2020-21 NCAA Women's Independents

This is the 2020-21 NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III Women's Independent ice hockey teams.

Changes

 * None but the following new programs were announced during 2020-21 without conference affiliations:


 * Rivier University in Nashua, New Hampshire announced that they would be starting new men's and women's hockey programs. Both will play an American Collegiate Hockey Association club schedule for 2021-22 and would transition to NCAA Division III status for 2022-23.


 * The Worcester State Lancers women's ice hockey was announced as being established for the 2021-22 season. The program was announced shortly after Becker College which was also located in Worcester, Massachusetts announced it was closing effective the end of the 2020-21 academic year. Ironically, the team would end up hiring the now former team's head coach and would be playing out of the same arena, the Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center.