emblem
6		Michigan State Spartans	Points for colors and baseball-style font
7		Northern Michigan Wildcats	Colors and striping wins favor with jury
8		Ohio State Buckeyes	Classic logo saves rather ordinary entry
9		Lake Superior State Lakers	The anchors are cool, but execution suffers a little
10		Ferris State Bulldogs	Looks a bit like a graduation gown
11		Miami Redhawks	Can't do much less with a sweater
12		Western Michigan Broncos	Oh wait, you can

THE HOCKEY NEWS HE JERSEY RANKINGS

RK.	LOGO	TEAM	THE SCOOP
1		Providence Friars	A lot of great details here, including the 'P' on the neckline
2		Boston Terriers	A classic jersey in all of hockey, not just college
3		Maine Black Bears	Cool colors and a nice baseball-style font
4		Merrimack Warriors	New Mack sweater has bold colors, sweet emblem
5		Vermont Catamounts	Great shoulder patches; love the green and gold
6		Boston College Eagles	Much like Vermont in execution
7		Northeastern Huskies	A lot going on here, but some nice elements
8		Massachusetts-Lowell River Hawks	A step up from previous incarnations
9		New Hampshire Wildcats	Not bad, but not spectacular, either
10		Massachusetts-Amherst Minutemen	Can't do much less, though maroon is cool

THE HOCKEY NEWS CHA JERSEY RANKINGS

RK.	LOGO	TEAM	THE SCOOP
1		Niagara Purple Eagles	Purple Eagles certainly rep their colors
2		Robert Morris Colonials	Font is oddly engaging; love the shoulder logo
3		Alabama-Huntsville Chargers	Nice colors, but looks more like a T-shirt than a jersey

Over the next two months, THN.com will leave the voting on the best jerseys up to you, the reader. To vote for your favorite, click HERE (CCHA, HE and CHA jersey voting ends at 9 a.m. EST on Aug. 31.). To see ratings from other leagues, visit THN.com's Jersey Rankings and Tournament Central.